Tom Evans (footballer)

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Tom Evans
Personal information
Full name Thomas Raymond Evans
Date of birth 31 December 1976 (1976-12-31) (age 31)
Place of birth    Doncaster, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995–1996
1996–1997
1996
1997
1997–2006
2006–2008		 Sheffield United
Crystal Palace
→ Harrow Borough (loan)
→ Coventry City (loan)
Scunthorpe United
York City		 000 (0)
000 (0)
00? (?)
000 (0)
247 (0)
082 (0)   
National team2

2003		 Northern Ireland Youth
Northern Ireland B		 00? (?)
001 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19:13, 21 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Raymond "Tom" Evans (born 31 December 1976 in Doncaster, England) is an English-born Northern Irish footballer, currently a free agent after being released by York City.

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[edit] Career

Evans started his career with Sheffield United in July 1997 as a trainee.[1] He made no appearances for the side before joining Crystal Palace in June 1996,[1] and was loaned out to Harrow Borough in August 1996.[2] He later made a loan move to Premier League side Coventry City in March 1997, but failed to make any appearances.[3] Palace released him after his first season at the club, but in August he signed for Scunthorpe United.[2]

Evans had surgery on a hand injury in May 2005, having suffered a problem with one of his knuckles on his index finger that had troubled him in previous seasons.[4] He was not offered a new contract with Scunthorpe United in May 2006 and joined York City after making a good impression on manager Billy McEwan and his staff during several weeks on trial in the summer of 2006.[5][6] He said that he believed promotion could be achieved for York with 20 clean sheets.[7] He was sent off for foul and abusive language in York City's game against Crawley Town, which York lost 3–0 having second choice goalkeeper Arran Reid being used as his replacement.[8] He was offered a new contract by York City at the end of the 2006–07.[9]

At the beginning of York's 2007–08 season, Evans came under-fire for poor performances by his manager, Billy McEwan and was later replaced by Bristol City goalkeeper Stephen Henderson.[10][11] Evans kept his place in the side after Henderson's recall back to Bristol City but was released at the end of the season.[12][13]

[edit] Career stats

As of 26 April 2008.
Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Sheffield United 1995–96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crystal Palace 1996–97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scunthorpe United 1997–98 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1998–99 24 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 0
1999–00 28 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 31 0
2000–01 46 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 53 0
2001–02 42 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 48 0
2002–03 46 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 54 0
2003–04 36 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 46 0
2004–05 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2005–06 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 23 0
Subtotal 245 0 23 0 7 0 15 0 290 0
York City 2006–07 45 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 49 0
2007–08 36 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 41 0
Subtotal 81 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 90 0
Total 326 0 25 0 7 0 22 0 380 0

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press, p198. ISBN 1852916656. 
  2. ^ a b Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony (2007). The Non League Club Directory 2008. Tony Williams Publications, p178. ISBN 9781869833572. 
  3. ^ Tom Evans. nifg.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  4. ^ "Keeper Evans undergoes operation", BBC Sport, 2005-05-26. Retrieved on 2007-03-05. 
  5. ^ "Evans & Stanton leave Scunthorpe", BBC Sport, 2006-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. 
  6. ^ "McEwan signs Evans and offers Campbell terms", The Press, 2006-08-01. Retrieved on 2007-02-05. 
  7. ^ "Good Evans wants City to follow his 20-plenty vision", The Press, 2006-08-10. Retrieved on 2007-02-05. 
  8. ^ "Bitter defeat", The Press, 2006-09-11. Retrieved on 2007-03-02. 
  9. ^ "York boss releases eight players", BBC Sport, 2007-05-16. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. 
  10. ^ "Billy may axe Evans after nightmare start", The Press, 2007-08-31. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  11. ^ "City land loan star", The Press, 2007-09-01. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  12. ^ "Woolford pens new York contract", BBC Sport, 2007-10-02. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. 
  13. ^ "Three players released by Walker", BBC Sport, 2008-04-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 

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Persondata
NAME Evans, Thomas Raymond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Tom
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1976-12-31
PLACE OF BIRTH Doncaster, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH