Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #162
Appearances:
53
Starts:
53
Goals:
9
Seasons:
3
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Tommy Niblo
Position
Forward
From
1901-02
To
1903-04
IMAGE CREDIT
Tommy Niblo
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
23 | 24 | 25 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
53 |
14 | 21 | 18 |
Starts
53 |
14 | 21 | 18 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
9 |
2 | 1 | 6 |
*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 Bruce D Niblo
Birth Date
Monday, 24 September 1877
Birth Place
Dunfermline, Fife
Birth Country
Scotland
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Newcastle United
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
1895-96 Hamilton Academical |
1896-98 Linthouse FC |
1898-02 Newcastle United |
1899 Middlesbrough (L) |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Nottingham Forest
For
Free
On
July 1904
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 |
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1901-02 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1902-04 Aston Villa, Free, 53 | 9 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 18 January 1902
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 18 January 1902
Stoke (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Tuesday, 1 April 1902
Final Appearance
Saturday, 27 February 1904
Sheffield United (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 27 February 1904
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Scotland
Died
1 December 1929, Aged 52
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.