Tommy Tynan

Football player infobox


playername = Tommy Tynan
fullname = Tommy Tynan
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1955|11|17
cityofbirth = Liverpool
countryofbirth = England
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position = Striker
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years = 1971–1976 1975 1976–1978 1978 1978–1983 1983–1985 1985–1986 1986 1986–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992
clubs = Liverpool → Swansea City (loan) Sheffield Wednesday Lincoln City Newport County Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United → Plymouth Argyle (loan) Plymouth Argyle Torquay United Doncaster Rovers Total
caps(goals) = 000 00(0) 006 00(6) 091 0(31) 009 00(1) 183 0(66) 080 0(43) 032 0(13) 009 0(10) 173 0(73) 035 0(13) 011 00(1) 629 (257)
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manageryears = 1990–1991 199?–199?
managerclubs = Torquay United (player-coach) Goole Town
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ntupdate = Tommy Tynan (born 17 November 1955 in Liverpool) is a former football player for Plymouth Argyle. He also played for Torquay United along with Newport County and was one of the team who gained promotion, won the Welsh Cup and got to the quarter finals of the European Cup Winners Cup.

Tommy also played for Sheffield Wednesday, after being transferred from Liverpool.

Tommy was signed as an apprentice for Liverpool by the legendary Bill Shankly after winning a talent contest run by the "Liverpool Echo" newspaper. He formed a dynamite striking partnership at Newport with John Aldridge.

He became a cult figure during his time at Plymouth during the 1980s and is frequently named by Argyle fans as one of the club's all time greatest players. He was a member of the side which reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1984, scoring the goal which beat then top flight West Bromwich Albion in the sixth round of the competition. Argyle went on to beat Derby County in the quarter finals before losing to Watford in the penultimate stage of the competition.

Tynan spent a season as manager of the now defunct Goole Town in the Northern Premier League back in the early 1990s. He is now a taxi driver in Plymouth, and writes a regular column for the local newspaper Plymouth Evening Herald.