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Tony Ford (footballer, born 1959)

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when he made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old on 4th October 1975 in an away game against Walsall. Ford was of mixed heritage (his father was a Black Barbadian) and he was the first Black player to play for the club. He spent 11 years at Blundell Park, where he made his name as one of the most
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He retired from playing in November 2001 when he and Parkin took up the same positions at Barnsley. Both were sacked by the club eleven months later, but in August 2003 he returned to his former role at Rochdale under new manager
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season. After three years at The Hawthorns, he rejoined Grimsby in late 1991. His second spell at Blundell Park lasted three seasons, and he left the club at the end of the
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season, having played 423 league games for the club, which at the time placed him second on the club's career appearance list behind
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talented players outside the top division. In 1986, he left Grimsby. He first had a short loan spell at
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In the summer of 1999, Parkin resigned as Mansfield manager to take a similar job at
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the all-time record for matches played in the English league by an outfield player
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Ford spent two and a half years at Stoke, before being transferred to
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as a scout, but was relieved of his duties in May 2011.
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Index

Tony Ford (footballer, born 1944)
MBE
Grimsby
Midfielder
Grimsby Town
Sunderland
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
Grimsby Town
Bradford City
Scunthorpe United
Mansfield Town
Rochdale
England B
MBE
footballer
right-sided midfielder
right-back
league
the all-time record for matches played in the English league by an outfield player
1,000 games in competitive matches
Scott McGleish
Graham Alexander
Grimsby Town
Sunderland
Stoke
West Bromwich Albion
1988–89
1993–94
Keith Jobling

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