Tony Walmsley

Tony Walmsley is an Australian professional football coach who worked as Technical Director and Head Coach for A-League side Central Coast Mariners.

Tony Walmsley
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-05-10) 10 May 1966
Place of birth Manchester, England
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Riverside Olympic
Teams managed
2009–2012 Central Coast Mariners (youth)
2012–2013 Sheffield United (Head of Academy Recruitment)
2015–2016 Central Coast Mariners
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Tony Walmsley started his coaching career in 1989 when he served as player/coach for Riverside Olympic in Tasmania.[1][2] Walmsley has previously served as Academy Director for the Manchester United Youth Development Programme in Oceania.[3] He was then appointed the manager of Central Coast Mariners youth team for three seasons, where his team never finished outside the top two and won the A-League National Youth League in the 2011–12 season.[4] In September 2012 he became the Head of Academy Recruitment for English League One side Sheffield United's youth team.[5][6]

Walmsley was appointed as Technical Director of the Mariners on 19 February 2015 [7] and caretaker head coach of the Mariners from 6 March 2015.

On 15 April 2015 Walmsley was announced as Mariners permanent Technical Director/Head Coach for the 2015–16 season.[8]

Under Walmsley, the Mariners had their worst A-League performance to date in the 2015–16 season. The Mariners' 13 points, the fewest in club history, resulted in a last-place finish, and they set a league record by losing 20 games while winning only 3, a record low for the Mariners. Central Coast allowed 70 goals, the most in league history, and had a goal difference of −37, the worst by an A-League team. The Mariners' totals of goals conceded at home and away (32 and 38 respectively) were also A-League records, and they went the entire season without a clean sheet.[9]

In the 2016 FFA Cup, the Mariners suffered a 2–1 loss to Green Gully SC at Green Gully Reserve, becoming just the second A-League team to be eliminated by a state league team in the FFA Cup.[10] As a result of the last placed finish in the 2015–16 season, and the Mariners' elimination from the 2016 FFA Cup, Walmsley was sacked by the Mariners on 8 August 2016,[11][12] with coaching duties in the leadup to the 2016–17 season taken up by assistant coach John Hutchinson in a caretaker role.[13] Walmsley was eventually succeeded by Australia national under-20 soccer team manager Paul Okon.

Managerial statistics
As of 19 December 2016.
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Central Coast Mariners 19 February 2015 8 August 2016 37 5 5 27 013.51
Total 37 5 5 27 013.51
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References
  1. http://seniors.riversideolympic.com.au/history/
  2. http://www.walterpless.com.au/2010/january/life-just-below-top-flight-in-1989.html
  3. "Tony Walmsley to join Sheffield United". footballaustralia.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  4. "Walmsley to leave Central Coast for Sheffield United". tribalfootball.com. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  5. "Cautious Danny Wilson playing safe with Blades kids". The Sheffield Star. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  6. "Academy make key appointments". Sheffield United FC Official Web Site. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  7. "Mariners enter stage one of restructure". Football Federation Australia. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  8. "CLUB STATEMENT: Tony Walmsley appointed as Head Coach". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. Way, Peter (8 August 2016). "Central Coast Mariners in crisis as they sack Tony Walmsley". The Daily Telegraph.
  10. Prichard, Greg. "Green Gully bask in FFA Cup glory". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  11. Way, Peter (8 August 2016). "Central Coast Mariners in crisis as they sack Tony Walmsley". The Daily Telegraph.
  12. "Central Coast Mariners sack coach Tony Walmsley after FFA Cup debacle". The Guardian. 8 August 2016.
  13. "Mariners Part Ways with Tony Walmsley". Central Coast Mariners. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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