Tony Agana

Non-league and a move to Watford

Agana started his football career with non-league side Welling United whilst working full-time for an insurance company. When his employers moved their offices to Poole he became a part-time professional with Weymouth, signing for £4,500 in March 1984. He went on to make over 100 appearances for the south coast club and represented the England national game XI during his time there. In August 1987 Agana moved into professional football with First Division club Watford, making his league début at the relatively late age of 23. Agana made 15 appearances for the Hertfordshire side, scoring one goal, as he acclimatised to league football.

Sheffield United

After only six months at Vicarage Road Agana was on the move again, this time to South Yorkshire side Sheffield United. Dave Bassett, the manager who had signed Agana for Watford, had been sacked in January 1988 and subsequently joined Sheffield United and within days sold Martin Kuhl to his former employers for £40,000, with Agana and Peter Hetherston moving to Bramall Lane as part of the deal. He made his debut for United on 20 February 1988, scoring in a 1–0 home win against Barnsley. Despite this promising start the team was in decline and the club was relegated at the end of the season. The following season proved a different matter as Agana struck up a striking partnership with new signing Brian Deane. During the 1989–90 season he scored 24 goals in 46 appearances, which,…

Following his retirement from football he studied computer visualisation at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2004. Following his graduation he worked for the University of Manchester as a distance learning technology officer, as well as working for Sheffield United's matchday hospitality team. He then began working at Wingfield Academy in Rotherham as a technology support staff where he still works today. In 2023, Agana was on a three-man independent panel which found former Crawley Town manager John Yems guilty of eleven counts of racial abuse against his own players and banned him from football for 18 months.

Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1988–89 Third Division