Anthony Tonkin

English footballer (born 1980)

Anthony Tonkin

Tonkin playing for Oxford United in 2008

Personal information
Full name|  Anthony Richard Tonkin[1]
Date of birth|  (1980-01-17) 17 January 1980 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth|  Penzance, England
Height|  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s)|  Defender
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
|  Mousehole|  |
|  Falmouth Town|  |
1998–2002|  Yeovil Town|  97|  (2)
2002–2003|  Stockport County|  24|  (0)
2003–2006|  Crewe Alexandra|  88|  (0)
2006–2007|  Yeovil Town|  5|  (0)
2007|  → Grays Athletic (loan)|  12|  (0)
2007–2008|  Forest Green Rovers|  38|  (0)
2008–2010|  Cambridge United|  60|  (0)
2010–2012|  Oxford United|  73|  (0)
2012–2015|  Aldershot Town|  62|  (0)
2015|  Frome Town|  8|  (0)
Total|  |  467|  (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Richard Tonkin (born 17 January 1980) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender.

## Career

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Born in Penzance, Cornwall,[1] Tonkin began his career at Mousehole and Falmouth Town, where he finished as runners-up to Truro City in the South Western League in the 1997–98 season.[2] His success with Falmouth attracted Yeovil Town, who signed him up in 1998, where he made 95 appearances and scored one goal in three years at the club. In 2002, he moved to Stockport County, where he spent a year before being transferred to Crewe Alexandra in August 2003 for a reported fee of £150,000. After more than 90 appearances in under three years, he was released and subsequently returned to Yeovil.

On 2 March 2007, he joined Grays Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.[3] He was released by Yeovil upon his return in May 2007. Two months later, he signed for Conference National club Forest Green Rovers, reportedly turning down Football League clubs to stay in the Southwest.[4][5] He made 38 league appearances as the club finished in their highest-ever league placing, but was released at the end of the season.[6]

Tonkin joined Cambridge United on 1 July 2008.[7] In January 2010, Tonkin joined Oxford United for an undisclosed fee.[8] In May 2012, Tonkin was released by the club after being deemed surplus to requirements.[9] On 25 May 2012, Tonkin joined Aldershot Town on a one-year deal which sees him join former teammate Josh Payne at the Recreation Ground. He was a first team regular at Aldershot Town proving to be a consistent performer in an underperforming side.

However, the defender was released by Aldershot in February 2015, but was soon signed by Southern League side Frome Town initially until the end of the 2014–15 season.

## Honours

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Yeovil Town

* FA Trophy: 2001–02[10]

Oxford United

* Conference National play-offs: 2009–10

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Mainstream Publishing. p. 406\. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.
2. ^ "Aldershot Town Football Club: All About: Anthony Tonkin Player News". Theshots.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
3. ^ "Glovers swoop to re-sign Cranie". BBC Sport. 2 March 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
4. ^ "Tonkin opts for rovers switch". Football Conference. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
5. ^ "Forest Green sign ex-Yeovil man". BBC Sport. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
6. ^ "Forest Green allow six to leave". BBC Sport. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
7. ^ "Brabin Makes First U's Signing". Cambridge United F.C. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
8. ^ "Tonkin Oxford Bound". Cambridge United F.C. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
9. ^ "Trio land new Oxford deals". Sky Sports. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
10. ^ "Yeovil lift FA Trophy". BBC News. 12 May 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anthony Tonkin.

* Anthony Tonkin at Soccerbase

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals