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{{ infobox Football biography 2
| playername = Tony Mowbray
| image =
| fullname = Anthony Mark Mowbray
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1963|11|22|df=yes}}
| cityofbirth = [[Saltburn]]
| countryofbirth = England
| currentclub =
| position = [[Defender (football)|Defender]]
| years1 = 1982–1991 | clubs1 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] | caps1 = 348 | goals1 = 25
| years2 = 1991–1995 | clubs2 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] | caps2 = 78 | goals2 = 6
| years3 = 1995–2000 | clubs3 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] | caps3 = 128 | goals3 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 1989 | nationalteam1 = [[England B national football team|England B]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2002 | managerclubs1 = [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] (interim manager)
| manageryears2 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs2 = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
| manageryears3 = 2006–2009 | managerclubs3 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
| manageryears4 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs4 = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
}}
'''Anthony Mark''' "'''Tony'''" '''Mowbray'''.(born 22 November 1963) is an English former professional [[association football|football]] player and [[manager (football)|manager]]. Mowbray played for [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] as a defender.

He began his coaching career with Ipswich Town and took his first managerial job at [[Scottish Premier League]] side [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], where he won the [[Scottish Football Writers' Association]] Manager of the Year award. He moved on to [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] in 2006, where he won the [[Football League Championship]] in 2008, but then suffered relegation from the [[Premier League]] the following year. Mowbray was then appointed as manager of [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], but was sacked after less than a year.

==Playing career==

===Middlesbrough===

Born in nearby Saltburn, he became the club captain when he was 22 years old. The club was in dire straits at the time and had gone into liquidation. Known to the Boro fans as "Mogga", he became a legend in Middlesbrough for being the local lad who led the club from liquidation back to the top flight of English football. Mowbray was the linchpin around which the Middlesbrough team was built for more than a decade. The Middlesbrough club fanzine Fly me to the Moon is named after a famous quote that the then Middlesbrough manager [[Bruce Rioch]] said about Mowbray - “If I had to fly to the moon I’d take Tony Mowbray, my captain, with me. He’s a magnificent man”. He was sold to Celtic in 1991 for a fee of £1million.

===Celtic===
During his playing career with Celtic, Mowbray's wife Bernadette, a native of Renfrewshire, died of breast cancer. It is often asserted that the "huddle" which Celtic players still perform before each match was arranged as a tribute to Bernadette.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/2006/10/14/shaped-by-passion-and-grief-65233-17940375/ |title=
Shaped by passion and grief |work=[[Birmingham Post]] |last=Jawad |first=Hyder |date=14 October 2006 |accessdate=1 March 2010}}</ref> However, it was merely suggested by Mowbray on a pre-season tour of Germany to bring the squad together at a time of uncertainty.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} The dignified manner in which he handled the tragedy of Bernadette was recorded in his book ''Kissed by an Angel'' and won him respect from all sides of Scottish football.

===Ipswich===

He later moved on to [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], where he played for five years, becoming the team captain. He scored an equalising goal in the 2000 Division One playoff final victory against [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]. Ipswich won the match 4-2 and secured promotion to the [[FA Premier League]]. This match was the last of Mowbray's playing career.

==Coaching career==

Once his playing career finished he moved into coaching, starting as a first team coach at Ipswich Town. He had a brief spell as caretaker manager of Ipswich, following the sacking of [[George Burley]] and prior to the appointment of [[Joe Royle]].<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Davies
| first = Christopher
| title = Mowbray holds fort after Burley goes
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/10/12/sfnips12.xml
| publisher = Telegraph.co.uk
| date = 2002-10-11
| accessdate = 2008-01-15}}</ref>

===Hibernian===

In May 2004, Mowbray was appointed manager of [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], replacing [[Bobby Williamson]].<ref>{{cite news
|date=2004-05-24
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/3741809.stm
|title=Mowbray is new Hibs boss
|publisher=BBC Sport
|accessdate=2007-08-14}}</ref> He gained much acclaim for the job he did, winning the [[Scottish Football Writers' Association]] manager of the year award in his first season.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/4505709.stm Hartson wins writers' top prize], BBC Sport, 2 May 2005.</ref> Hibs finished in the top four in the SPL in his only two full seasons in charge, which was the first time that Hibs had done this in the top division in consecutive seasons since [[Eddie Turnbull]] was manager.

Hibs progressed to the later stages of every domestic cup competition in his tenure and made two appearances in European football. Hibs lost heavily to [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] in the first round of the [[2005-06 UEFA Cup]] and on the [[away goals rule]] to [[OB Odense]] in the [[2006 Intertoto Cup]]. During mid-2006, Mowbray was interviewed for the vacant managerial position at [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], but he rejected their approach.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/i/ipswich_town/4985882.stm Mowbray rejects Ipswich approach], BBC Sport, 19 May 2006.</ref> In September 2006 he signed a 12 month rolling deal with Hibs that was due to take effect from July 2007.<ref>{{cite news
|date=2006-09-07
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/5323912.stm
|title=New Hibs deal for manager Mowbray
|publisher=BBC Sport
|accessdate=2007-08-14}}</ref> Just one month later however, Mowbray moved to [[West Bromwich Albion]].

===West Bromwich Albion===

In early October 2006, media reports linked him with the vacant managerial position at West Brom. On 10 October, it was confirmed by West Brom that they had asked Hibernian for permission to interview Mowbray, which was granted the following day. On 13 October, West Bromwich Albion announced that they had appointed Mowbray as their new manager.<ref>{{cite news
|date=2006-10-13
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/6043410.stm
|title=Mowbray leaves Hibs for West Brom
|publisher=BBC Sport
|accessdate=2007-04-25}}</ref>

Mowbray replaced [[Bryan Robson]] as Albion manager, and immediately faced the task of returning the Baggies to the [[FA Premier League|Premier League]] after relegation under Robson the previous season. Although he managed to turn around the club's poor away form, an indifferent run of results at home towards the end of the season meant that Albion finished fourth in The Championship table behind [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] and [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], and faced the lottery of the [[Football League Championship playoffs|Football League Play-Offs]]. Despite two famous victories over old rivals [[Wolverhampton Wanderers]] in the semi finals, Albion lost 1&ndash;0 to [[Derby County]] in the [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]] final.

As a result, during the close season, Mowbray set about restructuring his squad, moving out several of Robson's players for multi-million pound fees, after press reports of dressing room division.<ref>[http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/09/12/boss-i-had-to-clear-decks/ Boss: I had to clear decks: Express & Star<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> High profile players such as [[Jason Koumas]], [[Diomansy Kamara]] and [[Curtis Davies]] were sold to Premier League clubs for large fees, in addition to the departures of [[Paul McShane (Irish footballer)|Paul McShane]], [[Nathan Ellington]], [[Darren Carter]] and [[Steve Watson]]. Mowbray replaced them by signing a total of 14 permanent and loan players in the summer transfer window, making an overall profit in the process. His most expensive signings were [[Chris Brunt]] from [[Sheffield Wednesday]] for £3 million, [[Leon Barnett]] from [[Luton Town]] for £2.5 million, and [[James Morrison (footballer)|James Morrison]] from Middlesbrough for £1.5 million.

Despite the large changes in his squad, Mowbray won the [[Football League Championship Manager of the Month]] award in September 2007, after Albion gained 13 out of the maximum 15 points and climbed to 2nd in the Division.<ref>{{cite news
|date=2007-10-04
|url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1127177,00.html
|title=Mowbray wins award
|publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.
|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> At the start of 2008, Mowbray's young Albion team topped the table, receiving growing plaudits from the media<ref>[http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article3286759.ece West Bromwich Albion 4 Bristol City 1: Bednar fires Albion to the summit - Football League, Football - Independent.co.uk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and supporters<ref>[http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/sport/albion/tm_method=full%26objectid=20293494%26siteid=50002-name_page.html Mowbray hails Baggies fans - Birmingham Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> alike for their attractive brand of attacking one touch passing football, a reflection of Mowbray's staunch footballing philosophy.<ref>[http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/sport/murphy/tm_method=full%26objectid=20233741%26siteid=50002-name_page.html Mowbray can pass Premier test - Birmingham Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Mowbray guided West Brom to the [[Football League Championship]] title, meaning promotion to the [[Premier League 2008-09|Premier League]] and reached the [[FA Cup Semi-finals|semi-final]] of the [[FA Cup]]. The semi-final, the first to be played at the new [[Wembley Stadium]], pitted West Brom against Portsmouth, the only remaining Premier League team left in the FA Cup. Portsmouth won the match 1-0 with the only goal of the game coming from Kanu. Mowbray won the Championship manager of the month award for April,<ref>{{cite news
|title=Mowbray claims managerial award
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/7391042.stm
|publisher=BBC Sport
|date=2008-05-08
|accessdate=2008-05-14}}</ref> as well as the [[League Managers Association]] manager of the year award.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Ferguson wins managerial honour
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7397622.stm
|publisher=BBC Sport
|date=2008-05-13
|accessdate=2008-05-14}}</ref>

After a poor 2008-09 season, West Brom were relegated from the Premier League, finishing 20th.

===Celtic===

On 8 June 2009 it was reported that [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] had approached West Bromwich Albion for permission to speak to Mowbray about their managerial vacancy.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Celtic make approach for Mowbray
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8086779.stm
|publisher=BBC Sport
|date=8 June 2009
|accessdate=8 June 2009}}</ref> A compensation fee of £3 million was agreed, and Celtic declared Mowbray as their new manager on 16 June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8086779.stm|title=Mowbray confirmed as Celtic boss|date=16 June 2009|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=16 June 2009}}</ref> He was unveiled as Celtic manager at a press conference on the 17th of June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8104788. |title=Celtic challenge excites Mowbray|date=17 June 2009|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=17 June 2009}}</ref>. His coaching team will be [[Neil Lennon]], [[Peter Grant]], [[Mark Venus]] and [[Stevie Woods]].<ref>{{cite news
|title=Celtic make approach for Mowbray
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8121464.stm
|publisher=BBC Sport
|date=26 June 2009
|accessdate=26 June 2009}}</ref> On 12 September 2009 was named as the Coach of the Month of August in the [[Scottish Premier League]]<ref>[http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/31294/mowbray-ausgezeichnet.html Mowbray ausgezeichnet]</ref>. During the 2009&ndash;10 season, Mowbray has been described as "beleagured" by ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'', as Celtic fell 10 points behind [[Old Firm]] rivals [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in the [[Scottish Premier League|SPL]] [[list of Scottish football champions|title]] race after a 2&ndash;1 [[Celtic Park|home]] defeat by [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibs]].<ref name = "herald">[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/hibernian/mowbray-refuses-to-admit-title-race-is-over-as-hibernian-put-massive-dent-in-celtic-s-championship-hopes-1.1001940 Mowbray refuses to admit title race is over as Hibernian put massive dent in Celtic’s championship hopes], ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'', 27 January 2010.</ref> Mowbray decided to make significant changes to his squad during the January 2010 transfer window, selling [[Gary Caldwell]] and [[Barry Robson]], which apparently caused disruption to the team in the immediate aftermath of those deals being completed.<ref name = "herald"/> As of 28 January 2010, Mowbray's record as Celtic manager was worse than [[John Barnes (footballer)|John Barnes]], who was sacked midway through his first season in charge.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/2828052/Worse-than-Barnes.html |title=Worse than Barnes |first=Derek |last=McGregor |work=[[the Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]] |date=28 January 2010 |accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref> Further poor results, particularly a record 4&ndash;0 defeat by [[St. Mirren F.C.|St. Mirren]], meant that Mowbray was sacked on 25 March.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8586352.stm |title=Celtic part company with manager Tony Mowbray |publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=25 March 2010 |accessdate=25 March 2010}}</ref>

==Honours==
===As a player===
====Promotions====
*[[1986-87 in English football|1986&ndash;87]]: [[Football League Third Division|Division 3]] Runner Up (promotion to [[Football League Second Division|Division 2]]) - [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
*[[1987-88 in English football|1987&ndash;88]]: [[Football League Second Division|Division 2]] 3rd (promotion to [[Football League First Division|Division 1]]) - [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
*[[1999-00 in English football|1999&ndash;00]]: [[Football League First Division|Division 1]] Playoff winners (promotion to [[Premier League]]) - [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]

===As a manager===
*Promotion: [[2007-08 in English football|2007&ndash;08]]: [[Football League Championship|The Championship]] Champions (promotion to [[Premier League]]) - [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]

==Personal life==
Mowbray is married to Amber and has two sons, Lucas and Max.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Fraser
| first = Alan
| title = Mowbray, the 'miserable sod' whose life was truly kissed by an angel
| url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=556192&in_page_id=1779
| publisher = Daily Mail
| date = 2008-04-03
| accessdate = 2008-04-08}}</ref> The couple are expecting their third child shortly. Mowbray has been teetotal since around the age of 19.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Walters
| first = Mike
| title = West Brom manager Tony Mowbray prepares promotion feast
| url = http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/04/25/west-brom-manager-tony-mowbray-prepares-promotion-feast-89520-20394247/
| publisher = [[Daily Mirror]]
| date = 2008-04-25
| accessdate = 2008-04-25}}</ref>
Mowbray's first wife, Bernadette died on New Year's Day 1995, aged 24, just eight months after their marriage.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Smith
| first = Steve
| title = Mowbray, the 'miserable sod' whose life was truly kissed by an angel
| url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-75460619.html
| publisher = Daily Record
| date = 2001-06-12
| accessdate = 2010-02-04}}</ref>

==Statistics==
===Manager===
{{updated|15:07, 25 March 2010 (UTC)}}<ref>{{soccerbase (manager)|id=1827}}</ref>
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] (caretaker manager)
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|11 October 2002
|align=left|28 October 2002
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || {{#expr: 1 / 4 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|24 May 2004
|align=left|13 October 2006
| 108 || 52 || 16 || 40 || {{#expr: 52 / 108 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align=left|[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|18 October 2006
|align=left|16 June 2009
| 140 || 57 || 32 || 51 || {{#expr: 57 / 140 * 100 round 2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|16 June 2009
|align=left|25 March 2010
| 45 || 23 || 9 || 13 || {{#expr: 23 / 45 * 100 round 2}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
! 297 !! 133 !! 58 !! 106 !! {{#expr: 133 / 297 * 100 round 2}}
|}

==References==
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