Mile Oak Rovers F.C. Players - Tony Coton, John Gayle, Mark Kendall, Keith Downing, Kevin Francis, Colin Robinson, Martin Taylor (Paperback)

Chapters: Tony Coton, John Gayle, Mark Kendall, Keith Downing, Kevin Francis, Colin Robinson, Martin Taylor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anthony Philip "Tony" Coton (born 19 May 1961 in Tamworth) is an English former footballer who made 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing as a goalkeeper for Birmingham City, Watford, Manchester City and Sunderland. He was renowned for his excellent reflexes and shot-stopping abilities. Coton started his professional career at Birmingham City in 1978, having signed from Mile Oak Rovers the previous year. He made his Football League debut as a 19-year-old, on 27 December 1980 in the First Division match against Sunderland. His first touch of the ball was to save a penalty awarded after 54 seconds. By the 198283 season he had established himself as Birmingham's first choice goalkeeper. Birmingham were relegated from the First Division at the end of the next season, but Coton found his way back into the top flight with a transfer to Watford, for a sum of 300,000. He soon replaced Steve Sherwood in Watford's goal and at the end of his second full season at Vicarage Road he won the Hornets' Player of the Season and Display of the Season awards, the latter for a clean sheet against Liverpool. He went on to become Watford Player of the Season for an unprecedented third time in 198990. Before the start of the 199091 season, Coton was bought for just under 1,000,000 by Manchester City manager Howard Kendall. At the time, he was one of the most expensive goalkeepers to be signed by any British club. He went on to win the City Player of the Year award in both the 199192 and 199394 seasons. He also won an England B cap during his time at City. They finished fifth in the First Division du...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3851778