Thomas Aston (born 1876; date of death unknown) was a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played four games in the

English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...

for

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

at the start of the 1900–01 season.

Career

Aston played for Ironbridge before joining

in May 1900. He made his debut on 1 September, in a 2–2 draw with

Small Heath Small Heath is an inner-city area in south-east Birmingham, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England situated on and around the Coventry Road about from the city centre. History Small Heath, which has been settled and used since Roman t ...

at Athletic Ground. He scored his first goal in the

14 days later in a 2–0 win over Lincoln City. He played a total of four

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

games, but within a few weeks he realized that his work commitments made getting to matches difficult and so he left the club before the month was out.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aston, Tommy 1876 births Year of death missing English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Port Vale F.C. players English Football League players Place of birth missing