Facts: - clubs: colchester town peterborough united luton town colchester united heybridge swifts united -lrb- loan -rrb- heybridge swifts manchester city northampton town bradford city northampton - caps: 210 15 72 38 35 111 2 108 - position: forward - years: 1987 1991 -- 1992 1992 -- 1994 1994 -- 1995 1995 -- -- 1999 1999 1999 -- 2000 1988 1988 -- 1989 1989 -- 1991 - totalcaps: 591 - youthclubs: colchester united - birth date: 27 march 1963 - fullname: anthony charles adcock - name: tony adcock - totalgoals: 212 - birth place: bethnal green , london , england - goals: 98 5 30 6 10 35 0 28 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tony adcock .
anthony charles '' tony '' adcock -lrb- born 27 march 1963 -rrb- is an english former footballer who played as a forward in the football league for colchester united , where he holds the goalscoring record with 149 goals in all competitions for the club in two spells .adcock also played for manchester city , northampton town in two stints , bradford city , peterborough united and luton town .he scored 249 goals in just over 700 appearances throughout his career .