Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
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Player #30
Appearances:
10
Starts:
10
Goals:
0
Seasons:
3
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Tom Riddell
Position
Full Back
From
1883-84
To
1885-86
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Tom Riddell
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
25 | 26 | 27 |
Division
FAC | FAC | FAC |
Appearances
10 |
4 | 4 | 2 |
Starts
10 |
4 | 4 | 2 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Thomas Cyril Riddell
Birth Date
March 1858
Birth Place
Handsworth, Birmingham
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Birmingham Excelsior FC
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
Excelsior FC |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Retired
For
Released
On
1885
Subsequent Clubs
Retired |
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1883-85 Free, 10 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Management Committee |
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 10 November 1883
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 10 November 1883
Walsall Swifts (a), FA Cup
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 14 November 1885
Derby County (a), FA Cup
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 14 November 1885
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1934, Aged 76
Tom Riddell
Player #30 for Aston Villa, Thomas Cyril Riddell, known as Tom Riddell played as a full back for the club. Tom represented Villa between 1883-84 and 1885-86.
Tom was born in Handsworth less than 3 miles from Villa’s current ground on 20th March 1858 and made his debut as a 25 year old on 10th November 1883.
Villa had signed Tom from Excelsior FC and he went on to represent the club 10 times across the three seasons.
Tom’s final game for Villa came on the 14th November 1885 at the age of 27 before retiring from football.
Tom played in the era when team selection was made by a Management Committee rather than the latter day more typical Manager role which from the 1884-85 season was led by George Ramsey.
Tom passed away in Birmingham in 1934 aged 76.