Tommy Green (footballer, born 1876)

Tommy Green
Green, c. 1900s
Personal information
Full name Thomas Green
Date of birth (1876-10-31)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

Thomas Green was born on 31 October 1876 in Bebington, Cheshire.[3]

Career

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

Green died in 1958.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
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

Stockport County

References

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