20 Facts About Tony Caig

Antony Caig was born on 11 April 1974 and is an English football coach and former player, who played as a goalkeeper.

Tony Caig is currently the Head of Academy Goalkeeping for Premier League Club Newcastle United.

Tony Caig had made 244 league and 40 cup appearances for the club.

Tony Caig's departure left Carlisle United without a permanent goalkeeper, circumstances which led to a famous goal by on-loan goalkeeper Jimmy Glass saving the club from relegation.

Tony Caig made 49 league appearances and 12 cup appearances in his two-year stint at Bloomfield Road, during which time he was sent on loan to Charlton Athletic, before signing for them permanently in 2001.

In January 2003 Tony Caig moved back to England and joined Premier League club Newcastle United.

Tony Caig spent a short loan spell at Barnsley and in 2006 he signed for USL First Division club, Vancouver Whitecaps in Canada on 13 April 2006.

Tony Caig made his first appearance for them on 14 May 2006.

Tony Caig kept eleven clean sheets, and in doing so broke Mike Franks' record of ten clean sheets in 2003.

On 20 June 2007, the Whitecaps announced that Tony Caig would be returning to England for personal reasons despite having signed with the Whitecaps through the end of the season.

Tony Caig had played a total of 39 games for the Whitecaps.

Tony Caig signed on amateur terms with SPL club Gretna in October 2007 after a long running transfer saga.

Tony Caig played nine times for Gretna in the league and cup in a short spell and served as a goalkeeping coach.

Tony Caig then moved to Houston Dynamo in January 2008, where he was to serve as cover to Pat Onstad.

Tony Caig made his Dynamo debut on 6 April 2008 as a substitute after Onstad was injured.

Carlisle then entered negotiations with Workington to allow Tony Caig to combine his coaching duties with serving as an understudy to current first choice goalkeeper Adam Collin.

In June 2015 Tony Caig signed for Hartlepool United as a goalkeeping coach, the same role he held at Carlisle United.

Tony Caig's contract was terminated once Bury were expelled from the English Football League, he then took up a position as a goalkeeping coach of Scottish Premiership club Livingston.

Tony Caig initially stayed with the club after Martindale was appointed manager on a permanent basis, but left Livingston in May 2021 to focus on coaching work with the Scottish Football Association.

Tony Caig briefly joined Scottish League One club Falkirk as part-time goalkeeping coach in June 2021, before taking a similar position on a full-time basis at Premiership level with Dundee United the following month.