Tom Carson (footballer)

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Personal information
Tom Carson
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Date of birth	26 March 1959
Place of birth	Alexandria, Scotland
Playing position	Goalkeeper (Retired)
Club information
Current club	none
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
- 1979-1984 1984-1991 1986-1987 1987-1988 1987-1988 1987-1988 1987-1988 1987-1988 1991-1992 1992-1994 - 2002_2003	Vale of Leven Dumbarton Dundee Hibs (loan) Partick Thistle (loan) Queen of the South (loan) Dunfermline (loan) Ipswich Town (loan) Dunfermline (loan) Dumbarton (loan) Raith Rovers Vale of Leven Dumbarton	- 149 77 2 6 7 4 1 1 6 35 - 0
Teams managed
2002-2003	Dumbarton
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Tom Carson is a former manager of Dumbarton, an association football club in the Scottish Third Division. He also had a successful playing career as a goalkeeper, playing for Dundee FC, Raith Rovers & Dumbarton FC as well as his local junior side Vale of Leven.

[edit] History

Tom (or Tam, as he is sometimes known) was brought up in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, an area rich in footballing history. One of Tom's 3 brothers, Joe Carson, also played football professionally for Arbroath, Motherwell & Partick Thistle among others.

During his time at Dundee, Carson was sent out on loan 7 times, usually as cover for injuries.

Carson took his first (& only to date) managerial position in October 2000, taking charge of his former club, Dumbarton, & lead the team to promotion to the Scottish Second Division in the 2001/02 season but left soon after. This was rumoured to be after a disagreement between Tom & the board about the amount of money needed to retain the clubs new second division status.^[1] He was succeeded by David Winnie.

In April 2002, Tom officially registered himself as a squad player to cover injuries but did not make any appearances.^[2]

Tom has not returned to football since the end of the 2001/2 season but has often been rumoured as returning to the job whenever the position becomes available. He was also rumoured to be among the running for the vacant Elgin City job in 2003. ^[3]