Tom Bailey (footballer)

Thomas Henry Bailey (1888 – after 1914) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City and Stoke.[1]

Tom Bailey
Personal information
Full name Thomas Henry Bailey[1]
Date of birth 1888[1]
Place of birth Burton upon Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906 Overseal Swifts
1907 Burton United
1907–1908 Lincoln City 1 (0)
1908–1910 Walsall
1910–1912 Gresley Rovers
1912–1915 Stoke 30 (1)
1915 Hanley Swifts
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Bailey was born in Burton upon Trent and played for Overseal Swifts and Burton United before joining Lincoln City in 1907.[1] He played once for Lincoln[2] before playing for Walsall and Stoke Priory and signed for Stoke in 1912. He played 36 times for Stoke in three seasons scoring once against Caerphilly.[1]

He was, from August 1925 to May 1938, manager of Crewe Alexandra.[3]

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lincoln City 1907–08 Second Division 100010
Stoke 1912–13 Southern League Division One 13000130
1913–14 Southern League Division Two 15120171
1914–15 Southern League Division Two 600060
Career total 35120371

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "Thomas Bailey (1907/08)". Lincoln City FC Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. "Thomas Bailey". ENFA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. Tom Bailey at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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