| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oliver Joseph Tomlinson [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 2002 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | Ivybridge, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender [2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bath City | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Marine Academy Plymouth [3] | |||
| Ivybridge Town | |||
| –2020 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Barnstaple Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Truro City (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2022– | Torquay United | 48 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Taunton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Chippenham Town (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Bath City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2025– | Bath City | 40 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:19, 30 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Oliver Tomlinson (born 19 May 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League South club Bath City.
Born in Ivybridge, [4] Tomlinson joined Plymouth Argyle's academy as an under-13, [2] and signed his first professional contract in 2020. [5]
He made his professional debut on 8 September 2020, when he started in Argyle's 3–2 defeat to Norwich City U21s in the EFL Trophy. [6] Just a few days after making his debut, Tomlinson signed on loan for Southern League Div1 South side Barnstaple Town. [7] He made his league debut for Plymouth on 1 May 2021 as a 68th-minute substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Sunderland. [8]
On 4 November 2021, Tomlinson joined Southern League Premier Division South side Truro City on a three-month loan deal. [9]
Tomlinson was released by Plymouth at the end of the 2021–22 season [10] before signing for National League club Torquay United in July 2022. [11] In January 2023, he joined National League South side Taunton Town on loan. [12] In March 2023, he joined Chippenham Town on a loan deal until the end of the season. [13] In November 2024, he joined Bath City on a one-month loan deal. [14] On 24 December 2024, he extended his loan until the end of the season. [15] On 21 January 2025, this loan became a permanent transfer when it was announced that Tomlinson had signed a contract until the end of the 2025–26 season. [16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Plymouth Argyle | 2020–21 [17] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021–22 [18] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Barnstaple Town (loan) | 2020–21 [19] | SFL - Division One South | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Truro City (loan) | 2021–22 [19] | SFL - Premier Division South | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 [c] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| Torquay United | 2022–23 [20] | National League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 [20] | National League South | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 1 | 47 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 [20] | National League South | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [d] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 59 | 2 | |||
| Taunton Town (loan) | 2022–23 [20] | National League South | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Chippenham Town (loan) | 2022–23 [20] | National League South | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Bath City (loan) | 2024–25 [20] | National League South | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Bath City | 2024–25 [20] | National League South | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26 [20] | National League South | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [e] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 139 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 166 | 6 | ||