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Tony Bircumshaw

Tony Bircumshaw

English footballer

Tony Bircumshaw (born 8 February 1945 in Mansfield, England) is a former footballer who played in the full back position.

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Bircumshaw was a product of the youth system at Notts County where his older brother Peter Bircumshaw was already a first team regular. Tony Bircumshaw made his Football League debut on 3 April 1961 for Notts County at Brentford and at 16 years and 54 days he set a record as the club's youngest player.[2] The record remains in place to date,[3] although he was outstripped for the all competitions record when Jermaine Pennant featured for the club in an FA Cup tie as a 15-year-old.[4]

Bircumshaw left Notts in July 1966, to move to Hartlepools United, remaining at the club until 1971. Whilst there, he was a member of the side that won promotion in the 1967–68 season.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    B.J. Hugman, Rothmans Football League Players Records The Complete A-Z 1946–1981, 1981, p. 74
  2. [2]
    M. Golesworthy, Soccer Who's Who, London: Robert Hale, 1964, p. 24
  3. [3]
    G. & J. Rollin, Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009, London: Headline, 2008, p. 295
  4. [4]
    Up the Maggies!. "Notts County FC Records". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  5. [5]
    Profile on a Hartlepool site Archived 3 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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