Talk:Tony Woodcock (footballer)

Requested move 27 March 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure)  — Amakuru (talk) 11:15, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

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Tony Woodcock → Tony Woodcock (footballer) – I proposed this article be renamed Tony Woodcock (footballer) and that Tony Woodcock becomes a disambiguation page for both the footballer and the rugby union player. I don't think the footballer is necessarily the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and doing this would reduce incorrect linking. TheMightyPeanut (talk) 08:37, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

• Support and generally all Tonys should be on Anthony dab pages, see Anthony Woodcock NB also Tony Lawrence should be Tony Lawrence (soccer) per Anthony Lawrence. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:54, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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Managerial career

Why is there no mention of his managerial career? There is some amount of discussion here.

He is listed as a former manager in the Wikipedia article on Lokomotive Leipzig (as VfB Leipzig at the time).

Rainjar (talk) 15:18, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Forest career?

The article state he joined Forest as an apprentice in 1974. The stats state his senior career began a year earlier in 1973.

As he would have been 19 in 1974 it's unlikely that he would have been taken on as an apprentice at this time. 86.165.245.47 (talk) 09:53, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

The infobox may have been based on the Neil Brown source, which shows his senior career starting in the 1973-74 season (the Source: Apprentice line above would usually indicate a change in status at that point, i.e. the start of his senior career). This differs from Hugman, which has him joining as an apprentice in Jan 1974. When the line and stats were added, the article contained no references at all (pinging @Jameboy and Hammersfan, who may have some further input).

Other sources also differ:

"According to 'The Official History of Nottingham Forest', he joined Forest as an apprentice in 1974. In actual fact Woodock was a substitute for a Forest reserves game against Bolton Wanderers as early as 1972."

The 1. FC Köln OS reckons it was a professional contract that was signed in 1974:

"It all began on Tony’s 12th birthday when his brother-in-law gifted him with a football. He knew from that moment on that all he ever wanted to become was a footballer. It did not take long for Nottingham Forest to notice the talent of Tony Woodcock and invite him as an apprentice. At the time it was quite common for footballers to learn a second skill, in order to prepare themselves in case they did not make it as professionals. This, however, was not the case for young Tony, who concentrated his full efforts on football. Looking back, he states: “In hindsight I wouldn’t recommend it. Many of my mates that did the same couldn't make the jump to the pros and ended up becoming unemployed.” This was a problem Tony did not have to deal with, as he was offered a professional contract in 1974."

I've added the month into the prose, and tweaked/expanded it a bit. I've also amended the infobox to 1974, and added Forest in as a youth club (along with the other club mentioned in the ref). It may be worth adding a note to explain the discrepancy, however. Thanks, Nzd (talk) 16:31, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping, though I can't shed much light on it other than to say that when I made those edits in 2007 [1], I was still a relative newbie. Since I didn't provide any sources and I can't remember where the info came from, I would treat it with scepticism. --Jameboy (talk) 16:47, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

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