Anthony Stokes (born July 25, 1988 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays for Falkirk, on loan from Arsenal. He normally plays as a striker or attacking midfielder. He is a current Irish Under 21 international.

Although mainly a reserve player at Arsenal, Stokes made his first-team début as a substitute in Arsenal's League Cup tie against Sunderland on October 25, 2005, coming on for Arturo Lupoli in the 88th minute; Arsenal won 3-0. In the summer of 2006, he trained with Sunderland with a view to a loan move, but the then Sunderland manager Niall Quinn decided against it due to Sunderland's large squad depth and lack of reserve team. Eventually, on August 29, 2006 Arsenal agreed a loan deal with Falkirk that will see Stokes play for the Scottish side until at least January 2007.

Stokes scored his first goal for Falkirk in a 1-0 victory at Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 19 September 2006, in the CIS Cup third round. He followed that up on 21 October with two more goals against Inverness.

On 28 October 2006 he scored his first competitive hat-trick during Falkirk's 5-1 victory over Dundee United,. His impressive performances earned him the SPL young player of the month award for October. Stokes scored another hat-trick in the following match against Dunfermline Athletic to take his tally to an impressive nine goals in just four games. He is the first player to score back to back hat-tricks in the SPL. On 7 November Stokes scored an equaliser for Falkirk in the 100th minute of the CIS Insurance Cup against Celtic, Falkirk going through 5-4 on penalties. Stokes scored 12 goals in 12 games.

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