He is primarily a central midfield player, but he has been used on the left wing during his career. But it is in central midfielder where he has had his best performances during his career. Certainly at one stage, Toner was considered good enough to be called up for the full Northern Ireland squad, and he counts two international caps against Spain and Italy amongst his honours as a player, which have also featured captaining the side at Under 21 level.

Since leaving Spurs, he has had numerous spells with clubs at this level. A two year spell at Leyton Orient was followed by a move to Lincoln which was ended after a training ground bust up with former Dale loanee Marcus Richardson which resulted in Richardson's loan move to Spotland.

He's spent the last three seasons at Grimsby, before being shown the door at the end of the 2007-8 season. It was an up and down time for him at Grimsby. Some performances were outstanding, and he finished his second season as top scorer with eight goals, but it's clear that inconsistency was again an issue. Perhaps, with Town drifting around the mid to lower half of the table during the past couple of years, he lacked the motivation that a promotion push could provide.

He has signed a one year contract at Spotland which will see him remain at Dale until the Summer of 2009.