Anthony Brian Bullock (born 18 February 1972) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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Warrington
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, Bullock joined
Northwich Victoria
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from local club Winnington Avenue F.C.. In August 1992, he joined
Hyde United
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The team's strip is red shirts and black shorts and their home ground is the 4,250 capacity Ewen Fields. Hyde United's record ...
on loan, debuting in the 1-1
Northern Premier League
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draw at Goole Town on 22 August 1992 and appearing twice more for the club before returning to the
Drill Field
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. He moved on to join Leek Town before signing for
Barnsley
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in March 1997. He struggled to hold down a regular first team place and left for
Macclesfield Town
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Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and from 1891 played home games at Moss Rose. It competed in the short ...
in 2000 on a free transfer.
On 22 March 2001 he became
Alan Buckley
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Sincil Bank
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based club agreed to take over his contract until the end of the season. His debut came five days later in the 1–0 defeat at
Hartlepool United
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They were founded in 190 ...
but he failed to displace Alan Marriott permanently and, after one final appearance, was released by the club at the end of the season.
He moved to Scotland to sign for Ross County in July 2001. A successful spell with County brought him a move to
Dundee United
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, before he returned to England with Gillingham. After only five months with Gillingham, Bullock signed for St Mirren in January 2006, but he failed to cement a first-team place and was released in May 2007.
He rejoined Ross County in June 2007, along with
Stuart Golabek
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Career
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.
Bullock was
Steven Tweed
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Tweed started his career in Scotland with Hibernian, for whom he made over 100 league appearances. He made his first move abroad in 1996 when he joined Greek side ...
Dundee
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on a pre-contract agreement and joined his new teammates for pre-season training ahead of the 2009–10 season on 1 July 2009. After one season with the club, he was released by the club on 4 May 2010 along with 8 other players.
Bullock signed for
Livingston
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in 2010.
In June 2012, Bullock signed for
Arbroath
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in a player-coach role.
On 25 September, Bullock left
Arbroath
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, with manager
Paul Sheerin
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Sheerin played as a midfielder for Alloa Athletic, Southampton, Östersunds FK, Inverness Caledonian ...
saying "He has had a sense of frustration about football for a while now and reckons that it is best that he takes a break from it."
On 1 November 2013, Bullock signed for
Scottish League One
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side
Airdrieonians
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, making his debut the same day in a 3–0 defeat against
Rangers
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in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Broughty Athletic, he was appointed goalkeeper coach at Montrose which saw Bullock renew acquaintance with manager
Stewart Petrie
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A Left winger, he spent most of his playing career with Forfar Athletic and Dunfermline Athletic, later movi ...
who he had played with at Ross County and coached with at
Arbroath
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Scottish First Division
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Dundee United
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,2004–05