Tony Agana won a professional contract quite late on in life, as a 23-year-old with Watford in August 1987. He had combined working full-time for an insurance company while playing for non-league Welling United and Weymouth.

Watford manager Dave Bassett signed Agana to replace former England striker Luther Blissett who had been sold to Bournemouth after a loss of form. 'I had heard good reports about him,' recalls Bassett. 'It seemed that he was fast, could beat his man and could score goals too. I decided to give him a chance which is more than most of the players did. It was more than Steve Harrison did, too, for when he returned to Vicarage Road as my replacement in January 1988, he gave poor Tony half a game in his first game in charge - an FA Cup replay at Hull - and then completely ignored him as Watford continued their slide down towards the Second Division. Tony played his heart out for me as did many of the other new players - but the results just weren't coming.'

In January 1988, Bassett quit Watford before he was pushed, taking up the manager's chair at Sheffield United. Agana was one of his first signings, leaving Watford after just 15 appearances.

Agana really came to the fore in 1988/89 when he struck up a productive partnership with Brian Deane. The pair did even better the following year when their goals took them to promotion to the First Division after a season-long battle with Leeds. Agana was named as the fans' player of the year.

Agana struggled to make his mark on the top flight and he moved to Notts County in November 1991 for a fee of £685,000.

He had a brief loan spell at Leeds the following spring, following an injury to Lee Chapman, but made only two appearances. He was overshadowed at Elland Road by the high-profile contributions of Eric Cantona.

After returning to County, Agana stayed until 1997. He then drifted down to retirement as a player in 2002 after obscure spells at Hereford, Cliftonville, Leek Town, Guiseley and Alfreton Town. He also acted as manager during his spells at Leek and Guiseley but left the game to work for the University of Manchester as a distance learning technology officer and a member of Sheffield United's matchday hospitality team.