Tony Knapp
Anthony Knapp (born 13 October 1936 in Newstead, Nottinghamshire) is an English former footballer, a notable defender in the English football league in the 1960s.[1]
 Tony Knapp at Viking Stadion, 10 July 2008. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Knapp | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Newstead, England | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nottingham Forest | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1961 | Leicester City | 86 | (0) |
| 1961–1967 | Southampton | 233 | (2) |
| 1967–1968 | Coventry City | 11 | (0) |
| 1968 | Los Angeles Wolves | 30 | (1) |
| 1969–1971 | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | (1) |
| 1971–1972 | Poole Town | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1971–1972 | Poole Town | ||
| 1974–1975 | Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur | ||
| 1974–1977 | Iceland | ||
| 1978–1981 | Viking FK | ||
| 1982–1983 | Fredrikstad FK | ||
| 1984–1985 | Iceland | ||
| 1986–1987 | SK Brann | ||
| SK Vidar | |||
| Djerv 1919 | |||
| Sandnes Ulf | |||
| 2003 | Staal Jørpeland | ||
| Stavanger IF | |||
| 2004–2005 | Hundvåg FK | ||
| 2007–2008 | Lillesand IL | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He was training with Nottingham Forest before becoming professional, as a player for Leicester City (1955–61, 86 matches), Southampton FC (1961–67, 260 matches, 2 goal), Coventry City (1967–68, 11 matches), Los Angeles Wolves (1968) and Tranmere Rovers (1969–71, 36 matches, 1 goal).
His career as a manager started in Poole Town F.C. (1971–72, also player) and as an assistant coach to Norwich City. He then had success with the amateurs Iceland national football team (1974–77, A, U18, U21) as in their beating the East Germany national football team 2-1 (1975). In Norway he had success with Viking FK (1978–81, winning the double 1979), Fredrikstad FK (1982–83), again Iceland (1984–85), and SK Brann (1986–87, cupfinalist). Since then Knapp has coached lower division clubs around Stavanger, such as SK Vidar, Djerv 1919, Sandnes Ulf, Staal (from Jørpeland, 2003), Stavanger IF, Hundvåg FK (2004–05) and Lillesand IL (2007–08), before he retired due to illness.
Honours
- Football League Second Division runners-up: 1965–66
- Gold achievement from Iceland
References
- Peter Keeling, Blast from the past (1.3.08)
- Tony Knapp, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database