Player #161
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Tommy Niblo
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1902-04 🕒 53 | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 - | #161 |
Season :
1901-02 | 1902-03 | 1903-04 |
Age :
23 | 24 | 25 |
Division :
D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # |
Appearances :
14 | 21 | 18 |
Starts :
14 | 21 | 18 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
2 | 1 | 6 |
Assists :
- | - | - |
Involvements :
2 | 1 | 6 |
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 Bruce D Niblo
Birth Date
24 September 1877
Birth Place
Dunfermline, Fife
Birth Country
Scotland
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Citizenship
🏴
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
1895-96 Hamilton Academical
1896-98 Linthouse FC
1898-02 Newcastle United
1899 Middlesbrough (L)
Original Transfer
Aged
24
From
Newcastle United
For
Free
On
1901
Under
George Ramsay
Returning Transfer 1
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For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
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Under
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Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
26
Nottingham Forest
Free
July 1904
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
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n/a
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n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1904-06 Nottingham Forest
1906-07 Watford
1907-08 Newcastle United
1908 Hebburn Argyle
1908-09 Aberdeen
1909-10 Raith Rovers
1910-11 Cardiff City
Blyth Spartans
Retired
Died
1 December 1929, Aged 52
Tommy Niblo
Villa Career
1902-04 🕒 53 | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 - | #161 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
George Ramsay 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
18 January 1902
Under
George Ramsay 🏴
First Squad
18 January 1902
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1901-02
18 January 1902
Stoke (h), Division One
24
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1903-04
27 February 1904
Sheffield United (h), Division One
26
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Squad
27 February 1904
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Scotland
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1904 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 |
Scotland
Caps with Villa
1904 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 |
Tommy Niblo
Player #162 for Aston Villa, Thomas Bruce D Niblo, known as Tommy Niblo played as a forward for the club.
Tommy played for Villa between 1901-02 and 1903-04 making 53 appearances.
Tommy was born in Dunfermline, Scotland on 24th September 1877 and made his first appearance for Villa as a 24 year old on 18th January 1902.
Villa had signed Tommy from Newcastle United and he went on to play 4 games in his first season in Villa’s push to the FA Cup Semi Final in 1902-03.
Tommy became a regular league starter in 1901-02 with his most prolific season coming in 1903-04 as Villa went on to finish 5th.
The Villa News and Record of 1st September 1906 paid contemporary tribute to Tommy:
“A capital forward, full of ‘go’ from start to finish. In the heat of a game is inclined to be selfish, and often lacks judgement at critical moments. A trier of the first water, and with more care in avoiding the backs or in passing would have doubled his value. Strong, compactly built, and heedless of danger, he can get through any amount of work, and usually does best with plenty to do. Good in any forward position, but probably best in the centre.”
Tommy made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 on Saturday, 27 February 1904 before moving on to Nottingham Forest.
Tommy had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Tommy passed away in Newcastle in December 1929 aged just 52.