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. | Date | Opposition | Competition | Season | H/A | Score | Lineups | Goals | Assists | R | Y | Sub |
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| Tue 15 November 2005 | Northwich Victoria | Cheshire Senior Cup | 2005/2006 | A | 0-1 | Unused | |||||
| Sat 12 November 2005 | Kettering Town | Vanarama National League North | 2005/2006 | A | 4-1 | ||||||
| Tue 08 November 2005 | Stafford Rangers | Vanarama National League North | 2005/2006 | H | 2-3 | Off @72mins | |||||
| Sat 05 November 2005 | Redditch United | Vanarama National League North | 2005/2006 | A | 1-4 | ||||||
| Sat 29 October 2005 | Nuneaton Town | Vanarama National League North | 2005/2006 | A | 0-0 | On @66mins | |||||
| Sat 22 October 2005 | Hinckley United | Vanarama National League North | 2005/2006 | H | 1-1 | On @66mins | |||||
| Tue 18 October 2005 | Gainsborough Trinity | Vanarama National League North | 2005/2006 | A | 1-0 | On @63mins | |||||
| Sat 15 October 2005 | Alfreton Town | Vanarama National League North | 2005/2006 | A | 0-0 | Unused |