Phillip Tinney
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-01-15) 15 January 1945
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Dundee 0 (0)
1965–1966 Heracles 3 (1)
1967 Philadelphia Spartans 14 (1)
1970–1972 Dallas Tornado 58 (4)
Wigan Athletic
Total 75 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phillip Tinney (born 15 January 1945) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Early and personal life

Tinney was from Dundee, and attended St Stephen's and St John's schools in the city.[2]

Career

Tinney spent his early career with Liverpool and Dundee.[2][3] He made one first-team appearance for Dundee, in the Summer Cup, where he scored a goal.[4] He then played for Dutch club Heracles,[5] becoming the first British player to score in the Eredivisie.[3] After leaving Heracles in January 1966,[6] he was subject to a five-year FIFA ban for breaking his contract.[3][4] He subsequently played in the United States for the Philadelphia Spartans and the Dallas Tornado.[1][4] His career was ended by a broken leg whilst playing for Wigan Athletic.[3] After retiring as a player he worked in residential childcare in Merseyside.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 John Brown (28 November 2016). "Blether with Brown: Jimmy Gabriel feared John Phillips would 'steal his place'". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Brian Fowlie (16 October 2016). "Shanks' snub led to Phil making history in Holland". Sunday Post. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 John Brown (26 December 2016). "Blether with Brown: Three goals in cup final wasn't sufficient to please Bill Shankly". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Heracles Statistieken. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Heimwee" (in Dutch). Leidsch Dagblad. 18 January 1966. p. 7. Retrieved 23 April 2017.


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