Tom McCready (footballer, born 1991)

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Tom McCready
Personal information
Full name Thomas Richard McCready [1]
Date of birth (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Ellesmere Port, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Everton
Hibernian
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Limestone Saints 36 (14)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Altrincham 2 (0)
2010–2011 Chester 4 (0)
2011 → Airbus UK Broughton (loan) 5 (2)
2014–2015 Morecambe 7 (0)
2015–2017 Exeter City 15 (0)
2017–2018 AFC Fylde 9 (0)
2018 → Colwyn Bay (loan) ? (?)
2018–2020 Colwyn Bay 34 (12)
2020–2021 Runcorn Linnets 3 (0)
2021–2024 Colwyn Bay 75 (24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:17, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Thomas Richard McCready (born 7 June 1991) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Playing career

Youth

Born in Ellesmere Port, McCready was an Everton youth graduate before joining Hibernian on 12 July 2009. [3]

Altrincham

He moved to Conference Premier side Altrincham on 5 August of the following year without making an appearance for Hibs. [4]

Chester

After appearing in only two matches for the Robins, McCready moved to Chester, but suffered an injury shortly after. [5]

He was later loaned to Welsh Premier League side Airbus where he scored 2 goals in 5 appearances. [6]

Limestone College

After being released by Chester, McCready moved to the United States and accepted a scholarship from Limestone College. [7]

In 2014, he went on a trial at his older brother Chris' club, Morecambe, where he played for the reserves.

Morecambe

On 4 July 2014 McCready returned to the Shrimps, also on trial. [8]

On 23 July 2014, he signed for the club on non-contract terms. [9]

McCready made his debut on 11 October 2014 in a 1–3 loss to Wycombe Wanderers in the League Two. [10]

Exeter City

On 2 February 2015, McCready joined Exeter City on a free transfer from Morecambe. He scored his first goal for the club in a League Cup tie against Sunderland. [11] He made very few appearances for City and was released at the end of the 2016–17 season, with manager Paul Tisdale commenting that McCready "sadly had a wretched year with injury". [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 September 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Altrincham 2010–11 [13] Conference Premier 2000000020
Chester 2010–11 [14] NPL Division One North 4000100050
Airbus (loan) 2010–11 [15] Welsh Premier League 5200000052
Morecambe 2014–15 [16] League Two 7000001 [a] 080
Exeter City 2014–15 [16] League Two3000000030
2015–16 [17] League Two10000112 [a] 0131
2016–17 [18] League Two2000100030
Total150002120191
AFC Fylde 2017–18 [19] National League 9000—10100
Colwyn Bay 2018–19 [20] NPL Division One West 134000000134
2019–20 Cymru North 2184210002610
Total34124210003914
Runcorn Linnets 2020–21 [21] NPL Division One NW 3000—3 [b] 060
Colwyn Bay 2021–22 Cymru North269501000329
2022–23 Cymru North271210102 [c] 13113
2023–24 Cymru Premier 223201000253
Total75248030218825
Colwyn Bay total10936122002112739
Career total15438122719118242
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in the Welsh Tier 2 Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "Tom McCready". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ↑ Anderson, John (2016). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2016–2017. London: Headline. p. 452. ISBN   978-1-4722-3394-3.
  3. ↑ "Hibs bring in McCready". Sky Sports. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Altrincham sign duo Kevin Holsgrove and Tom McCready". BBC Sport. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Chester FC: 'Forgotten man' Tom McCready cannot wait for Blues return". Chester Chronicle. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Welsh Premier League: Tom McCready tips Airbus UK Broughton to fly". Chester Chronicle. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Limestone Alumnus Tom McCready Makes Professional Debut". Limestone College Saints. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Wilson returns to Morecambe on trial". Lancaster Guardian. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Tom McCready Signs". Morecambe FC. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Morecambe 1–3 Wycombe". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sunderland 6-3 Exeter". BBC. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Retained list announced". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Tom McCready in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Chester First Team Statistics 2010/11". Steve Mansley. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  15. ↑ Tom McCready at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Tom McCready in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Tom McCready in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Tom McCready in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Tom McCready in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  20. ↑ "Colwyn Bay | Appearances | Thomas McCready | 2018-2019 | Football Web Pages".
  21. ↑ "Runcorn Linnets | Appearances | Tom McCready | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages".
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