Tom Forman (footballer)

Tom Forman
Personal information
Full name Thomas Forman[1]
Date of birth (1879-10-26)26 October 1879
Place of birth Basford, Nottingham, England
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1902 Nottingham Forest 5 (0)
1903 Manchester City 0 (0)
–1907 Sutton Town
1907–1910 Barnsley 126 (16)
1910–1911 Tottenham Hotspur 8 (1)
Sutton Junction
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Forman (26 October 1879 – after 1911) was a professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Sutton Town, Barnsley, Tottenham Hotspur and Sutton Junction.[1]

Career

Forman began his career at Nottingham Forest where he played in five matches between 1900 and 1902.[2]

In 1903 he joined Manchester City without playing a first team match.[1]

After a spell with non-League club Sutton United the outside left signed for Barnsley.[3] Between 1907 and 1910, Forman appeared in 136 games and found the net on 18 occasions for the Yorkshire club; he appeared in both matches of the 1910 FA Cup Final in which he collected a losers' medal.[3]

In 1910 he joined Tottenham Hotspur, featuring in a further eight matches and scoring a single goal before ending his career at Sutton Town.[1][4][5] His solitary goal on his Lilywhites debut in a 6-2 victory over Middlesbrough at White Hart Lane in February 1911 in the old First Division.[6]


Personal life

Forman served as a lance bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[7]


References

  1. ^ a b c d Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. Soccerdata. p. 92. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  2. ^ "Ex Player Profiles". www.u-reds.com. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b Metcalf, Mark; Wood, David (1 November 2010). Lifting the Cup: The Story of Battling Barnsley, 1910–12. Casemate Publishers. p. 152. ISBN 9781845631369.
  4. ^ "A–Z of players". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Thomas Forman". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Tottenham Football/ Premier League debut scorers".
  7. ^ "Thomas Forman | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 4 December 2018.