Tom Bailey
Personal information
Full name Thomas Henry Bailey[1]
Date of birth 1888[1]
Place of birth Burton upon Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906 Overseal Swifts
1907 Burton United
1907–1908 Lincoln City 1 (0)
1908–1910 Walsall
1910–1912 Gresley Rovers
1912–1915 Stoke 30 (1)
1915 Hanley Swifts
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Henry Bailey (1888 – after 1914) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City and Stoke.[1]

Career

Bailey was born in Burton upon Trent and played for Overseal Swifts and Burton United before joining Lincoln City in 1907.[1] He played once for Lincoln[2] before playing for Walsall and Stoke Priory and signed for Stoke in 1912. He played 36 times for Stoke in three seasons scoring once against Caerphilly.[1]

He was, from August 1925 to May 1938, manager of Crewe Alexandra.[3]

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lincoln City 1907–08 Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Stoke 1912–13 Southern League Division One 13 0 0 0 13 0
1913–14 Southern League Division Two 15 1 2 0 17 1
1914–15 Southern League Division Two 6 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 35 1 2 0 37 1

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "Thomas Bailey (1907/08)". Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Thomas Bailey". ENFA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ Tom Bailey at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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