Anthony George Coleman (born 2 May 1945) is an English former

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who made 250 appearances in

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playing for

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

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and

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. He played on the

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. Coleman was known for his disciplinary problems during his career. He was thrown out of the youth team at

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, deemed unmanageable by

and was almost banned for life by the FA after attacking a referee whilst at

. In November 2009, an interview with Coleman was broadcast on Manchester City football show Blue Tuesday on

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in which he spoke about his life in Australia and revealed that he intended to raise money by selling his football medals.

Career statistics

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Honours

Doncaster Rovers *

Football League Fourth Division The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Following the creation of the Premier ...

: 1964–65 Manchester City *

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: 1967–68 *

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: 1968–69

References

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