Tom Evans (footballer born 1976)

Tom Evans

Evans playing for York City
Personal information
Full name Thomas Raymond Evans[1]
Date of birth 31 December 1976 (1976-12-31) (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Doncaster, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
000?–1995 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1995–1996 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1996–1997 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1996 → Harrow Borough (loan) ? (?)
1997 → Coventry City (loan) 0 (0)
1997–2006 Scunthorpe United 245 (0)
2006–2008 York City 81 (0)
2008–2009 Alfreton Town 16 (0)
2009 → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2010 Boston United ? (?)
National team
Northern Ireland Youth
2003 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Raymond "Tom" Evans (born 31 December 1976) is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in England, he has played for the Northern Ireland B team.

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Career

Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Evans started his career with the Sheffield United youth system as a trainee before signing a professional contract on 3 July 1995.[3] He made no appearances for the side before joining Crystal Palace on a free transfer on 14 June 1996,[3] and was loaned out to Harrow Borough in August.[4] He later made a loan move to FA Premier League side Coventry City in March 1997, but failed to make any appearances.[5] Palace released him after his first season at the club and on 22 August he signed for Scunthorpe United.[3][4] 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.[6] This operation led to him missing the first two months of the season, but returned to the line-up in early December.[3] He kept his place in the team for three months and after another spell on the sidlines he played in Scunthorpe's last six matches of the season.[3]

He was not offered a new contract with Scunthorpe in May 2006 and joined Conference National club York City on 1 August after making a good impression on manager Billy McEwan and his staff during several weeks on trial in the summer of 2006.[7][8] He said that he believed promotion could be achieved for York with 20 clean sheets.[9] He was sent off in the 16th minute of a game against Crawley Town on 9 September after fouling Dannie Bulman outside the penalty box, which York lost 3–0 with second choice goalkeeper Arran Reid being used as his replacement.[10] He was offered a new contract by York City at the end of the 2006–07 season.[11] 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.[12][13] Evans kept his place in the side after Henderson's recall back to Bristol City but was released at the end of the season.[14][15]

He signed for Alfreton Town in the Conference North in July 2008.[16] Evans found himself dropped from the Alfreton team at the beginning of December 2008 and in March 2009 Evans joined Gainsborough Trinity on loan, debuting in 1–1 draw at Redditch United on 21 March 2009.[17] He finished the 2008–09 season with 19 appearances with Alfreton and he was released by the club,[18][19] after which he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division team Boston United on 23 July.[20] He was released by Boston on 9 May 2010 after helping them win promotion to the Conference North after beating Bradford Park Avenue 2–1 in the Northern Premier League Premier Division play-off Final.[21] He later returned to former club Scunthorpe to coach the youth team's goalkeepers.[22]

Personal life

After retiring from professional football, Evans earned qualifications as a financial adviser and worked for Lloyds Bank before joining Paul Kerr Asscociates, the organisation of former player Paul Kerr.[23]

Career statistics

As of 13 April 2009.
Club Season League[A] FA Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sheffield United 1995–96[24] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crystal Palace 1996–97[25] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harrow Borough (loan) 1996–97 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Coventry City (loan) 1996–97[26] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scunthorpe United 1997–98[27] 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
1998–99[28] 24 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 0
1999–2000[29] 28 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 31 0
2000–01[30] 46 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 54 0
2001–02[31] 42 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 48 0
2002–03[32] 46 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 54 0
2003–04[33] 36 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 46 0
2004–05[34] 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2005–06[35] 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 23 0
Total 245 0 23 0 7 0 16 0 291 0
York City 2006–07[36] 45 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 50 0
2007–08[37] 36 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 47 0
Total 81 0 4 0 0 0 12 0 97 0
Alfreton Town 2008–09[18] 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 2008–09[18] 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Boston United 2009–10 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Career totals 346 0 30 0 7 0 28 0 411 0

Footnotes

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League and Football Conference.
B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Conference League Cup, FA Trophy, Football League Trophy and play-offs.

References

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