Full name Thomas Steven English 1979–1982 Coventry City Years Team | Playing position Name Tommy English | |
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Date of birth (1961-10-18) 18 October 1961 (age 54) | ||
Place of birth Cirencester, England | ||
Thomas Steven "Tommy" English (born 18 October 1961) is an English former professional footballer.
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Biography
English was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire and attended school in Colchester, Essex. He began his career as an apprentice at Coventry City. 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.