Tony Lynch

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tony Lynch

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Anthony Junior Lynch{{Hugman|id=12092|accessdate=19 January 2018}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|1|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paddington, England

| height =

| position = Left winger

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1984

| youthclubs1 = Brentford

| years1 = 1983–1986

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 45

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1986–1987

| clubs2 = Maidstone United

| caps2 = 36

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1987–1990

| clubs3 = Wealdstone

| caps3 = 140

| goals3 = 45

| years4 = 1990–1994

| clubs4 = Barnet

| caps4 = 53

| goals4 = 11

| years5 = 1994–1996

| clubs5 = Stevenage Borough

| caps5 = 61

| goals5 = 17

| years6 = 1996–1997

| clubs6 = Kettering Town

| caps6 = 30

| goals6 = 7

| years7 = 1997–1998

| clubs7 = Hendon

| caps7 = 23

| goals7 = 2

}}

Anthony Junior Lynch (born 20 January 1966) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League for Brentford and Barnet. Either side of his spells with the two clubs, he played non-League football for Maidstone United, Wealdstone, Stevenage Borough, Kettering Town and Hendon.

Career

A left winger, Lynch began his career in the youth system at Brentford and while still an apprentice, he made four senior appearances during the 1983–84 season.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=345}} He signed his first professional contract during the 1984 off-season, but made only 13 appearances during the 1984–85 season.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=345}} The departure of a number of a number of players allowed Lynch to break into the first team during the 1985–86 season, in which he made 40 appearances and scored four goals.{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |page=98}} He was released by manager Frank McLintock in 1986 and dropped into non-League football.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2011|p=345}}

After spells with Maidstone United and Wealdstone,{{NeilBrownPlayers|player6/tonylynch}} Lynch joined Conference club Barnet in October 1990 and was a part of the team which was promoted to the Football League at the end of the 1990–91 season.{{Cite web |title=Season 1990–91 Into The Football League |url=http://reckless-guide-to-barnet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/season-1990-91-into-football-league.html |access-date=19 January 2018 |website=reckless-guide-to-barnet.blogspot.co.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Win at Fisher clinches promotion for the Bees – Black and Amber |url=http://www.barnet-mad.co.uk/feat/edx1/win_at_fisher_clinches_promotion_for_the_bees_483393/index.shtml |access-date=19 January 2018 |website=www.barnet-mad.co.uk |language=en}} He made 60 appearances and scored 12 goals for the club,{{Cite web |title=Tony Lynch |url=http://www.downhillsecondhalf.co.uk/Football/ViewPerson.aspx?PersonID=532 |access-date=25 December 2020 |website=Downhill Second Half – A Barnet FC Archive}} before dropping back into non-League football to play for Stevenage Borough and Kettering Town. He made a reserve team appearance for Second Division strugglers Peterborough United in March 1997 and played the 1997–98 season with Isthmian League Premier Division club Hendon.{{Cite web |title=Tony Lynch's Matches For Peterborough |url=http://www.uptheposh.com/people/6928/for/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235527/http://www.uptheposh.com/people/6928/for/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=19 January 2018 |access-date=19 January 2018 |website=UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Former Staff – Tony Lynch |url=https://www.hendonfc.net/Squad?method=view&id=406 |access-date=1 April 2019 |website=Greensnet – Official Hendon FC}}

Honours

Barnet

Football Conference: 1990–91

Stevenage Borough

Football Conference: 1995–96{{Cite web |title=Stevenage Players {{!}} Tony Lynch |url=http://www.boroguide.co.uk/players/player.php?ID=329#theyplayed |access-date=19 January 2018 |website=BoroGuide |language=en}}

Hendon

Isthmian League Full Members Cup: 1997–98{{Cite web |title=Match Report |url=https://www.hendonfc.net/Reports?id=769 |access-date=1 April 2019 |website=Greensnet – Official Hendon FC}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|League Cup ! colspan="2" \|Other ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="4" \|Brentford \|1983–84{{Cite book \|last1=Croxford \|first1=Mark \|title=The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties \|last2=Lane \|first2=David \|last3=Waterman \|first3=Greville \|publisher=Legends Publishing \|year=2011 \|isbn=978-1906796716 \|location=Sunbury, Middlesex \|pages=425–427}} \| rowspan="3" \|Third Division \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2Appearances in Football League Trophy \|0 \|4 \|0
1984–85 \|10 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|13 \|0
1985–86 \|33 \|5 \|1 \|0 \|4 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|40 \|5
colspan="2" \|Total !45 !5 !1 !0 !5 !0 !6 !0 !57 !5
rowspan="5" \|Barnet \|1990–91 \|Conference \|15 \|7 \| colspan="2" \|— \| colspan="2" \|— \|0 \|0 \|15 \|7
1991–92 \|Fourth Division \|8 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|10 \|0
1992–93 \|Third Division \|8 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|9 \|1
1993–94 \|Second Division \|22 \|3 \|1 \|0 \|3 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|26 \|4
colspan="2" \|Total !53 !11 !1 !0 !6 !1 !0 !0 !60 !12
rowspan="4" \|Stevenage Borough \|1993–94 \|Isthmian League Premier Division \|6 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \| colspan="2" \|— \| colspan="2" \|— \|6 \|0
1994–95 \| rowspan="2" \|Conference \|35 \|7 \|1 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|53 appearances and 1 goal in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Conference League Cup \|1 \|41 \|8
1995–96 \|26 \|9 \|5 \|1 \| colspan="2" \|— \|53 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Conference League Cup, 1 appearance in Herts Charity Cup \|0 \|36 \|10
colspan="2" \|Total !67 !16 !6 !1 ! colspan="2" \|— !10 !1 !83 !18
Hendon \|1997–98 \|Isthmian League Premier Division \|23 \|2 \|1 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|146 appearances and 3 goals in Isthmian League Full Members Cup, 3 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Middlesex Senior Cup, 2 appearances in London Challenge Cup, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup \|3 \|38 \|5
colspan="3" \|Career total !188 !34 !9 !1 !11 !1 !30 !4 !238 !40

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

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! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

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rowspan="4" |Brentford

|1983–84{{Cite book |last1=Croxford |first1=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=978-1906796716 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |pages=425–427}}

| rowspan="3" |Third Division

|2Appearances in Football League Trophy

1984–85

|10

|13

1985–86

|33

|40

colspan="2" |Total

!45

!57

rowspan="5" |Barnet