Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #340
Appearances:
71
Starts:
71
Goals:
2
Seasons:
7
Source: 1933-34 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1933-34 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Tommy Wood
Position
Midfielder
From
1930-31
To
1936-37
IMAGE CREDIT
Tommy Wood
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 |
Appearances
71 |
1 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
Starts
71 |
1 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
2 |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 Wood
Birth Date
April 1908
Birth Place
Wednesbury, Sandwell, West Midlands
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Shrewsbury Town
From
For
Free
On
February 1929
Previous Clubs
White Hill School |
Wednesbury United |
Shrewsbury Town |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Newport County
For
Free
On
1937
Subsequent Clubs
Newport County |
Source: 1933-34 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Source: 1933-34 Aston Villa Team Portrait.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1930-31 Aston Villa, Free, 71 | 2 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Billy Smith led Management Committee |
Jimmy McMullan |
Jimmy Hogan |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 1 November 1930
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 1 November 1930
Blackburn Rovers (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 15 April 1933
Final Appearance
Saturday, 31 October 1936
Sheffield United (a), Division Two
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 31 October 1936
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
England
Died
1970, Aged 62
Tommy Wood
Player #340 for Aston Villa, Thomas Wood, known as Tommy Wood, and nicknamed Smokey and Splinter played as a midfielder for the club in the position then known as a wing half.
Tommy played for Villa between 1930-31 and 1936-37 making 71 appearances and scoring twice.
Tommy was born in Wednesbury, just 8 miles from Villa Park, in April 1908 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 1 November 1930 aged 22.
Villa had signed Tommy from Birmingham League club Shrewsbury Town in February 1929 having previously played for Wednesbury United. Tommy appeared just once in his debut season.
As a back up to the regular first team, Tommy had a varied Villa career making 13 appearances in a season on two occasions and having 20 plus starts in a campaign in 1933-34 and 1935-36. These outings however were interspersed with seasons where Tommy made just a single appearance for the club.
Tommy’s most league appearances came in 1935-36 when he made 22 starts, however that achievement came in a season in which Villa were relegated for the first time in their history. In happier times Tommy made 6 appearances as a member of Villa’s 1934 FA Cup semi final team that lost to Manchester City at Leeds Road, Huddersfield.
Tommy would go on to make a single appearance for Villa in the second division on 31 October 1936 aged 28 before moving on to Newport County.
Tommy had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee as well as Villa’s first manager proper Jimmy McMullan and Jimmy Hogan.
Tommy passed away in 1970 aged 62.