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F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Forward

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1894 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #109 |

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F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1894 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #109 |

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

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F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Thomas Purslow

Aston Villa Crest 2025

Personal Profile

Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
June 1870
Perry Barr, Birmingham
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

Youth

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Nechells Old Boys

Previous Clubs
Transfer In

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Transfer In

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Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1894-95
1894
24
Free
Nechells Old Boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay
Played Under

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Played Under

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Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Honours

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Villa Honours

Played for the Villa

Honours
Debut

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Debut

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1894-95
17 November 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
1894-95
17 November 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Goals

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⚽ Goals Scored
First Goal Game
1

Assists

🔥 Assists
First Assist Game
Competition Summary
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)

Goalkeeping Statistics

Goalkeeper Page
Goals & Assists

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Final

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Season
Final Game
Manager
1894-95
17 November 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1894-95
17 November 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Final

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Career Summary

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Seasons
Games
Starts
Substitute
Unused
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
1
1
1
0
0
1
0.00
1
Games
Points per Game
Won
Drew
Lost
Win %
Draw %
Loss %
Yellow Card
Red Card
1
0
-
Career Summary

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Cup Record

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FA Cup
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
0
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FA Cup Matches
Round
League Cup
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
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League Cup Matches
Round
Europe
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
European Cup
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
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European Matches
Competition
Other
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
0
Other Matches
Competition
Cup Record

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

League Record

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League
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
0
Premier League
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
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Premier League Matches
Competition
First Division
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
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Championship
Starts
Substitutes
Goals
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Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
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Championship Matches
Competition
Second Division
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvements
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Second Division Matches
Competition
Third Division
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
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Third Division Matches
Competition
League Record

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Competition Record by Season

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All Comps
Games
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
1894-95
1
1
0
1
0
1
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FA Cup Trophy.png
League Cup Trophy.png
League
Games
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
FA Cup
Games
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
League Cup
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Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement
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Europe
Games
Starts
Substitute
Goals
Games per Goal
Assists
Involvements
Games per Involvement

All European statistics exclude Intertoto Cup games

Season Record
Season Performance

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Season Performance

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Season
Division
Position
Age
Games
Won
Drew
Lost
Points per Game
Win %
Draw %
Loss %
Unbeaten
Booking
Sending off
Games per Card
1894-95
D1
24
1
-
-
Season
Division
Position
Age
Games
Won
Drew
Lost
Points per Game
Win %
Draw %
Loss %
Unbeaten
Booking
Sending off
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Season
Division
Position
Age
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Unbeaten
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Loss %
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Loss %
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Position
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Loss %
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Booking
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Division
Position
Age
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Draw %
Loss %
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Games per Card
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Division
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Age
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Won
Drew
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Win %
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Loss %
Unbeaten
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Sending off
Games per Card
Loans

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1894-95
1894
24
Free
Walsall Town Swifts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

Walsall Town Swifts
Retired

Subsequent Clubs
Quotes

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Quotes

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Biography

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Biography

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Player #109 for Aston Villa, Thomas Purslow, known as Tom Purslow played as a forward for the club.

Tom represented Villa on only one occasion, in the 1894-95 season.

Tom was born in Perry Barr, just 1 mile from Villa’s current ground, in June 1870 and made his only appearance for the club as a 24 year old on 17th November 1894. Villa had signed Tom from Nechells Old Boys.

Tom moved on to Walsall Town Swifts without making another appearance for the club.

Tom had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Tom passed away in Birmingham in November 1937 aged 67.

Died

1 November 1937, Aged 67

Starts
Subs

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Substitute Appearances

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0

Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Unused

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Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Cards

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Cards Received

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🟨

0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

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International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

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Matches

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Game #223

🟥 17 Nov 1894, Villa 2-3 Albion, Stoney Lane

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WLWWL |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #197 |
Saturday, 17 November 1894

Division One

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Tom Purslow |

Assist(s) | None

Teams
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GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Tom Purslow |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

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Starting XI
Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion)
Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion)
HT West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-2, Steve Smith, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 2-2, Tom Purslow, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 2-3, (West Bromwich Albion)
FT West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Aston Villa

On This Day
Reigning Champions Villa field their youngest XI of the season with an average age of 23.87 as they come unstuck against neighbours Albion and suffer their sixth defeat in 14 to leave them 6th in the table. Forward Tom Purslow made his sole - and goalscoring - appearance for Villa aged 24 after joining from Nechells Old Boys. Purslow later moved on to Walsall Town Swifts.
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