Tom Bailey (footballer)

Tom Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Henry Bailey[1]
Date of birth	1888[1]
Place of birth	Burton-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death	Unknown
Playing position	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–	Overseal Swifts
–	Burton United
1907	Lincoln City	1	(0)
–	Walsall
–	Stoke Priory
1913–1915	Stoke	30	(1)
–	Hanley Swifts
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Thomas Henry "Tom" Bailey (1888 – unknown) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City and Stoke.^[1]

Career

Bailey was born in Burton-on-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

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lincoln City	1907–08	1	0	0	0	1	0
Stoke	1912–13	13	0	0	0	13	0
	1913–14	15	1	2	0	17	1
	1914–15	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.