Thomas McDermott (12 January 1878 – 30 June 1961) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 January 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 30 June 1961 (aged 83) | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rutherglen Rosebank[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1898–1899 | Cambuslang Hibernian | ||
| 1899–1901 | Dundee | 46 | (9) |
| 1901–1903 | Celtic | 12 | (2) |
| 1903–1905 | Everton | 64 | (15) |
| 1905–1906 | Chelsea | 31 | (11) |
| 1906–1908 | Dundee | 37 | (16) |
| 1908 | Hibernian | 0 | (0) |
| 1908 | Bradford City | 8 | (1) |
| 1908–1909 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 1909 | Kilmarnock | 3 | (2) |
| 1909 | Forfar Athletic | ||
| 1909–1910 | Dundee Hibernian | 0 | (0) |
| 1910 | Anfield Royal | ||
| St Helens Recreation | |||
| Wirral Railway | |||
| 1912–1913 | Vale of Leven | 1 | (0) |
| Broxburn Shamrock | |||
| 1913–1914 | Clyde | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Bridgeton, Glasgow,[2] McDermott spent his early career with Cambuslang Hibernian, Dundee,[3][4][5][6] Celtic (winning the British League Cup and playing on the losing side in the 1902 Scottish Cup Final),[7] Everton of England's top division[8] (making 29 appearances in 1904–05 as the team missed out on the Football League title by a point) and second-tier, newly-formed Chelsea.[9]
After a second spell at Dundee (where they were Scottish Football League runners-up in 1906–07),[10][11] he joined Bradford City from Hibernian in February 1908.[12] He made 8 league appearances for the West Yorkshire club, scoring once.[13][1] He left the club in November 1908 to join Gainsborough Trinity;[12] early in the following year was he back in Scotland featuring for Kilmarnock,[14] followed by Forfar Athletic and the newly-formed Dundee Hibernian.[15][16]
He later returned to the north-west of England, playing with amateur teams Anfield Royal,[1] St Helens Recreation (better known as a rugby league team) and Wirral Railway's works team.[17] Back in Scotland, he then signed for Vale of Leven and Broxburn Shamrock[1] before coming home to the Glasgow area to play for Clyde in 1913.[1][18]
Sources
edit- Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "McDermott Tommy Image 1 Everton 1905". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Jim Craig – Celtic 3 Dinamo Kiev 0". The Celtic Star. 12 January 1878. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "1899-1900". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
- ^ "1900-01". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
- ^ "1901-02". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
- ^ "Tommy McDermott | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Celtic player Thomas McDermott profile". FitbaStats. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Profile". Everton F.C. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "1906-07". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
- ^ "1907-08". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
- ^ a b Frost, p. 401
- ^ Frost, p. 385
- ^ "Kilmarnock player Thomas McDermott profile". FitbaStats. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Tom McDermott Player Profile". Arab Archive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "History: 1909-1910 Beginnings". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Tom McDermott joins Wirral club". Dundee Courier. 15 December 1911. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via Blue Correspondent.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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