Tony Woodcock (935) | The England International Database 1872 - 2025.

Full Name:: Anthony Stewert Woodcock
Born:: 6th December 1955, Nottingham
England Career:: 1978 - 1986
Positions:: Centre Forward and Left Forward
Clubs (and caps):: Nottingham Forest (6), Cologne (15) & Arsenal (21)
FA Legacy Number:: 935
Career Summary:: Tony Woodcock (Born: 6th December 1955) was an international footballer who represented England 42 times scoring 16 goals. His first cap was against Northern Ireland on 16th May 1978 at 22 years old, and his last was vs Israel on 26th February 1986 aged 30. Woodcock, born on 6th December 1955, in Nottingham, has a FA Legacy Number of 935 and played as a Centre Forward and Left Forward for his country.

England Career Statistics

Debut:: v Northern Ireland (HC) on 16th May 1978 aged 22 years, 5 months, 10 days
Last Cap:: v Israel (FR) on 26th February 1986 aged 30 years, 2 months, 20 days
First Goal:: v Northern Ireland (ECQ) on 17th October 1979 aged 23 years, 10 months, 11 day
Career Length:: 7 years, 286 days
Starts:: 30
Substitute:: 12
Withdrawn:: 10
Full Games:: 20

England Match Statistics

British Home ChampionshipHC 7 2 0 0 0
European Championship QualifierECQ 9 5 0 0 0
FriendlyFR 12 3 0 0 0
European Championship FinalsECF 3 1 0 0 0
World Cup QualifierWCQ 9 5 0 0 0
World Cup FinalsWCF 2 0 0 0 0
Competitive 30 13 0 0 0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Home 20 6 0 0 0
Away 19 9 0 0 0
Neutral 3 1 0 0 0

Match Results
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Won 25 13 0 0 0
Drawn 10 1 0 0 0
Lost 7 2 0 0 0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Centre Forward 41 16 0 0 0
Left Forward 1 0 0 0 0

Managers
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Ron Greenwood 24 7 0 0 0
Bobby Robson 18 9 0 0 0

Totals
42
16
0
0
0

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Kevin Keegan
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Phil Neal
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Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
163 sources from 42 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

ISR, 2 - 1, 26th Feb 1986 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 42.
Age: 30 years, 2 months, 20 days.
TUR, 5 - 0, 16th Oct 1985 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 41.
Age: 29 years, 10 months, 10 days.
ROU, 1 - 1, 11th Sep 1985 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 40.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 5 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 27th Feb 1985 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 39.
Age: 29 years, 2 months, 21 day.
TUR, 8 - 0, 14th Nov 1984 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 38.
Age: 28 years, 11 month, 8 days.
FIN, 5 - 0, 17th Oct 1984 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 37.
Age: 28 years, 10 months, 11 day.
GDR, 1 - 0, 12th Sep 1984 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 36.
Age: 28 years, 9 months, 13 days.
URU, 0 - 2, 13th Jun 1984 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 35.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 7 days.
BRA, 2 - 0, 10th Jun 1984 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 34.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 4 days.
SCO, 1 - 1, 26th May 1984 (HC) Arsenal, Cap: 33.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 20 days.
WAL, 0 - 1, 2nd May 1984 (HC) Arsenal, Cap: 32.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 27 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 4th Apr 1984 (HC) Arsenal, Cap: 31.
Age: 28 years, 3 months, 29 days.
FRA, 0 - 2, 29th Feb 1984 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 30.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 23 days.
LUX, 4 - 0, 16th Nov 1983 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 29.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 10 days.
GRE, 0 - 0, 30th Mar 1983 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 28.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 24 days.
LUX, 9 - 0, 15th Dec 1982 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 27.
Age: 27 years, 0 months, 9 days.
GRE, 3 - 0, 17th Nov 1982 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 26.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 11 day.
FRG, 1 - 2, 13th Oct 1982 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 25.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 7 days.
ESP, 0 - 0, 5th Jul 1982 (WCF) Arsenal, Cap: 24.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 30 days.
FRG, 0 - 0, 29th Jun 1982 (WCF) Arsenal, Cap: 23.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 23 days.
FIN, 4 - 1, 3rd Jun 1982 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 22.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 28 days.
NED, 2 - 0, 25th May 1982 (FR) Cologne, Cap: 21.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 19 days.
NIR, 4 - 0, 23rd Feb 1982 (HC) Cologne, Cap: 20.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 17 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 23rd May 1981 (HC) Cologne, Cap: 19.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 17 days.
WAL, 0 - 0, 20th May 1981 (HC) Cologne, Cap: 18.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 14 days.
ROU, 0 - 0, 29th Apr 1981 (WCQ) Cologne, Cap: 17.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 23 days.
SUI, 2 - 1, 19th Nov 1980 (WCQ) Cologne, Cap: 16.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 13 days.
ROU, 1 - 2, 15th Oct 1980 (WCQ) Cologne, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 9 days.
NOR, 4 - 0, 10th Sep 1980 (WCQ) Cologne, Cap: 14.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 4 days.
ESP, 2 - 1, 18th Jun 1980 (ECF) Cologne, Cap: 13.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 12 days.
ITA, 0 - 1, 15th Jun 1980 (ECF) Cologne, Cap: 12.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 9 days.
BEL, 1 - 1, 12th Jun 1980 (ECF) Cologne, Cap: 11.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 6 days.
ARG, 3 - 1, 13th May 1980 (FR) Cologne, Cap: 10.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 7 days.
ESP, 2 - 0, 26th Mar 1980 (FR) Cologne, Cap: 9.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 20 days.
IRL, 2 - 0, 6th Feb 1980 (ECQ) Cologne, Cap: 8.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 0 days.
BUL, 2 - 0, 22nd Nov 1979 (ECQ) Cologne, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 16 days.
NIR, 5 - 1, 17th Oct 1979 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 11 day.
SWE, 0 - 0, 10th Jun 1979 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 4 days.
BUL, 3 - 0, 6th Jun 1979 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 4.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 0 days.
TCH, 1 - 0, 29th Nov 1978 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 11 month, 23 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 25th Oct 1978 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 2.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 19 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 16th May 1978 (HC) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 1.
Age: 22 years, 5 months, 10 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.