| Tony Cascarino | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Anthony Guy Cascarino | |
| Date of birth | September 1, 1962 | |
| Place of birth | St Paul's Cray, Kent, England | |
| Playing position | Striker (retired) | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1987 1987-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1997 1997-2000 2000 |
Gillingham F.C. Millwall F.C. Aston Villa F.C. Celtic F.C. Chelsea F.C. Olympique de Marseille AS Nancy Red Star 93 Career |
219 (78) 105 (42) 46 (11) 24 (4) 40 (8) 84 (61) 109 (44) 2 (0) 629 (248) |
| National team | ||
| 1985-1999 | Republic of Ireland | 88 (19) |
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Anthony Guy ("Tony") Cascarino (born September 1, 1962 in St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, England) is a former association football player. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Orpington is a suburban town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He made his name as a striker for various British and French football clubs and for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A football team or a football club, in football (soccer is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a Football game be it Association The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football.
Since retirement, he has presented on TalkSPORT radio and written for both The Times and Ireland's magazine. talkSPORT is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters offering a commercial sports and talk radio service from London The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Hot Press is a fortnightly Music and political Magazine founded in 1977 based in Dublin, Ireland.
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Career
Having originally planned to be a hair-dresser and a part time yoga instructer, Cascarino joined Gillingham F.C. in 1982 from Crockenhill FC, for a transfer fee of a set of tracksuit tops, a packet of condoms and some corrugated iron. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) [1] He went on to play for Millwall, Aston Villa, Celtic and Chelsea. Millwall Football Club are an English professional football team based at The New Den, referred to by fans as The Den in Bermondsey, The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the east end of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. However, his most successful years were with Olympique de Marseille and Nancy in the French Ligue 2. Olympique de Marseille (also known as l'OM or Marseille) is a football team that plays in Ligue 1, the top level of the French Football AS Nancy-Lorraine is a French football club based in Nancy, Capital of Lorraine Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. It is one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 1, which is France's top
Cascarino was born in England but represented the Republic of Ireland, qualifying through his Irish grandfather. However, he later revealed that his mother told him in 1996 that she was adopted and therefore no blood relative to the grandfather. Cascarino said in his autobiography: "I didn't qualify for Ireland. I was a fraud. A fake Irishman". However, through the adoption his mother gained the right to Irish citizenship and therefore he was indeed eligible.
Cascarino scored nineteen goals in eighty-eight international appearances, making him for a time Ireland's record caps holder. His aerial prowess fitted well with the long ball style of the team. Cascarino was an integral part of the teams that took part in the European Championship in 1988 and World Cups in 1990 and 1994. The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in West Germany. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994
Since retiring from football, Cascarino has become a semi-professional poker player, having appeared in the television series Celebrity Poker Club and commentating on the PartyPoker Poker Den. Celebrity Poker Club is a British television show featuring Celebrities playing Poker. PartyGaming Plc ( is an Online gambling company best known for its Online poker room PartyPoker
Autobiography
Cascarino produced an autobiography,[2] which received great critical acclaim[3].
Extremely forthright by the standards of sports autobiographies, the book detailed his love of gambling, particularly playing all forms of poker, and revealed that his career had been blighted by crippling self-doubt, which he summarised as the "little voice"[2]. Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into The book also candidly refers to his shame over own infidelities[2] and of leaving his wife, Sarah and two sons, Michael and Teddy (who was named after Cascarino's former Millwall team-mate Teddy Sheringham) and muses: ". Edward Paul 'Teddy' Sheringham MBE (born 2 April 1966 in Highams Park, London is a retired English professional footballer, and the father of footballer . . maybe, just maybe, I was so wrapped up in my newfound celebrity that I'd become immune to the suffering I was causing".
He also revealed that during his time at Marseille, he and many other of the club's players were injected by club president Bernard Tapie's personal physician with an unknown substance. Bernard Tapie (born January 26 1943 in Paris) is a French Businessman, Politician and occasional actor singer and TV host The physiotherapist at the time insisted the substance was legal and would provide an "adrenaline boost". Cascarino claimed that most players accepted the injections[2] and that "it definitely made a difference: I felt sharper, more energetic, hungrier for the ball".
References
- ^ Cheap As Chips #1: Tony Cascarino. Fan Banta (12 June 2007). Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2008-01-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
- ^ a b c d (2000) Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino. Simon & Schuster/TownHouse.
- ^ "Books of the Year: The reading list". Retrieved on 2007-11-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with
See also
External links
- Tony Cascarino at the Internet Movie Database
- Tony Cascarino career stats at Soccerbase
- Hendon Mob poker tournament results
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