Tony Shepherd

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tony Shepherd

| image =

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| fullname = Anthony Shepherd{{Hugman|17858|accessdate=26 February 2017}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Celtic Boys Club

| years1 = 1985–1989 | caps1 = 41 | goals1 = 3 | clubs1 = Celtic

| years2 = 1988 | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = → Bristol City (loan)

| years3 = 1989–1991 | caps3 = 75 | goals3 = 8 | clubs3 = Carlisle United

| years4 = 1991–1993 | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Motherwell

| years5 = 1993–1995 | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 4 | clubs5 = Portadown

| years6 = 1995 | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Partick Thistle

| years7 = 1995–1996 | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Ayr United

| years8 = 1996 | caps8 = 3 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Stranraer

| years9 = 1996 | caps9 = 32 | goals9 = 2 | clubs9 = Glenavon

| years10= 1996–1997 | caps10= 16 | goals10= 0 | clubs10= Cliftonville

| years11= 1997–1998 | caps11= 17 | goals11= 3 | clubs11= Albion Rovers

| totalcaps = 255| totalgoals = 20

}}

Anthony Shepherd (born 16 November 1966) is a Scottish former footballer. He was a midfielder coming from the Celtic Boys Club.

Shepherd signed with the senior Celtic side in August 1983 and debuted at Parkhead in a 2-1 Scottish Cup victory over Queen's Park on 15 February 1986, providing assists for both the goals in that game for Brian McClair and Roy Aitken.{{cite web|last=Paul|first=Ian|title=Celtic are forced to forgo niceties by plucky Queen's|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3bdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2198%2C3847386|publisher=The Glasgow Herald|accessdate=2 February 2015|page=12|date=17 February 1986}} He was sent off in the 1986 Scottish League Cup Final when the referee assumed he had been struck by Shepherd from behind. When the referee accepted that he had been hit by a coin and not by Shepherd, he allowed Shepherd to remain on the field.{{cite web|last=Swan|first=Craig|title=Ex-Celtic boss Davie Hay warns Strachan and Smith: Don't lose the plot like I did|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/ex-celtic-boss-davie-hay-warns-1013279|publisher=Daily Record|accessdate=2 February 2015|date=10 March 2009}}{{cite news|last=Paul|first=Ian|title=Cup Final enquiry|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4JDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2626%2C7885927|accessdate=3 February 2015|date=30 October 1986|page=28|publisher=The Glasgow Herald}}

Shepherd struggled to hold down a first team place at Celtic and was sent on loan to Bristol City during the 1988/89 season. He left Celtic in 1989 and had spells with clubs including Carlisle United, Motherwell, Portadown and Cliftonville.{{cite web|last=Henderson|first=Mark|title=Where Are They Now? Tony Shepherd|url=http://www.celticfc.net/news/4150?item=4150|publisher=Celtic FC|accessdate=3 February 2015|date=14 June 2013}}