Tony Battersby

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Tony Battersby

Stevenage career: 2003-4

16 (7) Appearances #363 all-time
6 Goals #150 all-time
61% Win Rate #54 all-time
22 Mar 2003 Debut v Scarborough (A)
Tony Battersby signed towards the end of March 2003 to complement the attacking firepower already at Graham Westley's disposal.

Factfile

Position
Forward
Years
2003-4
Previous Clubs
Rushden & Diamonds, Hucknall Town, Boston United, Northampton Town (loan), Lincoln City, Bury, Notts County, BK-IFK (FIN) (loan), Southend United (loan), Sheffield United
Later Clubs
Ebbsfleet United (2004), Cambridge City (2004), Kings Lynn (2004), Grays Athletic (2004), AFC Wimbledon (2006), Chelmsford City (2006), Welling United (loan) (2006), Stamford (2007), Corby Town (2008), Bourne Town (loan) (2008), Bedford Town (2009), Stamford (2009), St Albans City (2010), Deeping Rangers (2011), Grantham Town (2012), Spalding United (2012), Wisbech Town (2013), Boston Town (2015), •

Biography

Tony Battersby signed towards the end of March 2003 to complement the attacking firepower already at Graham Westley‘s disposal. Arriving on a free transfer after Rushden and Diamonds released him, Battersby was a relatively unknown quantity at Broadhall Way. This was despite scoring for Lincoln City against Paul Fairclough’s side to end our 1998-9 FA Cup run.

As the season ended, Battersby showed us what he was capable of; scoring three goals in just four starts and two substitute appearances. Usually playing second-fiddle to Dino Maamria at Boro’, Battersby failed to make the most of the Tunisian’s absence at the start of the 2003-4 campaign and made his way onto greener pastures. Well, Ebbsfleet. If nothing else, however, he did leave a legacy; the striker being the reason that KC & The Sunshine Band entered the East Terrace repertoire. It’s now available in all good record shops.

Statistics

Appearances 23 #363 all-time
Starts 16
Off the Bench 7
Goals 6 #150 all-time
Wins 14
Defeats 5
Yellow Cards 1
Red Cards 0
Win Rate 60.9% #54 all-time

Career Timeline

6
2002-03 3 goals
Debut season Most goals
17
2003-04 3 goals
Most appearances Most goals Final season
Season Starts Subs Goals YC RC Wins Defeats Apps Win %
2003-04 12 5 3 1 0 8 5 17 47.06%
2002-03 4 2 3 0 0 6 0 6 100%

Overall

Games played 23
Win rate 60.87%

League

Games played 20
Win rate 65%

Cup

Games played 3
Win rate 33.33%