Tony Currie (footballer)

Anthony " Tony" William Currie ( born January 1, 1950 in Edgware ) is a former English national football team at the position of midfielder, who was especially known as a player for Sheffield United.

Career

Association

1967: Watford

Currie was playing on youth level for Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea and Watford, 1967 he made ​​his debut in the first team. He completed 18 third league appearances for Watford, scoring nine goals.

1968-1976: Sheffield United

On February 1, 1968 Sheffield Currie undertook for 26,500 pounds. This paid off immediately when he (blade ) is equal to scored one goal in his first game wearing the jersey of the blades against Tottenham. In Sheffield said of the fans "TK" Currie quickly became a fan favorite and remained there for eight years, and he was also appointed the last two years to master. In total he scored 313 league games 54 goals for United.

1976-1979: Leeds United

In the summer of 1976, Currie joined for £ 250,000 in Yorkshire to Leeds and completed his first game for the Whites ( White ) in a 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion. In its second and third season Currie helped each when reaching the League Cup semi-final and 1978/79 also at the fifth place in the league, bringing Leeds qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Although he became a crowd favorite in Leeds, he left the club in 1979 after some disagreements with coach Jimmy Adamson and 102 games ( 11 goals).

1979-1982: Queens Park Rangers

At QPR he was appointed captain and led the club in 1982 FA Cup final, but lost after a replay 0-1 against Tottenham. Due to an injury had to end his career with five goals in the higher leagues Currie after 81 games.

1982 to 1988: Various clubs

Currie was only for two months to Canada, where he played for the Toronto Nationals, before returning to England to play for Southend United. Since he was not used in the winter of 1984 he moved to Torquay United, where he made a further 16 games and at least once again hit the target. After that, he was still playing at the Tranmere Rovers, Dunstable Town, Hendon and Goole Town.

England

Currie was appointed to the national team than players from Sheffield United in a 0-1 home defeat against Northern Ireland in 1972 by the then national coach Alf Ramsey for the first time. In 1973 he graduated from five games, among others, with a 7-0 victory against Austria, in which he achieved his first international goal as well as in a game against Poland, the United Kingdom, although clearly dominated, but is not in Germany failed to qualify due to a 1-1 draw for the 1974 World Cup not.

In 1975 he completed another game against Switzerland (2-1), but came only in 1978 and 1979 under Ron Greenwood again to international match honors and completed during these two years ten games, which he in victories against Wales and Hungary, nor ever a goal achieved. His last game for England Currie graduated on June 10, 1979 by a 0-0 draw with Sweden.

Overall, Currie was able to win ten games and lost only three of his 17 matches from the last eleven not one more.

After the football

Since 1988, Tony Currie worked at his former club Sheffield United as a football coordinator.