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Appearances:

238

Starts:

238

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0

Unused:

0

Goals:

0

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Assists:

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Player #200

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1907-08

1914-15

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Tom Lyons

Tom Lyons

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Season

1907-08
1908-09
1909-10
1910-11
1911-12
1912-13
1913-14
1914-15

Age

22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

Division

D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1
D1

Squad #

Appearances

26
18
38
30
29
36
39
22

Starts

26
18
38
30
29
36
39
22

Subs

0
0
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0
0
0
0
0

Unused

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Goals

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Assists

Bookings

Red Cards

Games / Goals

Goal

Involvements

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

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1914-15

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Alfred Thomas Lyons

Birth Date

5 July 1885

Birth Place

Hednesford, Staffordshire

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams

Hazelslade School |
Heath Hayes Boys |
Hednesford Town |
Hednesford Victoria |
Bridgetown Amateurs |

Transfer in

Aged

21

From

Bridgetown Amateurs

For

Free

On

April 1907

Under

George Ramsay

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Under

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

Aged

30

Port Vale

To

For

Free

On

1915

Under

George Ramsay

Subsequent Clubs

1917-22 Port Vale |
1922-23 Walsall |

Died

1 October 1938, Aged 53

Villa Career

1907-15 Free, 238 | 0 | #200 |

Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Appearances

Unused

238

0

Goals

0

Played Under

George Ramsay led Management Committee

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

(First Squad)

Manager

First Goal

1907-08

7 December 1907

Liverpool (a), Division One

22

No Substitutes in Period

Did not score

Appearances

Goals

238

0

Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

1914-15

10 April 1915

Bradford Park Avenue (a), Division One

Aged

Manager

(Final Squad)

Manager

29

No Substitutes in Period

Honours

1909-10 League Champions |
1912-13 FA Cup Winners |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

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England

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Caps with Villa

Tom Lyons

Player #202 for Aston Villa, Alfred Thomas Lyons, known as Tom Lyons played as a full back for the club.

Tom played for Villa between 1907-08 and 1914-15.

Tom was born in Hednesford on 5th July 1885 and made his debut for the club at the age of 22 on the 7th November 1907.

Villa had signed Tom from Bridgetown Amateurs in April 1907 and he went on to make 238 appearances for Villa over his 7 seasons with the club.

During his time with Tom won the 1909-10 league title making 35 appearances and was an ever present in the 1912-13 FA Cup campaign including the final at Crystal Palace, London where a crowd of 121,919 saw Villa beat Sunderland 1-0 through a Tommy Barber goal in the 78th minute.

Tom played his final game for Villa on 10th April 1915 aged 29 after which he moved on to Port Vale.

Tom played his entire Villa career under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Tommy passed away in Hednesford in October 1938 aged 53.

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