Tony Readings

After playing semi-professional football for Wembley, Readings attended trials on Wimbledon Common for the new A.F.C. Wimbledon club, set up by fans of the defunct Wimbledon F.C. in 2002. He captained the club in its first ever League match; a 2–1 win at Sandhurst Town and went on to make 26 appearances for the club in all competitions. In January 2003 Readings left to pursue a professional career in New Zealand.

From 2009 to 2012, Readings coached the New Zealand women's national under-20 football team, having been promoted to the role after two years as the assistant coach. During this time, he was also involved in three major campaigns with the Football Ferns, firstly as a technical analyst at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and then as assistant coach at the Beijing Olympics and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Following the departure of then coach John Herdman to take charge of the Canadian national women's team in September 2011, Readings was elevated to the head coach role. At the London Olympics in 2012, Readings guided New Zealand to the quarterfinals after narrow defeats to Great Britain and Brazil and a win over Cameroon in their group. It was the first time a New Zealand team had progressed past the group stage of a senior FIFA event. In 2013, New Zealand beat Brazil and China to win the 2013 Valais Cup in Switzerland, their first piece of silverware won outside their Oceania Confederation in 38 years. That same year they claimed away draws against reigning world champions Japan and Olympic champions USA and rose to an all-time high of 16th in the FIFA World Rankings, a mark they would reach again in 2015. New Zealand defended their confederation crown in 2014, winning the OFC Women's Nations Cup which qualified the team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada where they drew two of their three matches to record the most points by a New Zealand team at a FIFA…

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International

New Zealand Women

OFC Women's Nations Cup: 2014 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: (2) 2012, 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Quarterfinals: 2012 Valais Cup: 2013

New Zealand U-20 Women

OFC U-20 Women's Championship: 2012