Tony Green (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Green | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 19??–1964 | St. Mungo's Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1967 | Albion Rovers | 64 | (21) |
| 1966–1971 | Blackpool | 123 | (13) |
| 1971–1973 | Newcastle United | 33 | (3) |
| Total | 220 | (37) | |
| National team | |||
| 1971–1972 | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Anthony "Tony" Green (born 13 October 1946) is a Scottish former internationalist professional footballer. At the age of 25 his career ended prematurely in September 1972 due to an injury he received playing for Newcastle United.
Green was born in Glasgow and began his professional career nearby at Albion Rovers in Coatbridge who he joined from school. A slightly built, quick, skilful attacker, he was playing internationally at the time for the Scottish youth team set up with whom he formed a left sided attacking partnership with Lex Law. Green joined Rovers in the belief he would play first team football at an earlier age than he would playing for a bigger club.
Green transferred just before the end of the season in May 1967 to Blackpool for an initial £13,500 on a four-year contract. Albion would receive a further £2,000 when he had played in twenty first-team games. Blackpool were already condemned to relegation from the top flight when Green debuted in the last game of the season 3-1 defeat away to Liverpool.
His enduring recollection of his time at Bloomfield Road was being denied promotion back to the top flight on goal difference in season 1967-68 finishing third behind Ipswich Town and Queen's Park Rangers. "We'd won at Huddersfield and thought we were up. Our supporters crowded onto the field and were going daft but we got back in the dressing room to find that QPR had scored a winner in the last minute against Aston Villa. They'd been losing with ten minutes left," said Green.
Green suffered an Achilles injury that kept him out of the game for a year. In his time out the team Blackpool won promotion back to the top flight. His return to the fold came on 19 September 1970 for the visit of Everton to Bloomfield Road. His profile increased that season when he scored both goals in a 2-0 home televised FA Cup third round win against West Ham United. The first was a solo run into the penalty and the second was a left foot drive into high into the net from just outside the penalty area. Blackpool were relegated at the end of that season back in the top tier. In their last league game of the season Green scored in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United.
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