Tony Caig

Caig made his name playing for Carlisle United from 1990 to 1998, some highlights of this time being the penalty saves in the Football League Trophy at Wembley against Colchester United in 1997 and winning the third division championship in 1994–95 setting a then clean sheet record. However, in 1998 he was controversially allowed to leave by club owner Michael Knighton before the end-season transfer deadline. He had made 244 league and 40 cup appearances for the club. Caig's departure left Carlisle United without a permanent goalkeeper, circumstances which led to a famous goal by on-loan goalkeeper Jimmy Glass saving the club from relegation. He then joined Blackpool on 25 March 1999 for a reported small fee of £40,000; he was able to establish himself as a regular in the first team, and won a place in the Carling Opta Division Two "Team of the Week" in October 1999. He made 49 league appearances and 12 cup appearances in his two-year stint at Bloomfield Road, during which time he was sent on loan to Charlton Athletic, before signing for them permanently in 2001. However, he was to make just one Premier League appearance for them against Derby County before moving to Scotland later that same year to join Scottish Premier League (SPL) club Hibernian. Although not a regular starter and made 14 appearances in 18 months at the club. In January 2003 Caig moved back to England and joined Premier League club Newcastle United. However, he spent three years at St James' Park without…

Caig started coaching Carlisle United's goalkeepers while still playing for Workington where he won the Non-League Goalkeeper of the Year award for 2009–10 and also the Reds Player of the Year award and National supporters award in helping Workington to a fourth-place finish. Carlisle then entered negotiations with Workington to allow Caig to combine his coaching duties with serving as an understudy to current first choice goalkeeper Adam Collin. During the 2014–15 season he was, alongside Paul Thirlwell, made caretaker manager for four games following the dismissal of Graham Kavanagh as manager. After an injury to first choice goalkeeper Mark Gillespie in September 2014, Caig was re-registered as a player to provide cover for backup goalkeeper Dan Hanford. He was allocated the number 29 shirt. In June 2015 Caig signed for Hartlepool United as a goalkeeping coach, the same role he held at Carlisle United. He left Hartlepool United in January 2017 due to a change of management and took a role at Newcastle United Academy coaching the 12–16 goalkeepers, then in June 2017 left Newcastle and became Bury head goalkeeping coach, assisting Lee Clark and Alan Thompson. Caig's contract was terminated once Bury were expelled from the English Football League, he then took up a position as a goalkeeping coach of Scottish Premiership club Livingston. On 26 November 2020, Caig and David Martindale became co-caretaker managers of Livingston following Gary Holt's resignation. He initially…

Carlisle United

Football League Third Division: 1994–95; promotion: 1996–97 Football League Trophy: 1996–97, 2010–11; runner-up: 1994–95 Vancouver Whitecaps

USL First Division: 2006 Individual

PFA Team of the Year: 1996–97 Third Division National Conference Keeper of the Year 2009–10