Tony Ellis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Joseph Ellis | ||
| Date of birth | 20 October 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Salford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Rochdale (Academy Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barr Hill | |||
| 19??–1985 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 1985–1986 | Horwich RMI | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Preston North End | 86 | (27) |
| 1989–1992 | Stoke City | 77 | (19) |
| 1992–1994 | Preston North End | 72 | (48) |
| 1994–1997 | Blackpool | 147 | (55) |
| 1997–1999 | Bury | 38 | (12) |
| 1999 | 21 | (6) | |
| 1999–2001 | Rochdale | 59 | (17) |
| 2001–2002 | Burnley | 10 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Leigh RMI | ||
| 2003 | Mossley | 6 | (4) |
| 2003–2006 | Hyde United | 33 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Anthony Joseph "Tony" Ellis (born 20 October 1964) is an English former professional footballer who commanded combined transfer fees of nearly £750,000 and scored 185 league goals in 518 league games during a sixteen-year Football League career.
Born in Salford, Lancashire, began his playing career in local and non-league football, with Horwich RMI and Northwich Victoria and Poets F.C. in the Salford Sunday League. In August 1986 at the age of 21, Ellis was signed by Joe Royle for Oldham Athletic, for whom he played ten games. Ellis was spotted by Preston North End manager John McGrath banging in the goals for Oldham's reserve team. McGrath paid £23,000 in October 1987 to take Ellis to Deepdale, where he scored a last-minute winner on his debut against Port Vale. In his first spell at Deepdale Ellis scored 32 goals in 106 games in a little over two seasons.
In 1989 Alan Ball at Stoke City tabled a £250,000 offer for Ellis. For Preston, the money was too good to turn down, and Ellis found himself leaving for the Victoria Ground in December 1989. His time at Stoke was disrupted by injury, but in two and a half years he scored 20 goals in 93 first-team appearances.
In August 1992, Preston came back for him, paying Stoke £50,000 plus striker Graham Shaw. Stoke valued Ellis at £250,000 while Preston valued Shaw at £200,000. This deal therefore meant that Ellis became Preston's record signing at the time. His second spell at Preston was even more productive than his first: Ellis scored 56 goals in only 88 games and was named the club's official player of the year in 1992/93 and 1993/94. His final game for the Lilywhites was their 1994 play-off final defeat against Wycombe Wanderers at Wembley.
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