Player Details

Tony Field

Real Name: Anthony Field
Normal Position: Inside Forward
Born: 06/07/1946 (Halifax)

Heritage Number: 1001
Debut Match*: 15/03/1968 v Tranmere Rovers (Football League)
Last Match*: 18/10/1971 v Chester City (Football League)
* Qualifying Games

Discarded by his home-town team Halifax and expecting his release after a three-month trial at Barrow, Tony Field was disillusioned with football. He was astonished that Barrow signed him on full-time, and he went on to help them win promotion to Division III (along with Southport) in 1967. As the player who was to provide Southport with their record Football League transfer fee of some £16,000 (plus Fred Goodwin), he had the rare ability to create chances out of nothing. ‘Flipper’ was manager Don McEvoy’s first capture, and although scoring on his début he managed only 7 goals in his first 53 games until he secured a regular place in the side in November 1969. In that relegation season he scored three hat-tricks — including all four goals in a 4—2 win over Torquay United. Always a positive player, he was a difficult man to dispossess, running powerfully with the ball — head down, shoulders hunched — into the heart of the opposing defence. He scored regularly for Blackburn before his transfer to Sheffield United, where he was an ever-present in the First Division side of 1974—75. He later performed with distinction alongside the legendary Pele for New York Cosmos, eventually settling with his family in Memphis, Tennessee, where he became a production manager with a steel stockholding firm. He still coaches indoor soccer.

Profile reproduced with Permission from:
The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9

Season: 1971/1972 [Back to Player Stats]
The player made an appearance in the following games:

Date	Home Club	Away Club	Score	Goals	Competition	Round	Match Date	Heritage Qualifying	Void
31/07/1971	Southport	Blackpool	2 - 0	2	Friendly		31/07/1971	No	No
14/08/1971	Southport	Exeter City	4 - 0	2	Football League	D4	14/08/1971	Yes	No
18/08/1971	Crewe Alexandra	Southport	0 - 1	1	Football League Cup	1	18/08/1971	Yes	No
21/08/1971	Gillingham	Southport	2 - 1	1	Football League	D4	21/08/1971	Yes	No
27/08/1971	Southport	Cambridge United	4 - 1	1	Football League	D4	27/08/1971	Yes	No
30/08/1971	Southport	Northampton Town	4 - 0	2	Football League	D4	30/08/1971	Yes	No
03/09/1971	Colchester United	Southport	1 - 0	0	Football League	D4	03/09/1971	Yes	No
08/09/1971	Southport	Stoke City	1 - 2	0	Football League Cup	2	08/09/1971	Yes	No
10/09/1971	Southport	Newport County	4 - 2	1	Football League	D4	10/09/1971	Yes	No
18/09/1971	Barrow	Southport	0 - 2	1	Football League	D4	18/09/1971	Yes	No
24/09/1971	Southport	Workington	2 - 2	0	Football League	D4	24/09/1971	Yes	No
29/09/1971	Aldershot	Southport	1 - 1	0	Football League	D4	29/09/1971	Yes	No
01/10/1971	Southend United	Southport	2 - 1	1	Football League	D4	01/10/1971	Yes	No
08/10/1971	Southport	Brentford	0 - 0	0	Football League	D4	08/10/1971	Yes	No
11/10/1971	Tranmere Rovers	Southport	1 - 1	1	Liverpool Senior Cup	Semi Final L2	11/10/1971	No	No
16/10/1971	Exeter City	Southport	1 - 3	0	Football League	D4	16/10/1971	Yes	No
18/10/1971	Southport	Chester	4 - 3	1	Football League	D4	18/10/1971	Yes	No