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Player #125

From:

To:

Career Status:

1897-98

1900-01

Retired

Appearances:

115

Starts:

115

Goals:

2

Assists:

-

Involvements:

2

Tommy Bowman

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Midfielder

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Tommy Bowman

Seasons Quick-View

1897-01 🕒 115 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #125 |

Season :

1897-98
1898-99
1899-00
1900-01

Age :

23
24
25
26

Division :

D1
D1
D1
D1

Squad # :

#
#
#
#

Appearances :

16
35
33
31

Starts :

16
35
33
31

Substitute :

0
0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0
0

Goals :

0
2
0
0

Assists :

-
-
-
-

Involvements :

0
2
0
0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-
-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-
-

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

Thomas Bowman

Birth Date

26 October 1873

Birth Place

Tarbolton, Strathclyde

Birth Country

Scotland

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

1891-96 Annbank FC
1896-97 Blackpool

Original Transfer

Aged

24

From

Blackpool

For

Free

On

1897

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

27

Southampton

Free

1901

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1901-04 Southampton
1904-09 Portsmouth
1909-12 Eastleigh Athletic
Retired

Died

27 August 1958, Aged 84

Tommy Bowman

Villa Career

1897-01 🕒 115 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #125 |

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

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

27 November 1897

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

27 November 1897

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1897-98

27 November 1897

Sunderland (h), Division One

24

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1900-01

22 April 1901

Derby County (a), Division One

27

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

22 April 1901

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

1898-99 League Champions |
1899-00 League Champions |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Tommy Bowman

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Player #126 for Aston Villa, Thomas Bowman, known as Tommy Bowman played as a midfielder for the club.

Tommy played for Villa between 1897-98 and 1900-01.

Tommy was born in Tarbolton, Strathclyde on 26th October 1873 and made his debut for the club as a 24 year old on 27th November 1897.

Villa had signed Tommy from Blackpool as he went on to make a total of 115 appearances in his 3 seasons with the club..

During his time with Villa, Tommy won 4 major trophies: 2 League Championships in 1898-99 and 1899-00 as well as 2 Charity Shields.

Tommy was known as a strong, determined player and such was his quality that he kept Bert Sharp out of the first team reckoning to such an extent that Bert had to seek pastures new.

Tommy made his final appearance for Villa on 22nd April 1901 following which he moved on to Southampton.

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

Tommy passed away in Southampton on 27th August 1958 aged 84.

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