| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Ford | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Grimsby, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1986 | Grimsby Town | 355 | (55) |
| 1986 | → Sunderland (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 1986–1989 | Stoke City | 112 | (13) |
| 1989–1991 | West Bromwich Albion | 114 | (14) |
| 1991–1994 | Grimsby Town | 68 | (3) |
| 1993 | → Bradford City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Scunthorpe United | 76 | (9) |
| 1996–1999 | Mansfield Town | 103 | (7) |
| 1999–2002 | Rochdale | 89 | (6) |
| Total | 931 | (108) | |
| International career | |||
| 1989 | England B | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Anthony Ford MBE (born 14 May 1959) is an English former footballer. Through most of his career, Ford was a right-sided midfielder, but in later years, he was converted to right-back. In a career that spanned 27 years, across four decades, Ford played 931 league matches, which is the all-time record for matches played in the English league by an outfield player. He is one of five outfield players in English football to have ever passed 1,000 games in competitive matches (including league, cup and for Graham Alexander also national team games), the others being Scott McGleish,[2] Graham Alexander,[3] Jamie Cureton, Stuart Pearce and Neil Redfearn.