Tommy Black

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Personal information
Tommy Black
Full name	Thomas Black
Date of birth	26/11/1979
Place of birth	Chigwell, England
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bradford City (on loan from Crystal Palace)
Number	21 (16)
Youth clubs
	Arsenal
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998-2000 1999 1999-2000 2000- 2004 2006 2006	Arsenal → Carlisle United (loan) → Bristol City (loan) Crystal Palace → Sheffield United (loan) → Gillingham (loan) → Bradford City (loan)	1 (0) 5 (1) 4 (0) 153 (17) 5 (1) 17 (5) (2) 0
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01/12/2006.

Tommy Black (born November 26, 1979 in Chigwell, London) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bradford City of League One, on loan from Crystal Palace, of The Championship. His shirt numbers are 21 at Bradford, and 16 at Palace. He is a midfielder.

Black began his career with Arsenal as a trainee, being sent out on loan twice for one month with Carlisle United and for a month with Bristol City. He made just one first team appearance for Arsenal, in a 1-0 win against Everton on April 29, 2000. Unable to break into the Arsenal first team, he signed for Crystal Palace in July 2000 for £500,000. Black played regularly and was well liked at Palace, receiving the Division One Player of the Month award in December 2002. After Palace were promoted a loan bid came in from Leeds United for both Black and Dougie Freedman - both were rejected. However, he did join Sheffield United on loan for a month, in December 2004, and in January 2006, still unable to break into the first team, he went out on loan again, this time to Gillingham, where he scored 5 goals and was an instant hit with the fans.

Nevertheless, the Gills did not purchase him, and Black had the choice of another loan move, to either Bradford City or Brentford. Black chose Bradford, after Brentford withdrew their bid through lack of funds.

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Bradford City A.F.C. - Current Squad
1 Ricketts \| 2 Edghill \| 3 Parker \| 4 Doyle \| 5 Wetherall \| 6 Bower \| 7 Schumacher \| 8 Bridge-Wilkinson \| 9 E. Johnson \| 10 Windass \| 11 Holmes \| 12 J. Johnson \| 13 Howarth \| 15 Muirhead \| 16 Graham \| 18 Penford \| 19 Healy \| 21 Black \| 25 Bentham \| 26 Swift \| 27 Brown \| 28 Colbeck \| 29 Smith \| 30 Saynor \| 31 McGuire \| 32 Ainge \| Manager: Todd