
Swinton born Tom started his footballing life at the Manchester City academy, before joining the Everton youth set up. On leaving acadamey football, he joined Barnsley in 2002, and has made three substitute appearances for the Tyles first team. He was released at the end of the 04/05 season, despite signing a year extension to his contract with the Yorkshire outfit, and his success as a goal-scoring midfielder in the reserves. He has since tried out with Altrincham, appearing in a number of their reserve games, at the start of the 2005 season. Despite making 3 appearances from the bench, and 3 starts, Tom felt he wasn't getting enough first team football, and opted to leave.