Nick Tanner (footballer)

Nicholas "Nick" Tanner ( born May 24, 1965 in Bristol, rarely, Nicky Tanner ) is a former English footballer.

Career

Tanner played in their teens for the local amateur club Mangotsfield United in the Western League, before moving to the professional sector to Bristol Rovers in the Football League Third Division in April 1985. Just one month later, he came on as a substitute in the annual clash between the Rovers and local rivals Bristol City at the Gloucestershire Cup for the use and achieved more than 40 meters from a goal in the 3-1 victory. In the following three years Tanner, nicknamed " whoosh" received at the Rovers, both in the central midfield and on the wing in the midfield and in the defense and denied doing 107 league games acted. In the summer of 1988 he received £ 20,000 for the transfer release from Bristol and it expressed adjacent to the fourth division Torquay United reigning champions FC Liverpool interest.

Tanner decided to change into top flight to Liverpool and had there first eking out an existence for a long time reservists. In Liverpool saw Tanner's future, stood out the duel and heading ability, in central defense, a position he had never held despite its versatility in Bristol and was completed in Liverpool from the international experience, Gary Gillespie and Alan Hansen. Finally to his competitive debut he came in December 1989 with a 4-1 win against Manchester City when he replaced Gillespie after a quarter of an hour. In the rest of the season Tanner completed three more missions, as Liverpool won the 18th championship in club history; However, Tanner's four missions were not enough to get a championship medal. In March 1990 he was awarded for a month at the Premier League rivals Norwich City, in which Ian Butterworth, Andy Linighan and Tim Sherwood three central defender had failed. Tanner denied in the following weeks, six games, Norwich remained four times without conceding a goal, losing only one game. Afterwards, coach Dave Stringer tried unsuccessfully to reach a lasting commitment by Tanner. In October 1990, he spent a month on loan in the second division at Swindon Town, the team stayed with his seven missions but without a win.

Weaknesses in the ball handling and the game overview left him, according to author and journalist Ivan Ponting initially " not look like a Liverpool player " and Tanner remained in the season 1990/91 in Liverpool without obligation stake. For the 1991/92 season he benefited from an injured misery and already took place in February 1991 change in the dugout, where Graeme Souness, who had resigned Kenny Dalglish inherited. After an injury of central defender Mark Wright he moved shortly after the start of the season on its position and kept his place even after Wright's recovery. Due to his achievements he received in January 1992, shortly before he had scored on Boxing Day in the Merseyside derby against Everton in a 1-1 draw his only competitive goal for Liverpool, a new valid contract until the summer of 1995 to better remuneration. After 26 league inserts in series, Tanner injured in spring 1992 and therefore also missed the FA Cup win. As a result, managed Tanner only sporadically in the team's return. In March 1994, he finally had to quit because of a recurring back injury his career, his last competitive match of 59 missions he had denied on 16 December 1992.

After his playing career Tanner coached a number of regional amateur clubs, 2006 was the fifth-tier Scout Forest Green Rovers and supervised at times even the organization selecting the Gloucestershire FA. Professionally, he has been active since end of his career in the insurance industry.