Tony Ford (footballer born 1945)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 November 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Thornbury, England | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Bristol City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1969 | Bristol City | 171 | (10) |
| 1969–1971 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978 | Hereford United | ||
| 1981 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Tony Ford (born 26 November 1944) is an English former football player and manager. As a player, he appeared in the Football League for both of Bristol's professional clubs during a career curtailed by injury. As manager, he took brief charge of Third Division club Hereford United and Heart of Midlothian of the Scottish Premier Division.
Ford started his professional career with Bristol City in 1961, having joined the club as an apprentice. Predominantly a right back he made 171 league appearances for the first team and scored 10 goals. He moved across the River Avon to Bristol Rovers in 1969, for a fee of £4,000, and was appointed captain, but was forced to retire because of injury in 1971, having appeared only 28 times in the league for Rovers. He was awarded a benefit match in July of that year, a game between the two Bristol teams which Rovers won 3–1 at Ashton Gate.
He subsequently moved into coaching, his first appointment being with Plymouth Argyle. In 1973, Ford moved to Hereford United as assistant to former Bristol City coach John Sillett, newly appointed as manager, whom Ford knew from his playing days. Sillett left Edgar Street in 1978 and Ford was appointed caretaker manager. Unable to stop their relegation, he was not offered the position permanently.
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