Tom Armstrong (footballer)

Last updated

Tom Armstrong
Personal information
Full name Thomas Armstrong
Date of birth (1954-04-04) 4 April 1954 (age 69) [1]
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979 San Diego Sockers 9 [1] (2 [1] )
1979–1980 San Jose Earthquakes [1] 19 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tom Armstrong (born 4 April 1954 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish former footballer.

Contents

Playing career

Armstrong scored 21 goals for Ards F.C. during the 1978–79 Irish League. [2]

San Diego Sockers

Signing for the San Diego Sockers in 1979, Armstrong expressed gratefulness in escaping the then unsubsiding Northern Irish civil war. [3]

Related Research Articles

Events from the year 2002 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1981 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1980 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1976 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1953 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1946 in Ireland.

Events from the year 1926 in Ireland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Larne F.C.</span> Association football club in Larne, Northern Ireland

Larne Football Club is a professional Northern Irish football club based in Larne, County Antrim that plays in the NIFL Irish Premiership.

William Laurence Bingham was a Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager.

Association football in Northern Ireland, widely known as football or sometimes as soccer, is one of the most popular sports in Northern Ireland. The governing body in Northern Ireland is the Irish Football Association (IFA). Gaelic football, rugby union and association football are the most popular sports in Northern Ireland.

Alun Armstrong is an English former professional footballer and the current manager of National League North club Darlington. During his playing career, Armstrong operated primarily as a forward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ken Armstrong (footballer, born 1924)</span> English footballer

Kenneth Armstrong was an English association footballer who represented both England and New Zealand at national level.

Gerard Joseph Armstrong is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur.

Queen's Island Football Club was a football club from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

James Harry Chatton, was an Irish footballer who played for several clubs in the Scottish League, the American Soccer League and the League of Ireland. Chatton was a dual internationalist and played for both Ireland teams – the IFA XI and the FAI XI.

Thomas, Tom or Tommy Armstrong may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballymacash Rangers F.C.</span> Association football club in Northern Ireland

Ballymacash Rangers Football Club is an intermediate-level football club who play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club is based in the Lisburn area and play their home games at The Bluebell Stadium. The club also has a senior reserve side, senior swifts side, senior women's side and a youth academy.

The Irish News Cup was a "north-south" association football competition in Ireland involving teams from the Irish League and League of Ireland mostly located in the north-west of the island. It is thus not counted among the major all-Ireland cup tournaments, since neither League champions nor Cup winners were involved.. It was sponsored by the Irish News and also referred to as the Irish News North West Cup. It lasted four seasons.

The 1993–94 Irish League Cup was the 8th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 26 April 1994 with the final.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NASL-Tom Armstrong". www.nasljerseys.com.
  2. Di Maggio, Roberto (8 June 2017). "Northern Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF . Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. Rock 'N' Roll Soccer: The short life and fast time son the North American Soccer League pg. 65