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Player #522

From:

To:

Career Status:

1967-68

1968-69

Retired

Appearances:

52

Starts:

52

Goals:

9

Assists:

6

Involvements:

15

Tommy Mitchinson

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Midfielder

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Tommy Mitchinson

Seasons Quick-View

1967-68 🕒 52 | 52 (0) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 3 | #522 |

Season :

1967-68
1968-69

Age :

24
25

Division :

D2
D2

Squad # :

#
#

Appearances :

38
14

Starts :

38
14

Substitute :

0
0

Unused :

0
3

Goals :

9
0

Assists :

5
1

Involvements :

14
1

Games / Goal :

4.22
0.00

Bookings :

0
0

Sendings Off :

0
0

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

Thomas William Mitchinson

Birth Date

24 February 1943

Birth Place

Sunderland

Birth Country

England

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

1961-66 Sunderland
Football League Second Division, First Division
🕒 19 | 16 (3) | ⚽ 2 | (League)

1966-67 Mansfield Town
Football League Third Division
🕒 76 | ⚽ 15 | (League)

Original Transfer

Aged

24

From

Mansfield Town

For

£18,000

On

1 August 1967

Under

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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

26

Torquay United

£8,000

May 1969

Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

1969-72 Torquay United, £8k
Football League Third Division
🕒 108 | ⚽ 9 | (League)

1972-73 AFC Bournemouth
Football League Third Division
🕒 32 | 31 (1) | ⚽ 1 | (League)

Died

20 April 2006, Aged 63

Tommy Mitchinson

Villa Career

1967-68 | £18k |
Football League Second Division,
🕒 52 | 52 (0) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 3 | #522 |

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

Played Under

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1967-68
Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1968

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Transfer In

Under

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

First Squad

2 September 1967

Manager

Transfer In

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1967-68

2 September 1967

Derby County (a), Division Two

24

Tommy Cummings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1968-69

28 December 1968

Carlisle United (a), Division Two

25

Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

4 January 1969

Manager

Tommy Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Tommy Mitchinson

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Player #521 for Aston Villa, Thomas William Mitchinson known as Tommy Mitchinson played as a midfielder for the club between 1967-68 and 1968-69 making 52 appearances and scoring 9 goals.

Tommy was born in Sunderland on 24 February 1943 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 2 September 1967 aged 24.

Villa had signed Tommy from Mansfield Town for £18,000 in August 1967.

All nine of Tommy’s goals had come in his debut season under Tommy Cummings and despite his scoring return he was gone before the end of the calendar year after Tommy Docherty’s arrival.

Tommy made his final appearance for Villa on Saturday, 28 December 1968 aged 25 before moving on to Torquay United in May 1969 for a fee of £8,000 aged 26.

Tommy passed away on 20 April 2006 aged 63.

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