John Anthony "Tony" Read (born 5 July 1942) is an English former

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, most noted as a player for

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

Playing career

After failing to make the grade at

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Read signed for

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Peterborough United formed in ...

. After only two appearances, he was on the move again, as he signed for

in March 1965. Read arrived at Luton with a broken foot, and after a spree of goalscoring in the reserves, Read finally arrived in the Luton first team during the 1965–66 season—as a

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. Read scored 12 goals in 20 starts, even including a

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against

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, but his rich vein of form soon dried up and he returned to his position between the posts. Read was a regular for the next six years and a firm fans' favourite at

Kenilworth Road Kenilworth Road, known affectionately as The Kenny, is a association football, football stadium in the area of Bury Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been the home ground of Luton Town F.C., Luton Town Football Club since 1905. The sta ...

, but in 1972 he decided to hang up his gloves.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Read, Tony 1942 births English Football League players Living people English men's footballers Peterborough United F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players People from Haydock Footballers from Merseyside Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens Men's association football forwards Men's association football goalkeepers