Tony Rodwell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Rodwell | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Southport, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Southport | ? | (?) | |
| Buxton | ? | (?) | |
| Runcorn | ? | (?) | |
| –1990 | Colne Dynamoes | ? | (?) |
| 1990–1994 | Blackpool | 142 | (17) |
| 1994–1995 | Scarborough | 8 | (1) |
| 1995 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| Witton Albion | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Anthony "Tony" Rodwell (born 26 August 1962) is an English former professional footballer. His preferred position was on the right wing.
Prior to turning professional, Southport-born Rodwell played for his hometown club, Buxton, Runcorn, and Colne Dynamoes. His most successful period came under the guidance of Billy Ayre at Blackpool, where, in May 1992, he won promotion to the new Division Two after a penalty shoot-out win over Scunthorpe in the Division Four play-off final at Wembley (after losing out to Torquay at the same venue twelve months earlier). He followed Ayre to Scarborough when the latter became manager at the McCain Stadium in 1994.
Rodwell joined Graham Carr's Blackpool from Colne Dynamoes in the summer of 1990. He appeared in 49 of Blackpool's 51 league and cup games in his debut 1990–91 season, as well is in their three play-off ties (scoring Blackpool's goal in their semi-final, first leg draw at Scunthorpe United, a goal he has named his favourite), making the number-7 shirt his own. He scored on his full debut, in a 4–1 victory over Wrexham at Bloomfield Road on 15 September, after deputising for the injured on-loan Phil Stant in the forward line. He went on to score a further six league goals during the campaign, the majority of which came under the managership of Graham Carr's assistant, Billy Ayre, who took over the reins when Carr was fired.
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