Tony Bullock

Tony Bullock
Anthony Brian Bullock (born 18 February 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is currently goalkeeping coach at Montrose.
Club career
Born in Warrington, Bullock joined Northwich Victoria from local club Winnington Avenue F.C.. In August 1992, he joined Hyde United on loan, debuting in the 1-1 Northern Premier League draw at Goole Town on 22 August 1992 and appearing twice more for the club before returning to the Drill Field. He moved on to join Leek Town before signing for Barnsley in March 1997. He struggled to hold down a regular first team place and left for Macclesfield Town in 2000 on a free transfer.
On 22 March 2001 he became Alan Buckley's first signing for Lincoln City when the Sincil Bank 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 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 in 2003, where his final game was the 2005 Scottish Cup Final defeat to Celtic, 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.
Bullock was Steven Tweed's first signing for Montrose.
He then signed for Dundee 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 in 2010.
In June 2012, Bullock signed for Arbroath in a player-coach role.
On 25 September, Bullock left Arbroath, with manager Paul Sheerin 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 side Airdrieonians, making his debut the same day in a 3–0 defeat against Rangers in the Scottish Cup. This turned out to be his only appearance for the club and he then retired from playing and took up a role as their goalkeeping coach. He left Airdrieonians in October 2014. In June 2019, having been coaching at Broughty Athletic, he was appointed goalkeeper coach at Montrose which saw Bullock renew acquaintance with manager Stewart Petrie who he had played with at Ross County and coached with at Arbroath.
Honours
St Mirren
Scottish First Division Winner: 1
2005–06
Dundee United
Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
2004–05
References
External links
Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile
Unofficial Tony Bullock Profile at The Forgotten Imp
1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Warrington
English men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Northwich Victoria F.C. players
Hyde United F.C. players
Leek Town F.C. players
Barnsley F.C. players
Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Ross County F.C. players
Scottish Premier League players
Dundee United F.C. players
Gillingham F.C. players
St Mirren F.C. players
Montrose F.C. players
Dundee F.C. players
Livingston F.C. players
Livingston F.C. non-playing staff
Arbroath F.C. players
Airdrieonians F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Northern Premier League players