Tom Evans (footballer, born 1976)

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Tom Evans
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Evans playing for York City in 2007
Personal information
Full name Thomas Raymond Evans [1]
Date of birth (1976-12-31) 31 December 1976 (age 47) [1]
Place of birth Doncaster, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1995 Sheffield United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1996–1997 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1996 → Harrow Borough (loan)
1997 → Coventry City (loan) 0 (0)
1997–2006 Scunthorpe United 245 (0)
2006–2008 York City 81 (0)
2008–2009 Alfreton Town 16 (0)
2009 → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2010 Boston United
Total346(0)
International career
2003 Northern Ireland B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Raymond Evans (born 31 December 1976) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in England, he played for the Northern Ireland B team.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Evans started his career with the Sheffield United youth system as a trainee before signing a professional contract on 3 July 1995. [1] He made no appearances for the side before joining Crystal Palace on a free transfer on 14 June 1996, [1] and was loaned out to Isthmian League side Harrow Borough in August. [2] Evans later made a loan move to Premier League side Coventry City in March 1997, but failed to make any appearances. [3]

Scunthorpe United

Palace released him after his first season at the club and on 22 August 1997 he signed for Scunthorpe United. [1] [2] Evans played for Scunthorpe in their 1–0 victory over Leyton Orient in the 1999 Third Division play-off final at Wembley Stadium. [4] He had surgery on a hand injury in May 2005, having suffered a problem with one of his knuckles on his index finger that had troubled him in previous seasons. [5] This operation led to him missing the first two months of the season, but returned to the line-up in early December. [1] He kept his place in the team for three months and after another spell on the sidelines he played in Scunthorpe's last six matches of the season. [1]

York City

He was released by Scunthorpe in May 2006 and joined Conference National club York City on 31 July after making a good impression on manager Billy McEwan during several weeks on trial. [6] [7] He said that he believed promotion could be achieved for York with 20 clean sheets. [8] He was sent off in the 16th minute of an away match against Crawley Town on 9 September 2006 after fouling Dannie Bulman outside the penalty area, which York lost 3–0 with second choice goalkeeper Arran Reid brought on to replace him. [9] He was offered a new contract by York at the end of 2006–07. [10]

At the beginning of York's 2007–08 season, Evans came under-fire for poor performances by his manager, Billy McEwan and was later replaced by on-loan Bristol City goalkeeper Stephen Henderson. [11] [12] Evans kept his place in the side after Henderson's recall back to Bristol City but was released at the end of the season. [13] [14]

Later career

He signed for Alfreton Town in the Conference North in July 2008. [15] Evans found himself dropped from the Alfreton team at the beginning of December 2008 and in March 2009 Evans joined Gainsborough Trinity on a one-month loan, debuting in 1–1 away draw with Redditch United on 21 March 2009. [16] At Gainsborough, he made four appearances. [17] He finished 2008–09 with 24 appearances with Alfreton and he was released by the club, [18] [19] after which he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division team Boston United on 23 July 2009. [20] He was released by Boston on 9 May 2010 after helping them win promotion to the Conference North after beating Bradford Park Avenue 2–1 in the 2010 Northern Premier League Premier Division play-off final. [21] [22] He later returned to former club Scunthorpe to coach the youth team's goalkeepers. [23]

International career

Evans played Northern Ireland at youth level and won his only cap for the Northern Ireland B team in a 2–1 defeat to Scotland on 20 May 2003. [3]

Personal life

After retiring from professional football, Evans earned qualifications as a financial adviser and worked for Lloyds Bank before joining Paul Kerr Associates, the organisation of former player Paul Kerr. [24] He has a son called Bobby and a daughter called Molly

Career statistics

Evans playing for York City in 2007 Tom Evans 17-02-2007 1.jpg
Evans playing for York City in 2007
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Scunthorpe United 1997–98 [25] Third Division 5010100070
1998–99 [4] Third Division24010002 [lower-alpha 1] 0270
1999–2000 [26] Second Division 280102000310
2000–01 [27] Third Division46050201 [lower-alpha 2] 0540
2001–02 [28] Third Division42030003 [lower-alpha 2] 0480
2002–03 [29] Third Division46040103 [lower-alpha 3] 0540
2003–04 [30] Third Division36060103 [lower-alpha 2] 0460
2004–05 [31] League Two 0000001 [lower-alpha 2] 010
2005–06 [32] League One 18020003 [lower-alpha 2] 0230
Total2450230701602910
York City 2006–07 [33] Conference National 45020—3 [lower-alpha 4] 0500
2007–08 [34] Conference Premier 36020—9 [lower-alpha 5] 0470
Total81040—120970
Alfreton Town 2008–09 [18] Conference North 16060—2 [lower-alpha 6] 0240
Gainsborough Trinity (loan)2008–09 [17] Conference North40———40
Career total3460330703004160
  1. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in Third Division play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in Third Division play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, two in Conference National play-offs
  5. ↑ Seven appearances in FA Trophy, two in Conference League Cup
  6. ↑ One appearance in Conference League Cup, one in FA Trophy

Honours

Scunthorpe United

Boston United

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