Tony Daley

Anthony " Tony" Mark Daley ( born October 18, 1967 in Birmingham ) is a former English footballer. Between 1991 and 1992, he played seven times for England and was in the England squad of European Football Championship 1992 in Denmark.

Career

Aston Villa (1985-1994)

Tony Daley made ​​his debut on 20 April 1985 at the age of 17 years for his hometown club Aston Villa in the Football League First Division in 1984/85. Fast winger earned in the following two seasons, a regular place in the European Cup winners of 1982. 1986 / 87 rose Daley (33 games / 3 goals ) with Villa as Table in the second division from. For this, the club reached the direct re-emergence as runner-up behind FC Millwall in the Second Division. After a nearly achieved relegation in the 1988/89 season the team won by David Platt and Tony Daley (29 games / 5 Hits) 1989/90, the runner-up behind FC Liverpool and qualified as for the European Cup. In the UEFA Cup 1990/91 failed Villa in the second round 2-0 and 0-3 Inter on future title holders Milan. A new runner reached the club in the newly introduced Premier League 1992/93 behind Manchester United. After a Zweitrundenaus in the UEFA Cup 1993/94 (1:1 and 0:1 against Deportivo La Coruña) drew a Villa in the final of the English League Cup in 1993/94. In the final, before 77 231 spectators at Wembley the team of coach Ron Atkinson Manchester United defeated by goals from Dalian Atkinson and Dean Saunders ( twice ) 3-1. Tony Daley came about 90 minutes to insert and celebrated the first title of his career.

Further stations (1994-2002)

On June 6, 1994, the 26 -year-old Tony Daley changed hands for £ 1,250,000 to the trained by former national coach Graham Taylor Wolverhampton Wanderers. For the second division he played until 1998, however, only twenty-one league games since his injury kept away repeatedly from the game. In the 1998/99 season he scored a goal in twelve appearances for the Watford FC and rose with his side's 2-0 in the play-off final against Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League on. Daley had an injury but again missed the final phase of the season. He subsequently worked at Walsall FC and the unterklassigen Forest Green Rovers he ended his career in the summer of 2002.

English national team (1991-1992)

Tony Daley made ​​his debut on 13 November 1991 in qualifying for the European Championship in 1992 against Poland in the England team. After four inserts in pre-season games, he was appointed by coach Graham Taylor in the English Championship squad. Daley played during the European Football Championship 1992 in Sweden two games against Denmark (0-0 ) and Sweden (1:2) and separated with England already out in the first round. In the following years he played no further international match.

Achievements

  • English runner-up: 1990
  • English runner-up: 1993
  • League Cup Winners: 1994 ( 3-1 against Manchester United)
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