Tony Pennock

Tony Pennock

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Pennock
Date of birth	(1971-04-10) 10 April 1971
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Aberaman Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Stockport County	0	(0)
1990–1991	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)	2	(0)
1991–1994	Wigan Athletic	8	(0)
1994–1995	Hereford United	15	(0)
1995–2001	Yeovil Town	236	(1)
2001–2002	Rushden & Diamonds	5	(0)
2002–2003	Farnborough Town	51	(0)
2003–2005	Carmarthen Town	66	(0)
2005–2008	Newport County	30	(0)
2008	Neath Athletic	0	(0)
2008–2009	Swansea City	0	(0)
2009–2010	Port Talbot Town	1	(0)
2010	Aberaman Athletic	0	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2008	Wales Semi-Pro
2007	Port Talbot Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2010

Anthony Pennock (born 10 April 1971 in Swansea) is a Welsh non-league international goalkeeper.

Playing career

He started his professional career at Stockport County. Pennock made his senior debut playing for Wigan Athletic, in a 3rd round 1990–91 FA Cup tie against Coventry City. He went on to make 10 league appearances for Wigan before joining Hereford United in their Third Division days.

He added a further 15 league games before spending six years at Yeovil Town. In his second season, 1996–97 Yeovil were promoted back to the Conference from the Diadora Premier League, going on to have several successful FA Cup campaigns, beating several league teams over the next few seasons. In a replay at Huish Park against Cardiff City in January 1999, Pennock made an error which is often shown in sporting bloopers clips, rolling the ball forwards before intending to clear it downfield. Unfortunately, he rolled the ball too far forwards and was tackled by the Cardiff City striker and the ball rebounded into his net; it was the winning goal. Pennock redeemed himself in the second round in December 2000, with a magnificent performance as Yeovil won at Blackpool, a match televised on Sky.

Pennock then played five times in the league for Rushden & Diamonds having signed along with Yeovil teammate Warren Patmore in the summer of 2001 after Yeovil finished second in the Conference to Rushden. He then signed on loan for Farnborough Town in February 2002, before making the move permanent in the 2002 close season and playing at Arsenal in the FA Cup. Pennock was critical of the methods of Farnborough's manager and owner, Graham Westley, and as a result was one of relatively few first choice players that did not leave Farnborough with Westley immediately after the Arsenal game.

After two years with Carmarthen Town, Pennock joined Newport County in October 2005. He broke his leg at the start of the 2006–07 season which ruled him out of matches for the rest of that season. During this period of time he was also goalkeeping coach for Swansea City

In November 2007 Pennock left Port Talbot and returned to Newport County as a player but was released at the end of the 2007–08 season and joined Neath Athletic.

In July 2008 he was appointed as head of youth development at Swansea City and was given a place in the squad to provide goalkeeping cover. Pennock returned to Port Talbot Town in September 2009 as a player to provide cover following an injury to Lee Kendall, making one appearance before leaving to sign for Aberaman Athletic in February 2010.

Managerial career

Pennock joined Port Talbot Town as manager for the start of the 2007–08 season after guiding the Welsh Semi-pro team to second in the Four Nations Semi-Pro Tournament in May 2007. In July 2008, Pennock stepped down as Wales semi-pro manager after taking up a coaching role at Swansea.

External links

• Tony Pennock career statistics at Soccerbase
• Welsh Premier profile