Tommy Kiernan

Thomas Kiernan
Personal information
Full name Thomas Kiernan[1]
Date of birth 20 October 1918[1]
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland[1]
Date of death 26 June 1991(1991-06-26) (aged 72)
Place of death Coatbridge, Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Viewpark Celtic
1936–1937 Clydebank Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1945 Albion Rovers 44 (24)
1946–1947 Celtic 23 (12)
1947–1948 Stoke City 28 (6)
1948–1950 Luton Town 55 (10)
1950–1951 St Mirren 8 (1)
1951–1952 Barry Town
1952–1954 Albion Rovers 33 (3)
1954–1955 Alloa Athletic 29 (8)
Total 205 (53)
International career
1947 Scottish Football League XI[2] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Kiernan (20 October 1918 – 26 June 1991)[3] was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Luton Town and Stoke City. He also played for Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic and Celtic.[1]

Career

Kiernan was born in Coatbridge and began his career with Clydebank Juniors in 1936 before joining Albion Rovers a year later. He scored 24 goals for the Wee Rovers in two seasons prior to the outbreak of World War II and earned a move to Celtic after the war ended,[4] where he spent one season before he was signed by English club Stoke City for a then club record fee of £8,500.[1] He was a regular at inside right under the management of Bob McGrory in 1947–48 playing in 26 matches scoring six goals as Stoke a frustrating season finishing in 15th position.[1] After playing just four matches at the start of 1948–49 Kiernan was then sold to Second Division Luton Town in November 1948 for £6,000.[1] With the "Hatters" Kiernan played in three seasons scoring 15 goals in 60 matches before he returned to Scotland in 1950 with St Mirren. After a brief spell in Wales with Barry Town and made a return to Albion Rovers and ended his career with Alloa Athletic.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[5]

Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Celtic 1946–47 Scottish Division One 22 12 1 0 6 5 29 17
1947–48 Scottish Division One 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1
Total 23 13 1 0 8 5 32 18
Stoke City 1947–48 First Division 24 5 2 1 — 26 6
1948–49 First Division 4 1 0 0 — 4 1
Total 28 6 2 1 — 30 7
Luton Town 1948–49 Second Division 23 5 4 3 — 27 8
1949–50 Second Division 24 4 1 2 — 25 6
1950–51 Second Division 8 1 0 0 — 8 1
Total 55 10 5 5 — 60 15
Career Total 106 29 8 6 8 5 122 40

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "Tommy Kiernan – Scotland Football League Record from 12 Mar 1947 to 12 Mar 1947 clubs – Celtic".
  3. ^ "Tommy Kiernan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Tommy Kiernan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • Tommy Kiernan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database