Footballers who have played for both PNE and Stevenage
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913) Patrick Agyemang
PNE 122 apps; 21 goals
Boro 19 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 19/11/2004 v Cardiff (A) – Won 1-0
1030) Chucks Aneke
PNE 7 apps; 1 goal
Boro 6 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 24/03/2012 v Bury (H) – Lost 1-1
1039) Chris Beardsley
PNE 19 apps; 2 goals
Boro 90 apps; 14 goals
PNE debut 13/08/2012 v Huddersfield (H) – Won 2-0
1048) Joel Byrom
PNE 25 apps; 4goals
Boro 77 apps; 9 goals
PNE debut 08/09/2012 v Bury (A) – Won 2-1
921) Chris Day
PNE 6 apps 0 goals
Boro 194 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 23/02/2005 v Nottingham Forest (A) – Lost 0-2
1059) Anthony Elding
PNE 5 apps 0 goals
Boro 109 apps; 50 goals
PNE debut 17/11/2012 v Brentford (H) – Drawn 1-1
1052) Luke Foster
PNE 6 apps 0 goals
Boro 23 apps; 1 goal
PNE debut 18/12/2012 v Bury (A) – Drawn 3-3
984) David Gray
PNE 45 apps 0 goals
Boro 45 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 07/08/2010 v Doncaster (H) – Lost 0-2
Player Profile – Anthony Elding
Anthony Lee Elding was born on 16 April 1982 in Boston.
Having been a member of Nottingham Forest's Centre of Excellence and enjoying run-outs with the academy teams at Lincoln and Grimsby, Elding joined hometown club Boston United's academy at the end of the 1998/99 season. Elding had his first taste of first team football as an unused substitute in the 1–1 Southern Football League draw at Atherstone United on 11 December 1999 but his senior debut did not come until 16 September 2000 when he appeared as a substitute for the final three minutes of the 2–1 home Football Conference victory over Morecambe. Four days later he marked his first start for the club with a goal after just 32 seconds in the 5–1 home defeat to Nuneaton Borough in the Conference League Cup.
In September 2001, to gain experience, he joined Bedford Town on loan making a goalscoring debut in the 1–1 away draw with Heybridge Swifts on 18 September 2001.Returning to Boston, he scored his first Conference goal for the club in the 1–1 draw at Margate on 1 December 2001 and three further goals in his next two games saw him attract the attention of Premier League scouts. In January 2002, he trialled with Tottenham , appearing for the reserves in their 1–0 defeat at Nottingham Forest's reserves on 14 January 2002.The following week he trialled with Bolton scoring twice for the reserves in their 2–1 home victory over Aston Villa's reserves on 22 January 2002. However, no move materialised and Elding remained with Boston, completing the season with six league goals from twelve starts at the Pilgrims secured the Football Conference title and promotion to the Football League.
Elding made his Football League debut in Boston's inaugural game at home to Bournemouth on 10 August 2002 but was stretchered off with an ankle injury. Returning to fitness he made only sporadic appearances for the first team and in February 2003 he joined Gainsborough Trinity on loan, debuting in the 1–0 home defeat to Gateshead on 8 February 2003.However, his loan was cut short as he returned to York Street to complete a permanent move to Stevenage Borough.
Elding made his Stevenage debut in a 2-2 draw at Hereford on 22 February 2003 and scored his first goal for the club on his third appearance in a 3-2 defeat at Dag & Red on 4 March. He scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 victory over Leigh Genesis on 5 April. Six goals came in 4 matches and finished with 7 goals from 13 matches.
The 2003/04 season saw Elding score 4 goals in his first 5 matches and scored a brace on 3 occasions during the season in matches against Leigh, Accrington and Exeter. He finished the season with 17 goals from 35 matches.
The following season saw his most successful in front of goal for Stevenage netting 19 goals from 44 matches, although he had to wait for his ninth appearance of the season with his first goals as Elding scored a brace in a 3-0 win at Farnborough.
He was put on the transfer list as a result of an argument with manager Graham Westley and played his last match in a 2-0 defeat at Northampton in the FA Cup on 13 December 2005. He had scored 50 Conference goals in 109 matches.
He rejoined Boston in 2006 for his second spell at the club signing from Kettering Town.
Elding signed for an undisclosed five figure sum for fellow League Two team Stockport County at the start of 2007.
Elding made his debut in Stockport County's 2–0 win over his former-team Boston United at Edgeley Park. This was the first win of the famous Football League record, winning nine consecutive games without conceding a goal. By the end of the season he had scored 11 league goals in 20 league games, which put him top of the County goalscoring charts for the season.
At the start of the 2007/08 season, Stockport were inconsistent and it took until the third game for Elding to open his account, but six more were to follow in league and cup. However, on 16 October 2007, Elding was suspended by Stockport, for a potential breach of contract, and potential breach of Football League rule 66.4 which prevents a player from approaching another club with a view to instigating a move. However, the suspension was lifted on 19 October.
Elding scored a few more before a lean spell left him on the sidelines, but he managed to score five goals in five league games between the end of December and the end of January, which put him fifth in the League Two goalscoring charts. Two bids were rejected by Stockport from Hartlepool, before a bid from Leeds was accepted.
During his 13-month period at County he scored 26 goals in 52 games in all competitions.
On 31 January 2008, Leeds United had an offer accepted by Stockport for an undisclosed amount for Elding with a view to a permanent transfer The deal was confirmed just before the transfer deadline.
He scored his first competitive goal for Leeds in the 2–1 defeat to Cheltenham after coming on as a second half sub for Tresor Kandol. Elding never got a regular run of games at Leeds, scoring just one goal, he was deemed surplus to requirements by Gary McAllister and sold to Crewe.
He signed for Crewe in July 2008. Elding made his debut as a substitute for Shaun Miller against Brighton in the opening fixture on 9 August 2008. He made his first start against Barnsley in the League cup First Round and scored his first goal during this game on 12 August 2008. Elding joined Lincoln City on loan for three months in January.] He was later told that he was free to leave Crewe. He received interest from Burton Albion, Bradford City, Gillingham, Brentford, Port Vale, Crawley and Altrincham.
Elding re-signed for Kettering Town on loan on 3 November 2009 after rejecting loan moves to Port Vale, Rushden & Diamonds and Darlington, and made his second Poppies debut against Wrexham the same day, scoring the first goal of the match. Elding started the FA Cup 1–1 draw against his former club Leeds and in the replay at Elland Road he headed in the equalising goal for 1–1 in normal time, with Leeds winning 5–1 after extra time.
After Elding left Kettering Town for Ferencváros he scored 8 goals in 15 matches to become their top scorer for the season.
On 27 July 2010, Elding signed for League One promoted side Rochdale on a two–year contract. He scored his first goal for Dale in the League Cup First Round at Barnsley which game ended 1–0.
On 7 January 2011, he re-joined former club Stockport County for the rest of the season. He made his second club debut on 8 January in a 5–1 home defeat to Gillingham. In his second game back at Edgeley Park, Elding missed a penalty, but set up two in a 3–3 draw with Rotherham . On 12 February, Elding scored his first goal since returning to County in a 2–1 win over Bury.
On 25 July 2011, Elding signed for Grimsby on a one–year contract with an option for an additional year. During the 2011/12 season Elding scored 12 times in 43 league appearances as he partnered Liam Hearn as the clubs favoured strike force. Elding was previously linked with League One side Plymouth; but turned down the move in favour of joining Grimsby. In February 2012, Elding signed a new contract that would see him remain at Grimsby until the end of the 2013/14 campaign.
On Transfer deadline day, speculation was made to whether Elding would leave after reports were revealed that Football League One side Preston were interested. On 4 September it was announced that Preston had made an offer for Elding that was turned down by Grimsby, in turn Elding admitted he wanted to leave after becoming unsettled having fallen behind Andy Cook, Greg Pearson and Dayle Southwell in the forward pecking order, despite Liam Hearn being out with a lengthy injury. On 5 September 2012, Elding came off the bench to score a brace that rescued a point in a 2–2 draw with Barrow. On 24 September 2012, Elding handed in a transfer request.
On 12 November 2012 having fallen out of contention in the clubs first team plans Elding was told he was able to leave the club on a free transfer if he was able to find a new club.
On 15 November, Preston confirmed that they had signed the striker on loan until 1 January 2013 with Elding linking up with his former boss from Stevenage Graham Westley. Elding played 5 league games for Preston during his loan spell, 3 of these as a substitute. He made his Lilywhite debut as a 74th minute replacement for Stuart Beavon in a 1-1 draw at Deepdale against Brentford. His first eleven debut came in a 3-1 home defeat to Crewe on 8 December. His last match for PNE was three weeks later in a 3-0 home defeat to Doncaster.
He failed to score and was not on the winning side once at PNE he returned to Grimsby on 1 January 2013. On 4 January 2013 Preston expressed an interest in taking Elding back on loan with a view to a permanent deal but the move failed to materialise and Elding left Town on mutual consent on 8 February 2013.
After initially being linked to Sligo Rovers it was announced that he would be signing a contract with Limerick but after flying to Ireland, Elding did a u-turn and joined Sligo. He has made a superb start to his career with the Bit o' Red scoring in every match he played and totalled 10 goals in 8 matches. Elding was named the Airtricity/Soccer Writers Association of Ireland Player of the Month award for March.
Elding played six times for the England C team and scored two goals, one was against Holland and the other was against Ireland. He was part of the England C Team which won the Quadrangular Four Nations Tournament which was held in Ireland.