Tom Evans (footballer, born 1976)

Tom Evans

Evans playing for York City in 2007
Personal information
Full name Thomas Raymond Evans[1]
Date of birth (1976-12-31) 31 December 1976[1]
Place of birth Doncaster, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1995 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
Total 346 (0)
National team
2003 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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

Club career

Early 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.[1] He made no appearances for the side before joining Crystal Palace on a free transfer on 14 June 1996,[1] and was loaned out to Isthmian League side Harrow Borough in August.[2] Evans later made a loan move to Premier League side Coventry City in March 1997, but failed to make any appearances.[3]

Scunthorpe United

Palace released him after his first season at the club and on 22 August 1997 he signed for Scunthorpe United.[1][2] Evans played for Scunthorpe in their 1–0 victory over Leyton Orient in the 1999 Third Division play-off final at Wembley Stadium.[4] He 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.[5] This operation led to him missing the first two months of the season, but returned to the line-up in early December.[1] 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.[1]

York City

He was released by Scunthorpe in May 2006 and joined Conference National club York City on 31 July after making a good impression on manager Billy McEwan during several weeks on trial.[6][7] He said that he believed promotion could be achieved for York with 20 clean sheets.[8] He was sent off in the 16th-minute of an away match against Crawley Town on 9 September 2006 after fouling Dannie Bulman outside the penalty area, which York lost 3–0 with second choice goalkeeper Arran Reid brought on to replace him.[9] He was offered a new contract by York at the end of 2006–07.[10]

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 on-loan Bristol City goalkeeper Stephen Henderson.[11][12] Evans kept his place in the side after Henderson's recall back to Bristol City but was released at the end of the season.[13][14]

Later career

He signed for Alfreton Town in the Conference North in July 2008.[15] Evans found himself dropped from the Alfreton team at the beginning of December 2008 and in March 2009 Evans joined Gainsborough Trinity on a one-month loan, debuting in 1–1 away draw with Redditch United on 21 March 2009.[16] At Gainsborough, he made four appearances.[17] He finished 2008–09 with 24 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 2009.[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 2010 Northern Premier League Premier Division play-off final.[21][22] He later returned to former club Scunthorpe to coach the youth team's goalkeepers.[23]

International career

Evans played Northern Ireland at youth level and won his only cap for the Northern Ireland B team in a 2–1 defeat to Scotland on 20 May 2003.[3]

Personal life

After retiring from professional football, Evans earned qualifications as a financial adviser and worked for Lloyds Bank before joining Paul Kerr Associates, the organisation of former player Paul Kerr.[24]

Career statistics

Evans playing for York City in 2007
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Scunthorpe United 1997–98[25] Third Division 5010100070
1998–99[4] Third Division 24010002[lower-alpha 1]0270
1999–2000[26] Second Division 280102000310
2000–01[27] Third Division 46050201[lower-alpha 2]0540
2001–02[28] Third Division 42030003[lower-alpha 2]0480
2002–03[29] Third Division 46040103[lower-alpha 3]0540
2003–04[30] Third Division 36060103[lower-alpha 2]0460
2004–05[31] League Two 0000001[lower-alpha 2]010
2005–06[32] League One 18020003[lower-alpha 2]0230
Total 2450230701602910
York City 2006–07[33] Conference National 45020—3[lower-alpha 4]0500
2007–08[34] Conference Premier 36020—9[lower-alpha 5]0470
Total 81040—120970
Alfreton Town 2008–09[18] Conference North 16060—2[lower-alpha 6]0240
Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 2008–09[17] Conference North 40———40
Career total 3460330703004160
  1. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in Third Division play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in Third Division play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, two in Conference National play-offs
  5. ↑ Seven appearances in FA Trophy, two in Conference League Cup
  6. ↑ One appearance in Conference League Cup, one in FA Trophy

Honours

Scunthorpe United

Boston United

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2006). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006–07. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 134. ISBN 1-84596-111-0.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony (2007). Non-League Club Directory 2008. Kingsbridge: Tony Williams Publications. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-869833-57-2.
  3. 1 2 "Tom Evans". NIFG. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Games played by Tommy Evans in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Keeper Evans undergoes operation". BBC Sport. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Evans & Stanton leave Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Iron keeper Evans joins York". BBC Sport. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Hughes, Claire (10 August 2006). "Good Evans wants City to follow his 20-plenty vision". The Press. York. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Flett, Dave (11 September 2006). "Bitter defeat". The Press. York. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "York boss releases eight players". BBC Sport. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Flett, Dave (31 August 2007). "Billy may axe Evans after nightmare start". The Press. York. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Kelly, Tony (1 September 2007). "City land loan star". The Press. York. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Woolford pens new York contract". BBC Sport. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Three players released by Walker". BBC Sport. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Evans is in Town". The Press. York. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Reshuffle for Gainsborough Trinity". Gainsborough Standard. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  17. 1 2 Williams, Tony; Wright, James, eds. (2009). Non-League Club Directory 2010. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-1-869833-66-4.
  18. 1 2 Williams; Wright (eds.). Non-League Club Directory 2010. pp. 180–181.
  19. ↑ "Reds in double swoop – Alfreton Town FC". Derbyshire Times. Chesterfield. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Evans becomes latest signing". Boston United F.C. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
  21. ↑ "Boston United release five after promotion season". BBC Sport. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  22. 1 2 "Final Score". Boston United FC – The Original Website. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  23. ↑ "Professional dream is still alive for Winterton ace Jacob Hammond". Scunthorpe Telegraph. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  24. ↑ Madden, Lawrie (13 April 2011). "PFA Careers after football: Tom Evans". Professional Footballers' Association. Archived from the original on 25 April 2011.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Tommy Evans in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  33. ↑ Batters, David (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 408–409, 420–421. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
  34. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 410–411, 420–421.
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