Tommy Johnson (midfielder)

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Tommy Johnson

Full name	Thomas Johnson
Date of birth	15 January 1971
Place of birth	Gateshead, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Rocester
Youth clubs
1989-1990	Notts County
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1992 1992-1995 1995-1997 1997-2001 1999 2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-2006 2005 2006 2006 2006	Notts County Derby County Aston Villa Celtic Everton (loan) Sheffield Wednesday Kilmarnock Gillingham Sheffield United Scunthorpe United Tamworth (loan) Tamworth Rocester	118 (47) 98 (30) 47 (13) 35 (18) 3 (0) 8 (3) 10 (7) 49 (7) 1 (0) 14 (1) - (-) - (-) - (-)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:13, 9 September 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas (Tommy) Johnson (born 15 January 1971 in Gateshead, England) is a football player.

Johnson began his career as a trainee at Notts County, helping the Magpies reach the top flight in the early 90s, before moving to Derby County and then Aston Villa - both in £1m+ moves.

In 1997 he joined Scottish giants Celtic for £2.3m. Despite seeing his career at the Hoops cut short by injury, he enjoyed some success at Celtic Park, including scoring the goal that won the 2000/01 Scottish Premier League title (as the Bhoys won the Scottish domestic treble), and scoring in the 2000 CIS Insurance Cup final win over Aberdeen.

During his time at Celtic, Johnson was briefly loaned out to Everton 1999.

Next stop was Sheffield Wednesday, before joining Kilmarnock and then Gillingham in December 2001. After two seasons at Gillingham, Johnson joined Sheffield United. He only made one appearance at the club before moving on to Scunthorpe United, where he suffered an injury-plagued career, causing some supporters to question if he was really a professional footballer and not just someone in it for the money.

During his time at Scunthorpe United he was loaned out to Tamworth, who he later joined, but was released at the start of the 2006/07 season.

On 10 September 2006 he signed for Polymac Services Midland Football Alliance club Rocester^[1].

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^ http://www.rocesterfc.com/Press%20Releases/Tommy%20Johnson.htm 10.09.06 - Tommy Johnson Signs

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Persondata
NAME	Johnson, Tommy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	15 January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH