Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,653 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #355
Appearances:
76
Starts:
76
Goals:
1
Seasons:
5
Source: Football card Tommy Gardner issued by the Topical Times under the Footballers series, 1935.
Source: Football card Tommy Gardner issued by the Topical Times under the Footballers series, 1935.
Tommy Gardner
Position
Midfielder
From
1933-34
To
1937-38
IMAGE CREDIT
Tommy Gardner
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 |
Appearances
76 |
12 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 3 |
Starts
76 |
12 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 3 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
1 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 Gardner
Birth Date
Saturday, 28 May 1910
Birth Place
Huyton, Liverpool
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Hull City
From
For
£4,500
On
February 1934
Previous Clubs
Orrell FC |
1929-32 Liverpool |
1931-32 Grimsby Town |
1932-34 Hull City |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Burnley
For
Free
On
April 1938
Subsequent Clubs
1938-45 Burnley |
1945-47 Wrexham |
Source: Football card Tommy Gardner issued by the Topical Times under the Footballers series, 1935.
Source: Football card Tommy Gardner issued by the Topical Times under the Footballers series, 1935.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1934-38 Aston Villa, £4.5k, 76 | 1 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Billy Smith led Management Committee |
Jimmy McMullan |
Jimmy Hogan |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 24 February 1934
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 24 February 1934
Stoke City (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 23 January 1937
Final Appearance
Saturday, 26 February 1938
Newcastle United (a), Division Two
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 26 February 1938
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
England
Died
1 February 1970, Aged 60
Tommy Gardner
Player #355 for Aston Villa, Thomas Gardner, known as Tommy Gardner, and nicknamed Ghandi, played as a midfielder for the club in the position then known as a wing half.
Tommy played for Villa between 1933-34 and 1937-38 making 76 appearances and scored once.
Tommy was born in Huyton, Liverpool on 28 May 1909 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 24 February 1934 aged 24. Tommy became the only Villa player making his debut in the 1933-34 season.
Villa had signed Tommy from Hull City earlier in February 1934 for a fee of £4,500 and he went on to make 12 appearances in his first season.
For 1933-34 Tommy continued as a regular making 31 appearances but in the seasons either side of the 1936-37 Second Division season he barely played. His final game came on 26 February 1938 aged 28 before he moved on to Burnley in April 1937.
Tommy had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee, Villa’s first manager proper, Jimmy McMullan and his successor Jimmy Hogan.
Tommy passed away in Chester in February 1970 aged 59.