Tom Donaghy (footballer)

Tom Donaghy
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Leeds, England[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Fleetwood Town
Number 34
Youth career
Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Fleetwood Town 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Farsley Celtic (loan) 11 (0)
2022 → Lancaster City (loan) 2 (0)
2023–2023 → Colne (loan) 5 (0)
2023 → Waterford (loan) 0 (0)
2024–2025 → Hereford (loan) 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:12, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Tom Donaghy (born 18 April 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Fleetwood Town.

Career

Donaghy signed with Fleetwood Town from Bradford City on 16 May 2021, initially signing a one-year contract with the option of a further year.[2] He kept five consecutive clean sheets in eleven league games at Farsley Celtic, before being recalled from his loan spell on 23 December 2021.[3] On 29 September 2022, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Lancaster City on a 28-day youth loan.[4] He played two league games for the club.[5] On 22 December 2022, he joined Colne on loan.[6] On 16 February 2023, he joined Fleetwood's sister club Waterford on loan in the League of Ireland First Division.[1] He returned to Fleetwood on 17 June, having played only in the Munster Senior Cup.[7] He made his first-team debut for Fleetwood on 10 October 2023, in a 3–3 draw at Wigan Athletic in the EFL Trophy; he saved two penalty kicks in the resulting shoot-out.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fleetwood Town 2021–22[9] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23[10] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023–24[11] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 1 0
2024–25[12] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Farsley Celtic (loan) 2021–22[13] National League North 11 0 0 0 — 2[c] 0 13 0
Lancaster City (loan) 2022–23[5] NPL Premier Division 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Colne (loan) 2022–23[14] NPL Premier Division 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
Waterford (loan) 2023[13] League of Ireland First Division 0 0 0 0 — 1[d] 0 1 0
Hereford (loan) 2024–25[13] National League North 8 0 — — 1[c] 0 9 0
Career total 26 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 31 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  4. ^ Appearance in Munster Senior Cup

References

  1. ^ a b "Tom Donaghy Joins On Loan". Waterford FC. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ Moore, Andy (16 May 2021). "Fleetwood Town sign goalkeeper Tom Donaghy from Bradford City". The Gazette. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Donaghy called back to Town after positive loan spell at Farsley". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Goalkeeper Donaghy heads to Lancaster City on a youth loan". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Lancaster City | Appearances | Donaghy Thomas | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Young keeper Tom Donaghy joins Colne FC on loan". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Conn-Clarke and Donaghy Depart Blues". Waterford FC. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Donaghy: It was a dream come true when I came on". www.fleetwoodtownfc.com. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Games played by Tom Donaghy in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Games played by Tom Donaghy in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Games played by Tom Donaghy in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Games played by Tom Donaghy in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  13. ^ a b c Tom Donaghy at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Colne | Appearances | Thomas Donaghy | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2024.