Tom Eaves

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Tom Eaves
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Eaves with Gillingham in 2018
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Eaves [1]
Date of birth (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32) [2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Northampton Town
Number 9
Youth career
000 –2007 Crewe Alexandra
2007–2009 Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Oldham Athletic 15 (0)
2010–2016 Bolton Wanderers 4 (0)
2012–2013 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 16 (7)
2013 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 10 (6)
2013 → Rotherham United (loan) 8 (0)
2013–2014 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 25 (2)
2014–2015 → Yeovil Town (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Bury (loan) 9 (1)
2016–2017 Yeovil Town 40 (4)
2017–2019 Gillingham 84 (38)
2019–2022 Hull City 97 (14)
2022–2024 Rotherham United 53 (6)
2024– Northampton Town 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Thomas James Eaves (born 14 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Northampton Town.

Contents

Career

Oldham Athletic

Eaves was born in Liverpool, Merseyside. [3] He joined Oldham Athletic's Centre of Excellence as a youth player at Under-15 age group having previously been at Crewe Alexandra. [3]

He made his Football League debut on 23 January 2010 as a substitute during a 1–0 defeat to Millwall. [4] He made 15 appearances in the 2009/10 season for Oldham, all of them as a substitute. Eaves' breakthrough in the first team soon earned him his first professional contract on a two-year contract. [5] However, Manager Dave Penney claimed that Eaves rejected a new contract and dropped him from the first team unless he resolved his own future. [6]

He scored a hat-trick in a pre-season friendly against Bolton Wanderers on 28 July 2010. [7] Shortly after, Eaves' performance soon attracted from many clubs were keen to sign him. [8] Manager Paul Dickov later confirmed that there were offers from clubs to sign Eaves. [9]

Bolton Wanderers

He joined Bolton Wanderers on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 12 August 2010. [10]

Eaves joined the Bolton team on their pre-season tour of America preceding the 2011–12 season, but was injured. [11] He didn't return from the injury until the following summer, although he made an appearance for the reserves in December 2011. [12]

Eaves signed a new three-year contract with Bolton in January 2013. [13] Having been sent on loan to Shrewsbury Town earlier in the season, he was recalled on 15 April 2013 [14] and made his debut for the club a day later, coming on as a substitute for David Ngog in a 3–2 defeat against Leicester City. [15]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, the club confirmed that he would be leaving when his contract expired at the end of June. [16]

Loan spells

Bristol Rovers

On 27 September 2012, Eaves joined League Two Bristol Rovers on a three-month loan deal. [17] After failing to score against Exeter City and Cheltenham Town, he scored his first league goal on 6 October as his loan side beat Northampton Town [18] On 20 October 2012, Bristol Rovers beat local rivals Torquay United 3–2 at the Memorial Stadium, he scored 2 goals in this match. [19] He added another goal to his tally in an away match against AFC Wimbledon on 23 October 2012, which Rovers lost 3–1. [20] On 10 November 2012, he scored the match winner after having set up the two other goals against Chesterfield at the Memorial Stadium in a 3–2 victory. [21] Eaves went on to make seventeen appearances and scoring seven times in all competitions before returning on 28 December 2012. [22]

Shrewsbury Town

On 21 February 2013, Eaves joined Shrewsbury Town on an initial one-month loan deal. [23] He made his debut against Stevenage on 23 February, and scored his first goal for the club in the following game on 26 February in a 2–1 loss at home to Doncaster Rovers. [24] On 12 March 2013, he then later scored two against Milton Keynes Dons in a 3–2 win. [25] Weeks later on 22 March 2013, Eaves' loan spell with the club was extended until the end of April. [26] On 1 April, he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 3–0 win against Crawley Town. [27] Weeks after scoring a hat-trick, Eaves was recalled by the club on 15 April 2013. [14]

Rotherham United

On 21 September 2013, Eaves joined League One side Rotherham United on a three-month loan deal. [28] He made his debut on the same day for The Millers in a 1–1 draw away at Walsall, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Kieran Agard. [29] He was recalled by his parent club on 25 November 2013 after making eight appearances for Rotherham United. [30]

Shrewsbury Town

On 28 November 2013, Eaves returned on an emergency loan for Shrewsbury Town initially until 5 January 2014. [31] [32] He scored a goal on his second debut, in a 3–1 victory away at Stevenage two days later. [33] His loan was later extended to the end of the 2013/14 season. [34] Eaves then scored his second Shrewsbury Town goal on a late minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Brentford on 1 February 2014. [35]

Yeovil Town

On 27 November 2014, Eaves joined League One side Yeovil Town on loan until 5 January 2015. [36] Eaves made his Yeovil Town debut two days later, making his first start and playing 90 minutes, in a 2–0 loss against Preston North End. [37] Eaves played seven matches for Yeovil without scoring a goal before returning to Bolton at the end of his loan spell. [38]

Bury

Eaves joined League Two side Bury on loan until the end of the season. [39] The same day, Eaves made his Bury debut, in a 1–0 loss against Mansfield Town. [40] Eaves then scored his first Bury goal, in a 2–1 loss against Morecambe on 6 April 2015. [41] After making nine appearances for the club, Eaves made his return to his parent club. [42]

Yeovil Town

After his release from Bolton, on 1 July 2016, Eaves signed for League Two side Yeovil Town on a one-year deal. [43] He scored his first goal for Yeovil in a 1–1 draw with Luton Town on 13 August 2016. [44] At the end of the 2016–17 season, Eaves was released by Yeovil along with five other players. [45]

Gillingham

Following his release from Yeovil, on 22 June 2017, Eaves signed for League One club Gillingham on a two-year deal. [46] He made his debut for the club on the first day of the 2017–18 season in a 0–0 draw away to Doncaster Rovers. [47] His first goals for the club came on 26 August 2017 when he scored a second half hat-trick in a 3–3 draw against Southend United. [48] Eaves would end the 2017–18 season as the club's top goalscorer with 18 goals in all competitions.

Eaves repeated the feat in the following season, with a tally of 22 goals in all competitions. He received the club's Players' Player of the Year award and the Goal of the Season award for his effort away at Portsmouth in October 2018. [49] [50] The same goal was later voted by Gillingham fans as their 'goal of the decade'. [51]

Hull City

Eaves was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season, [52] but refused it and decided to leave upon the expiration of his contract, thus becoming a free agent. On 10 July 2019, he signed for Championship club Hull City on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract. [53] Eaves made his first appearance for the club in the first match of the 2019–20 season in the 2–1 away defeat to Swansea City, when he came off the bench to replace Nouha Dicko. [54] He scored his first goal for the club on 1 October 2019, the only goal, in the home match against Sheffield Wednesday, after coming on as a substitute for Josh Magennis. [55] Eaves was released at the end of the 2021–22 season. [56]

Rotherham United (second spell)

Following his departure from Hull, Eaves rejoined former club Rotherham. [57]

Northampton Town

On 12 July 2024, Eaves joined League One side Northampton Town on an initial two-year deal. [58]

Career statistics

As of 17 December 2024 [59]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oldham Athletic 2009–10 [60] League One 150000000150
Bolton Wanderers 2012–13 [61] Championship 300000—30
2013–14 [62] Championship000010—10
2014–15 [63] Championship100000—10
Total400010—50
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2012–13 [61] League Two 16710——177
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2012–13 [61] League One 106———106
2013–14 [62] League One252———252
Total358000000358
Rotherham United (loan) 2013–14 [62] League One8000001 [a] 191
Yeovil Town (loan) 2014–15 [63] League One5020——70
Bury (loan) 2014–15 [63] League Two91———91
Yeovil Town 2016–17 [64] League Two40420204 [b] 3487
Gillingham 2017–18 [65] League One411731102 [b] 04718
2018–19 [66] League One432151101 [b] 05022
Total84388220309740
Hull City 2019–20 [67] Championship 405232000448
2020–21 [68] League One26411103 [b] 0315
2021–22 [69] Championship315101000335
Total971444403010818
Rotherham United 2022–23 [70] Championship2000010—210
2023–24 [71] Championship3361010—356
Total5361020—566
Northampton Town 2024–25 [72] League One10200001 [b] 0112
Career total3768018611012441790
  1. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Hull City

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