Tony Walmsley
{{short description|Australian professional football coach (born 1966)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Tony Walmsley
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|5|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = Manchester, England
|clubs1 = Riverside Olympic
|years1 =
|manageryears1 = 2009–2012
|managerclubs1 = Central Coast Mariners (youth)
|manageryears2 = 2012–2013
|managerclubs2 = Sheffield United (Head of Academy Recruitment)
|manageryears3 = 2015–2016
|managerclubs3 = Central Coast Mariners
}}
Tony Walmsley is an Australian professional football coach who worked as Technical Director and Head Coach for A-League side Central Coast Mariners.
Career
Tony Walmsley started his coaching career in 1989 when he served as player/coach for Riverside Olympic in Tasmania.{{Cite web |url=http://seniors.riversideolympic.com.au/history/ |title=History « Riverside Olympic Senior Website |access-date=3 February 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306031938/http://seniors.riversideolympic.com.au/history/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.walterpless.com.au/2010/january/life-just-below-top-flight-in-1989.html |title=Life just below the top flight in 1989 | January | 2010 |access-date=3 February 2016 |archive-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203123205/http://www.walterpless.com.au/2010/january/life-just-below-top-flight-in-1989.html |url-status=dead }}
Walmsley has previously served as Academy Director for the Manchester United Youth Development Programme in Oceania.{{cite news|title=Tony Walmsley to join Sheffield United|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/centralcoastmariners/news-display/Tony-Walmsley-to-join-Sheffield-United/49293|accessdate=25 September 2012|publisher=footballaustralia.com}} 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.{{cite news|title=Walmsley to leave Central Coast for Sheffield United|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/walmsley-leave-central-coast-sheffield-united-3540381|accessdate=25 September 2012|publisher=tribalfootball.com|date=21 September 2012}} In September 2012 he became the Head of Academy Recruitment for English League One side Sheffield United's youth team.{{cite news|title=Cautious Danny Wilson playing safe with Blades kids|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheffield-united/sheffield-united-cautious-danny-wilson-playing-safe-with-blades-kids-1-4952333|accessdate=25 September 2012|newspaper=The Sheffield Star|date=25 September 2012}}{{cite news|title=Academy make key appointments|url=http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/20120925-academy-make-key-appointments-389482.aspx|accessdate=25 September 2012|publisher=Sheffield United FC Official Web Site|date=25 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928061244/http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/20120925-academy-make-key-appointments-389482.aspx|archivedate=28 September 2012}}
Walmsley was appointed as Technical Director of the Mariners on 19 February 2015 {{cite web|url=http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/news-mariners-enter-stage-one-of-re-structure/1w9dp8gkex8j11nyrmvb9miaoz|title=Mariners enter stage one of restructure|date=19 February 2015|publisher=Football Federation Australia|accessdate=21 February 2015}} 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.{{Cite web|title = CLUB STATEMENT: Tony Walmsley appointed as Head Coach|url = http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/club-statement-tony-walmsley-appointed-as-head-coach/lrokoe29uk91f9nntnm80nqp#gO8hsWU2lO2Jqysd.97|accessdate = 2015-04-14|archive-date = 23 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201206/http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/club-statement-tony-walmsley-appointed-as-head-coach/lrokoe29uk91f9nntnm80nqp#gO8hsWU2lO2Jqysd.97|url-status = dead}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/central-coast-mariners-in-crisis-as-they-sack-tony-walmsley/news-story/8da014a2940c7995b9c634d42c1c56a1|title=Central Coast Mariners in crisis as they sack Tony Walmsley|first=Peter|last=Way|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 August 2016}}
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.{{cite web|last1=Prichard|first1=Greg|title=Green Gully bask in FFA Cup glory|url=https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/08/03/green-gully-bask-ffa-cup-glory|website=The World Game|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|accessdate=4 August 2016}} 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,{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/central-coast-mariners-in-crisis-as-they-sack-tony-walmsley/news-story/8da014a2940c7995b9c634d42c1c56a1|title=Central Coast Mariners in crisis as they sack Tony Walmsley|first=Peter|last=Way|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 August 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/08/central-coast-mariners-sack-coach-tony-walmsley-after-ffa-cup-debacle|title=Central Coast Mariners sack coach Tony Walmsley after FFA Cup debacle|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 August 2016}} with coaching duties in the leadup to the 2016–17 season taken up by assistant coach John Hutchinson in a caretaker role.{{cite web|url=http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/club-statement-mariners-part-ways-with-tony-walmsley/1xzk9xom43b6s1df0snmeup2l6|title=Mariners Part Ways with Tony Walmsley|work=Central Coast Mariners|date=8 August 2016|accessdate=9 October 2016}} Walmsley was eventually succeeded by Australia national under-20 soccer team manager Paul Okon.
Managerial statistics
{{updated|19 December 2016.}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | ||||
| rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Nat !rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|To !colspan=5|Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % |
| align=left|Central Coast Mariners
|{{flagicon|Australia}} |align=left|19 February 2015 |align=left|8 August 2016 {{WDL|37|5|5|27}} | ||||
| colspan=4|Total
{{WDLtot|37|5|5|27}} |
References
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External links
- {{soccerway|tony-walmsley/398871}}
{{Central Coast Mariners FC managers}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walmsley, Tony}}
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