Team : Manager : Tony Mowbray

Name:	Anthony Mark Mowbray
Date of Birth:	November 22, 1963
Place of Birth:	Saltburn, North East
Nationality:	English
Nickname:	'Mogga'
Appointed:	Wednesday 18th October 2006
Contract Expires:	June 2011
First Game:	West Bromwich Albion 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
	Sunday 22nd October 2006
	Coca-Cola Championship
First Win:	West Bromwich Albion 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
	Sunday 22nd October 2006
	Coca-Cola Championship
Previous Clubs:	Player
	Middlesbrough (1981-91), Celtic (1991-95),
	Ipswich Town (1995-2000).
	Managerial
	Ipswich Town (First Team Coach, Caretaker Manager 2002),
	Hibernian (2004-06).
Club Honours:	Player
	Middlesbrough: Player of the Year: 1985, 1986. Third Division
	Runners-Up: 1986-87. Second Division Play-Off Winners:
	1987-88. Second Division Play-Off Semi-Finalists: 1990-91.
	Ipswich Town: Division One Play-Off Semi-Finalists: 1996-97,
	1997-98, 1998-99. Division One Play-Off Winners: 1999-00.
	Managerial
	Hibernian: SPL Manager of the Month: December 2004.
	SPL Manager of the Year 2004-05.
	West Bromwich Albion: Coca-Cola Championship Manager of
	the Month: September 2007 & April 2008. FA Cup Semi-
	Finalists: 2007-08. Coca-Cola Championship Manager of the
	Year: 2007-08. Coca-Cola Championship Champions: 2007-
	08.
International Honours:	England B: 2 caps

Biography

Middlesbrough - 1981-1991

Anthony Mark Mowbray was born in Saltburn on Friday, 22nd November 1963. He came through the youth ranks after playing for local clubs Nunthorpe and Grangetown before starting his professional career with his home town club Middlesbrough.

Tony made his Middlesbrough debut against Newcastle United in a 1-1 draw at St James’ Park on Wednesday, 8th September 1982, aged 18. He became a regular under Boro manager Malcolm Allison and was handed the captain’s armband when he was 22-years-old.

In July 1986, Middlesbrough went into Liquidation suffering from massive debts, he soon became a legend in Middlesbrough, and is known as ‘the local lad who led the club from the hell of liquidation back to the top flight of English football‘. He was also the lynchpin for which the Middlesbrough team were built around for more than a decade.

In 1985 and again in 1986 he was voted Middlesbrough’s Player of the Year. He was ever present during the 1986-87 season when the Teesside club gained promotion from the Third Division after finishing runner’s-up to Bournemouth.

In 1987/88 Tony helped Middlesbrough achieve a second successive promotion which took the club back into the First Division after wins over Bradford City and Chelsea in the Play-Offs.

He helped Boro reach the Division Two Play-Off Semi-Final's in the 1990/91 season but the Teesside club lost 2-1 to Notts County on aggregate.

In November 1991 he joined Celtic for a fee of £1,000,000.

During his 10 year stay at Ayresome Park he made 419 appearances scoring 29 goals in all competitions.

Celtic - 1991-1995

Tony made his Bhoys debut in a 2-1 home win over Aberdeen on Saturday, 9th November 1991, aged 27-years-old.

During his playing career at Celtic, Tony’s wife, Bernadette Mowbray, died of cancer. In a show of solidarity, Tony suggested that the Celtic players perform a huddle immediately before the following match; the 'huddle' can still be seen before Celtic game's to date. The dignified manner in which he handled this tragedy won him respect from all sides of Scottish football.

In October 1995 Tony moved to Ipswich Town for a fee of £300,000.

During his stay at Parkhead, he made 78 league appearances scoring 6 goals in total.

Ipswich Town - 1995-2000

Tony made his Ipswich debut in a 2-1 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, 7th October 1995, aged 31-years-old.

Tony became team captain at Ipswich and had many highs and lows during his 5-year stay at Portman Road.

For three consecutive seasons, 96/97, 97/98 and 98/99 Ipswich managed to reach the Division One Play-Off Semi-Final's but got no further. However, at the fourth attempt Ipswich reached the Division One Play-Off Final at Wembley against Barnsley in May 2000. Tony scored an equalising goal in the game bringing the scores level at 1-1. Ipswich went on to win the match 4-2 and secured promotion to the Premiership. This match was the last of Tony’s playing career.

He made a total of 158 appearances for Ipswich scoring 8 goals in all competitions.

Ipswich Town - First Team Coach & Caretaker Manager

Once his playing days were over, Tony moved into coaching and was handed a first team coaching role at Ipswich Town. He later acted as caretaker manager following the sacking of George Burley on October 11th, 2002 up until the appointment of Joe Royle on October 28th, 2002. Tony took charge of four games, winning one, drawing one and losing 2.

Hibernian - May 2004 - October 2006

In May 2004 he was appointed manager of Scottish Premier League side Hibernian replacing the departed Bobby Williamson. In his first season in charge, he won the SPL Manager of the Year award after guiding Hibs to 3rd place in the Scottish Premier League bringing UEFA Cup football to Easter Road the following season. In his second season at Easter Road he guided Hibs to 4th place in the SPL, which marked the first time in three decades that Hibs had finished in the top four places of the top flight in consecutive seasons.

Since Mowbray was appointed Hibs have progressed to the later stages of every domestic cup competition reaching the Scottish FA Cup Semi-Final and League Cup Quarter Final in his first season in charge, and reaching the same stages of the competition the following season.

West Bromwich Albion - October 2006 - Present

On Friday, 13th October 2006, Albion announced that Tony Mowbray had agreed to become the club's new manager and would take up his duties on Wednesday 18th October due to away games at Ipswich Town on Saturday and Crystal Palace on Tuesday.

All time Albion Managerial Record (All Competitions)

Season	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2006-07	29	14	6	9	51	36	+15	41
Total	29	14	6	9	51	36	+15	41

Last Updated: 03.03.07