Tony Roberts (footballer)

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Personal information
Tony Roberts
Full name	Anthony Roberts
Date of birth	August 4, 1969 (age 37)
Place of birth	Holyhead, Wales
Height	5ft 11 in (182 cm)
Nickname	Robbo
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Dagenham & Redbridge
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987–1998 1998 1999-2000 2000-	QPR Millwall St. Albans Dagenham & Redbridge Total	122 (0) 8 (0) No Info 230 (1) 360 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

This article concerns the footballer Tony Roberts. For the actor, see Tony Roberts.

Anthony (Tony) Roberts (born August 4, 1969 in Holyhead, North Wales) is a Welshman and a professional football player, currently plays for Dagenham & Redbridge as a goalkeeper and wears shirt number 1.

Roberts is also the goalkeeping coach at Championship side Queens Park Rangers.

1 Club Career
2 International Career
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Club Career

Roberts began his professional career at sixteen years of age as a trainee at Queens Park Rangers after playing for Holyhead United Juniors as a child. He was known to everyone in Holyhead by the nickname 'Froggit'. He progressed through the ranks to play 145 games in his eleven years at Loftus Road.

Roberts then spent a season at the New Den with Millwall before a knuckle injury in 1998 forced him to end his League career. He moved into the semi-professional game where he joined St Albans City. In 2000, after manager Garry Hill left to join Dagenham, Roberts followed him.

Currently in his testimonial season, Roberts has now reached 300 games with The Daggers and, with the team top of the Conference, could find himself back in the Football League next season after a 9-year absence. Despite the fact that he needs a specially made splint in his glove to play, promotion to Division 2 would require the repayment of the insurance claim made after his retirement from the professional game.

[edit] International Career

Roberts has been capped at Youth level and has also won two Full International caps as goalkeeper for Wales as well as being selected 30 times as substitute goalkeeper to Neville Southall. He has also became the first Welshman to be capped at both full and semi-professional level as he helped his country win the non-league 'Home International' series twice.

[edit] Trivia

Roberts became the first Welshman to gain caps at both Pro and Semi-Pro level when he played in the Wales Semi-Professional team against England at Rushden in February 2002.
Roberts holds the distinction of being the only goalkeeper ever to score a goal in an FA Cup tie when he netted for Dagenham at Basingstoke Town in a 4th qualifying round tie in October 2001.