Tom Bailey (footballer)

Thomas Henry Bailey (1888 – after 1914) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City and Stoke.[1]

Tom Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Henry Bailey[1]
Date of birth	1888[1]
Place of birth	Burton upon Trent, England[1]
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1906	Overseal Swifts
1907	Burton United
1907–1908	Lincoln City	1	(0)
1908–1910	Walsall
1910–1912	Gresley Rovers
1912–1915	Stoke	30	(1)
1915	Hanley Swifts
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Bailey was born in Burton upon Trent and played for Overseal Swifts and Burton United before joining Lincoln City in 1907.[1] He played once for Lincoln[2] before playing for Walsall and Stoke Priory and signed for Stoke in 1912. He played 36 times for Stoke in three seasons scoring once against Caerphilly.[1]

He was, from August 1925 to May 1938, manager of Crewe Alexandra.[3]

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lincoln City	1907–08	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Stoke	1912–13	Southern League Division One	13	0	0	0	13	0
	1913–14	Southern League Division Two	15	1	2	0	17	1
	1914–15	Southern League Division Two	6	0	0	0	6	0
Career total			35	1	2	0	37	1

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. "Thomas Bailey (1907/08)". Lincoln City FC Archive. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
3. "Thomas Bailey". ENFA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
4. Tom Bailey at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)