fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
david joseph tong 1978-1982 1982-1985 1985 1985-1986 1986 1986-1987 1987 - ? shrewsbury bristol city gillingham cambridge united merthyr tydfil town cardiff city → rochdale -lrb- loan -rrb- 78 160 120 2 19 5 6 ? 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 ? blackpool , england midfielder 21 september 1955 david tong
 david tong
david tong

david joseph tong -lrb- born 21 september 1955 -rrb- is an english former professional footballer .
tong began his career at his hometown club , blackpool , making his first-team debut against norwich city on the opening day of the 1974-75 season .
he played for the club during the previous spring , at the `` caligaris '' international tournament in italy .
he scored one of blackpool 's goals in their 3 -- 1 victory over napoli in the final .
he left the club in september 1978 to sign for shrewsbury town and went on to play in nearly two hundred matches for the club before being released in 1982 .
he joined cardiff city and helped the side to promotion in his first year before being ever present the following season .
he eventually lost his place in the side and , after a loan spell at rochdale , was allowed to join bristol city in 1985 .
his spell at bristol was short and he spent time at gillingham and cambridge united in 1986 before joining non-league side merthyr tydfil .
