Tommy Sloan (footballer, born 1964)

Tommy Sloan
Personal information
Full name Thomas Sloan
Date of birth (1964-08-24) 24 August 1964
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Auchinleck Talbot (manager)
Youth career
Annbank United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983-84 Stranraer 1 (0)
1983-86 Ayr United 24 (4)
1986-88 Annbank United
1988-91 Queen of the South 66 (12)
1990-91 Kilmarnock 7 (1)
1991-97 Stranraer 211 (59)
Kilwinning Rangers
Ardrossan Winton Rovers
2003-11 Auchinleck Talbot
Total 309 (76)
Teams managed
2003– Auchinleck Talbot

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Thomas "Tommy" Sloan (born 24 August 1964), is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker for several clubs in the Scottish Football League. He is currently the manager of Auchinleck Talbot with whom he has won the Scottish Junior Cup on four occasions.

Career

Born in Irvine, Sloan began his career at Junior level with his hometown [1] club Annbank United. After a single appearance for Stranraer as a trialist, he joined Ayr United for a spell before dropping back into Junior football with Annbank. Stepping up a second time in 1988, this time to Queen of the South, Sloan later moved to Kilmarnock before joining Stranraer on a permanent basis in 1991. During a successful six seasons at Stair Park, he made over 200 league appearances, helping the club to the Scottish League Division Two title in 1993–94, and winning the 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup. These were Stranraer's first ever league promotion and national cup honour respectively.

Dropping back again to Junior level, he joined Kilwinning Rangers in 1997, winning the Scottish Junior Cup in 1999. Sloan later moved to Ardrossan Winton Rovers, where he played alongside his son Tommy Jr.,[2] before joining Auchinleck Talbot as player-manager in 2003. To date, he has guided Talbot to four Scottish Junior Cup victories including the league and cup double twice West Super League Premier Division in 2005–06 & 2012-13.

Throughout his career, he has been known by the nickname "Tucker".[3]

Playing honours

Stranraer

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Division Two

Kilwinning Rangers

Scottish Junior Cup

Managerial honours

Auchinleck Talbot

Scottish Junior Cup

West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

References

  1. Ayrshire Post, 3 June 2011
  2. Whitletts looking to keep in it the family Daily Record, 3 September 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. Evening Times 9 November 2010.

External links

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