21 Facts About Tony Cottee

Antony Richard Cottee was born on 11 July 1965 and is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator.

Tony Cottee was capped seven times by England, and played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Norwich City and Millwall.

Tony Cottee had a spell in Malaysia with Selangor and spent a season as player-manager of Barnet.

Tony Cottee played in Everton's 1989 FA Cup Final defeat to Liverpool, and won the League Cup with Leicester City in 2000.

Tony Cottee exceeded his ambition to score 200 league goals in his career, but fell just short of his target of 300 goals in all competitions.

Tony Cottee was a prolific goalscorer especially in his West Ham days, where he was voted the PFA Young Player of the Year in 1986, the year where West Ham finished third and came just four points away from the title.

Tony Cottee scored 20 times in the league during that season, though his strike partner Frank McAvennie did even better with 26 league goals.

Tony Cottee managed 13 league goals in a season.

Tony Cottee was restricted to eight goals from 24 games through injury, and Everton finished mid table .

New manager Mike Walker, who arrived in January 1994, promised an overhaul of the squad and Tony Cottee was being linked with a move back to his beloved West Ham.

Tony Cottee returned to West Ham United on 7 September 1994 in a part exchange deal for defender David Burrows plus cash.

Tony Cottee had played 184 league games in six years for the Toffees, scoring 76 goals, but had not won any major trophies.

Tony Cottee made his second debut for the Hammers away to Liverpool and was sent off after 54 minutes, although his first season back at Upton Park brought 13 league goals as he helped West Ham fight off relegation and finished 14th in their first season under the management of Harry Redknapp.

Tony Cottee had a loan spell at Birmingham City in Division One that season, and in his first taste of second-tier football managed to score one goal.

Tony Cottee remained at Filbert Street until 11 September 2000, by which time he had played a total of 85 league games for the Foxes and scored 27 goals.

In September 2000, Tony Cottee joined Norwich City as player-coach under recently appointed manager Bryan Hamilton, however this did not last long as Tony Cottee struggled to meet the demands placed on him, scoring two goals against Blackpool in the League Cup and Sheffield United in the league.

Tony Cottee resigned on 16 March 2001, however his replacement, John Still, was unable to rescue the team from relegation.

However, Tony Cottee did manage an impressive nine goals from 16 Division Three games.

Tony Cottee has stated that he diligently maintains a scrapbook containing press cuttings of every goal he has scored throughout his playing career.

Tony Cottee is a commentator with Sky Sports and occasional pundit for Malaysian network Astro, appearing on its 2010 World Cup and Premier League studio coverage in Kuala Lumpur.

Tony Cottee made a cameo appearance in the 2018 action film, Final Score in which he was murdered on live television.