Tony Marchi

Anthony Marchi (21 January 1933 – 15 March 2022) was an English football player and manager.

Tony Marchi
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Marchi
Date of birth	(1933-01-21)21 January 1933
Place of birth	Edmonton, England
Date of death	15 March 2022(2022-03-15) (aged 89)
Place of death	Chelmsford, England
Position(s)	Wing-half
Youth career
1947–1949	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1957	Tottenham Hotspur	131	(2)
1957–1959	Juventus	0	(0)
1957–1958	→ Vicenza (loan)	30	(7)
1958–1959	→ Torino (loan)	29	(4)
1959–1965	Tottenham Hotspur	101	(5)
Total		291	(18)
Managerial career
1965–1967	Cambridge City
1967–1968	Northampton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 with Danny Blanchflower (captain) and both goalkeepers, Bill Brown and John Hollowbread, in the team with Cecil Poynton as trainer and Bill Nicholson as manager. Tony Marchi sitting in the middle row as number two from left.

Career edit

Marchi played for Tottenham Hotspur in the position of wing half from 1950 until 1965, which was broken up by a two-year spell in Italy with Vicenza and Torino, both on loan from Juventus.^[1] During much of his career at Spurs, Marchi was mostly used as an understudy to Danny Blanchflower and Dave Mackay. However, in 1962–63 following injuries he established himself in the side and was a member of the 1963 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final winning team. He was one of seventeen players used by Spurs in their Double winning side of 1960–61.^[2] He also later managed Cambridge City and Northampton Town.^[3]

Marchi died at the age of 89 on 15 March 2022 in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.^[4]^[1]

Tottenham Hotspur

^ ^a ^b "Obituary – Tony Marchi". Tottenham Hotspur. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ "TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR : 1946/47 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
^ "The 1960-1961 Squad". Spurs For Life. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2008.^{[dead link]}
^ "Tony Marchi muere a los 89 años: El excapitán del Tottenham y el as que ganó dos veces fallece con un tributo planeado para el choque del West Ham". 16 March 2022.
^ "Obituary – Tony Marchi". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ . Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
^ "Obituary – Tony Marchi". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ "Obituary – Tony Marchi". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ "Tony Marchi: My journey to Euro glory… and how I got my car back!". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ . UEFA.com. 1 June 1963. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

Tony Marchi at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
Hugman,B,J (Ed). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005 p 412 (2005) ISBN 1-85291-665-6
European Cup Winners' Cup Final 1963 Marchi standing furthest right in photo