Thomas Steven English (born 18 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer, most notably for Coventry City, Leicester City and Colchester United. Between 1979 and 1990 he made 174 appearances in the Football League, scoring 42 league goals.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Steven English[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1961[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Cirencester,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Coventry City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1982 | Coventry City | 66 | (17) |
| 1982–1984 | Leicester City | 44 | (3) |
| 1984 | Rochdale | 3 | (1) |
| 1984 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | (1) |
| 1985 | Colchester United | 1 | (0) |
| 1985 | Canberra City | 20 | (5) |
| 1985–1987 | Colchester United | 43 | (17) |
| 1987–1988 | Wealdstone | 28 | (10) |
| 1988–1989 | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| 1989–1990 | Colchester United | 13 | (3) |
| 1990–1991 | Happy Valley | ||
| 1991– | Crawley Town | ||
| Wivenhoe Town | 10 | (3) | |
| 1994– | Cornard United | ||
| Sudbury Town | |||
| –1999 | Harwich & Parkeston | ||
| International career | |||
| 1979–1980 | England Youth | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
editEnglish was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and attended school in Colchester, Essex. He began his career as an apprentice at Coventry City.[3] After making 66 league appearances for Coventry, scoring seventeen times, he signed for Leicester City in 1982. After being released in 1984, he made a handful of appearances for Rochdale and Plymouth Argyle as a non-contract player, before signing for Colchester United in 1985. After playing a single game for Colchester he signed for Australian club Canberra City where he was the club's joint top scorer in his only season before returning to Colchester in November.
He left Colchester in 1987 and played for non-League clubs Wealdstone and Bishop's Stortford, before returning to Colchester for a third time in 1989. In 1990, he signed for Hong Kong club Happy Valley, before returning to England to play for Crawley Town, Wivenhoe Town, Sudbury Town and Harwich & Parkeston before retiring in 1999.
His son, Tom, played for the youth teams at Norwich City and Arsenal,[4] and professionally in Singapore for one season.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tommy English". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ Tommy English at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ Tom English Flown from the Nest
External links
edit- Tommy English at Colchester United Archive Database