Tommy Green (footballer, born 1876)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Green | ||
Date of birth | 31 October 1876 | ||
Place of birth | Bebington, England | ||
Date of death | 1958 (aged 81–82) | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1896–1897 | Bromborough Pool | ||
1897–1899 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
1899–1901 | New Brighton Tower | 7 | (3) |
1901–1903 | Liverpool | 7 | (1) |
1903–1904 | Swindon Town | 24 | (2) |
1904–1905 | Stockport County | 18 | (12) |
1905–1906 | Middlesbrough | 37 | (9) |
1906–1907 | Queens Park Rangers | 37 | (8) |
1907–1909 | Stockport County | 61 | (12) |
1909–1910 | Exeter City | 31 | (8) |
1910–1911 | St Helens Town | ||
1911–1912 | Rossendale United | 46[2] | (16) |
1912–1913 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
1913–1920 | Borough of Wallasey | ||
1920–? | Port Sunlight | ||
Total | 222 | (55) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Green (31 October 1876 – 1958) was an English footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for New Brighton Tower, Liverpool, Middlesbrough and Stockport County.
Early life
[edit]Thomas Green was born on 31 October 1876 in Bebington, Cheshire.[3]
Career
[edit]Green started his career in non-League football with Bromborough Pool in 1896, before joining Tranmere Rovers the following year.[3] He initially played in the reserve team before establishing himself in the first team towards the end of the 1897–98 season,[4] with Tranmere finishing 12th of 14 in the Combination.[5] The team improved their ranking in the 1898–99 Combination by finish third of 15,[5] and Green's partnership with Jack Davies was described as "one of the most important factors in it" by the Birkenhead News.[4]
Green signed for Second Division club New Brighton Tower in May 1899.[3] He made his debut on 16 September in a 1–1 draw at home to Middlesbrough in the league, before scoring his first goal a week later in a 5–0 win at home to Birkenhead in the 1899–1900 FA Cup preliminary Round.[3] He made five appearances and three goals in the 1899–1900 Second Division,[3] in which New Brighton finished 10th of 18.[6] Green made only two appearances in the 1900–01 Second Division,[3] as New Brighton ranked in fourth place of 18.[7] He requested that he be placed on the transfer list by New Brighton at the end of the season, although this was refused by a Football League committee, as they ruled that he had been offered a fair wage by the club.[8]
Green signed for First Division club Liverpool in September 1901, but did not make his debut until 1 February 1902 in a 0–0 draw away to Bury in the league.[3] He made three more appearances in the 1901–02 First Division,[3] with Liverpool finishing 11th of 18.[9] Green scored his only goal for Liverpool on 3 January 1903 in the second minute of his last appearance for the club, a 3–1 defeat away to Blackburn Rovers in the league.[10] His opportunities in the team in the 1902–03 season were limited due to the form of Sam Raybould,[11] and Green finished the 1902–03 First Division with three appearances and one goal,[3] in which Liverpool ranked fifth of 18.[12]
Green signed for Swindon Town in May 1903 and made his debut on 5 September in the first match of the 1903–04 Southern League Division One, a 2–0 defeat away to Bristol Rovers.[13][14][15] Green scored his first goal for Swindon two days later in the opening five minutes of the team's next match, a 2–1 loss away to Brentford in the league.[14][16] He was switched to outside right in November to accommodate the newly arrived Cornelius Hogan at centre forward – a correspondent to the Swindon Advertiser had suggested that his pace and cleverness made him better suited to that position, not believing him robust enough for centre-forward play; that newspaper reported that he needed to learn to cross on the run.[17][18] Green was showing good form in that position,[19] before an injury to his right knee that required specialist treatment in London was to restrict his senior appearances for the next few months.[20] He spent February with Swindon's reserve team, and having finally returned to form,[21] finished the season as a first-team regular. He made 24 league appearances and scored twice,[22] as Swindon finished 10th of 18.[23]
Green joined Lancashire Combination club Stockport County in 1904, following their failure to be re-elected into the Football League.[3] He made his debut on 2 September in the first match of the 1904–05 Lancashire Combination, a 2–1 home win over Southport Central, in which he scored Stockport's opening goal.[24] He established himself as a popular player with supporters and played regularly in the team at centre forward.[25][26] Green signed for First Division club Middlesbrough on 8 February 1905 for a transfer fee of around £300,[27][28] which Stockport agreed to reluctantly due to financial problems at the club.[26] He had scored 12 goals in 18 appearances for Stockport by that point in the 1904–05 Lancashire Combination, which Stockport went on to finish as champions, ranking first of 18.[24] He went straight into the Middlesbrough team, making his debut three days after signing in the place of Horace Astley in a 3–2 loss away to Manchester City in the league.[29][30] He scored his first goals for Middlesbrough on 25 March, with a goal in each half of a 3–1 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.[3][31] Green finished the 1904–05 First Division with three goals in 11 appearances,[3] as Middlesbrough finished 15th of 18.[32] He made 26 appearances and scored six goals in the 1905–06 First Division,[3] in which Middlesbrough narrowly avoided relegation on goal average, ranking 18th of 20.[33]
Green signed for Southern League Division One club Queens Park Rangers in May 1906.[34] He made his debut on 1 September in their opening match of the 1906–07 Southern League Division One, a 1–1 draw away to Luton Town.[35] Green assisted Ned Anderson's opening goal in the match, and the two were reported by The Sportsman to have "caught the eye for judicious work".[36] Green scored his first goal on 17 November in the first half of a 5–0 home win over Northampton Town in the league.[35][37] He finished the season with 8 goals in 37 appearances in the 1906–07 Southern League Division One,[35] with QPR finishing 18th of 20.[38] in which they finished 18th of 22.[39]
Green rejoined Stockport County in June 1907, with the club now in the Second Division.[40] He made his debut on 2 September in Stockport's 1–1 draw at home to Blackpool in the opening match of the 1907–08 Second Division.[3] He scored Stockport's equalising goal late into the match, which was described as a "strong shot at 20 yards' range" by the Lancashire Daily Post.[41] He continued to be popular with supporters in his second spell with Stockport, but this time regularly played outside right and had a less impressive scoring record.[26] He finished the 1907–08 Second Division with seven goals in 30 appearances,[3] with Stockport ranking 13th of 20.[42] Green made 31 appearances and scored five goals in the 1908–09 Second Division,[3] in which Stockport finished 18th of 20.[43]
Green signed for Exeter City in July 1909,[26] making his debut on 2 September in their opening match of the 1909–10 Southern League Division One, a 2–1 defeat at home to West Ham United.[1][44] He scored his first goal on 6 November in a 1–1 draw at home to Watford in the league.[38] Green made 31 appearances and scored 8 goals for Exeter in the 1909–10 Southern League Division One,[38] in which they finished 18th of 22.[45] He then had spells with St Helens Town, Rossendale United, Tranmere Rovers, Borough of Wallasey and Port Sunlight.[3]
Later life
[edit]Green died in 1958.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
New Brighton Tower | 1899–1900[3] | Second Division | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
1900–01[3] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
Liverpool | 1901–02[3] | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1902–03[3] | First Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
Swindon Town | 1903–04[22] | Southern League Division One | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 4 |
Stockport County | 1904–05[24] | Lancashire Combination | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 |
Middlesbrough | 1904–05[3] | First Division | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
1905–06[3] | First Division | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 6 | |
Total | 37 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 9 | ||
Queens Park Rangers | 1906–07[35] | Southern League Division One | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 8 |
Stockport County | 1907–08[3] | Second Division | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 |
1908–09[3] | Second Division | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 5 | |
Total | 61 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 12 | ||
Exeter City | 1909–10[38] | Southern League Division One | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 8 |
Career total | 222 | 55 | 25 | 7 | 247 | 62 |
Honours
[edit]Stockport County
- Lancashire Combination: 1904–05[24]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Green, Thomas". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ Rossendale United a season by season History 1898-2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Player Details: Tommy Green". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Jack Davies". The Birkenhead News. 15 February 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ a b Abbink, Dinant (23 July 2006). "England – The Combination". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "1899–00: Football League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "1900–01: Football League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "The Football League". The Liverpool Daily Post. 5 June 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "1901–02: Football League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Players – Thomas Green". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Football Notes". The Swindon Advertiser. 29 May 1903. p. 8. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "1902–03: Football League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Green (Tommy Green) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com". PlayUpLiverpool.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Results: Season 1903–1904". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Match Report: Bristol Rovers 2–0 Swindon Town". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Football". The Liverpool Daily Post. 8 September 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ A Lover of the Game (20 November 1903). "Swindon Football Club". The Swindon Advertiser. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Coup-de-Pied (23 November 1903). "Football notes". The Swindon Advertiser. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Coup-de-Pied (11 December 1903). "Football notes". The Swindon Advertiser. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Beadsworth played finely, and his partner, Tom Green, was, to my mind, the most improved man on the Swindon side. I have not seen him play nearly so well in previous games.
- ^ Coup-de-Pied (8 January 1904). "What I see and hear". The Swindon Advertiser. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Coup-de-Pied (8 March 1904). "Football notes". The Swindon Advertiser. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Green, who once again figured on Swindon's wing, showed better form than at his last attempt
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Tommy Green". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
"Playing Record: Tommy Green". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2022. - ^ Robinson, Michael, ed. (2017). Non-League Football Tables 1889–2017. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-86223-354-6.
- ^ a b c d Freeman, Peter; Harnwell, Richard (1994). Stockport County: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-873626-72-6.
- ^ "Tom Green". Go Go Go County. Ian Watts. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d Freeman; Harnwell. Stockport County: A Complete Record. p. 101.
- ^ "New Centre Forward for Middlesbrough". The Yorkshire Post. Leeds. 9 February 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
"[Unknown]". The Birmingham Daily Mail. 10 February 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast. - ^ "Green goes to Middlesbrough". Manchester Courier. 10 February 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Manchester City v. Middlesbrough". The Birmingham Daily Mail. 11 February 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "Football Notes". The Lichfield Mercury. 17 February 1905. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Middlesbrough v. Wolverhampton Wanderers". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 27 March 1905. p. 10. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "1904–05: Football League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "1905–06: Football League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Middlesbrough Doings". Northern Daily Mail. Hartlepool. 2 May 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d Macey, Gordon (2009). Queen's Park Rangers: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN 978-1-859837-14-6.
- ^ "Luton v. Queen's Park Rangers". The Sportsman. London. 3 September 1906. p. 8. Retrieved 6 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "Queen's Park beat Northampton". The Referee. London. 18 November 1906. p. 11. Retrieved 6 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ a b c d Golesworthy, Maurice; Dykes, Garth; Wilson, Alex (1990). Exeter City: A Complete Record 1904–1990. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 158–159, 334. ISBN 978-0-907969-68-6.
- ^ Robinson (ed.). Non-League Football Tables 1889–2017. p. 7.
- ^ "Stockport County Club". The Staffordshire Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 17 June 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "Blackpool Deserved to Win". The Lancashire Daily Post. Preston. 3 September 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2022 – via Findmypast.
- ^ "1907–08: Football League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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- ^ Robinson (ed.). Non-League Football Tables 1889–2017. p. 8.
- 1876 births
- 1958 deaths
- Footballers from Bebington
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- New Brighton Tower F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Exeter City F.C. players
- St Helens Town A.F.C. players
- Rossendale United F.C. players
- Port Sunlight F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players