LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Left Back

1901 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #148 |

Previous Player	Next Player
F Jimmy Murray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #147 \|	GK Jack Whitley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #149 \|

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Thomas Aubrey Gilson	1 June 1879	Lichfield, Staffordshire	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1900-01 (DEBUT)	1900	21	Free	Burton Swifts		George Ramsay

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Villa Career

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1901 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #148 |

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
1	2	2	0	0

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
0	-	-	-

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0

Seasons

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1900-01	21	D1		2	2	0	0	-	0

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🇺	🔥	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1900-01	21	D1	2

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

Whittington Royal FC
Burton Swifts

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1900-01	17 April 1901	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	17 April 1901

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1900-01	17 April 1901	21	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)
	Did not Score

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Loans Out

None

Final

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1900-01	22 April 1901	21	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1900-01	22 April 1901	George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1900-01	1901	22	Free	Brentford		George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Subsequent Clubs

Brentford
Retired

International

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

International Career

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa	Full International Record
	England

FA	First Cap with Villa	First International Goal with Villa	Last Cap with Villa

FA	Call Ups	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals	🔥 Assists	🇺 Unused

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Quotes

Biography

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Biography

Player #148 for Aston Villa, Thomas Aubrey Gilson, known as Tom Gilson and nicknamed Alf played as a full back for the club.

Tom played for Villa in the 1900-01 season making 2 appearances.

Tom was born in Lichfield in June 1879 and made his first appearance for the club as a 21 year old on 17th April 1901 with his final appearance just 5 days later.

Villa had signed Tom from Burton Swifts before he moved on to Brentford.

Tom had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Tom passed away in Lichfield in 1912 aged just 32.

Died

1912, Aged 32

Appearances

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Appearances

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #459	🟥 17 Apr 1901, Villa 0-3 Newcastle, St James' Park	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| FB Albert Evans \| LB Tom Gilson \| M Tommy Bowman \| M Albert Wilkes \| W Bobby Templeton \| W Charlie Athersmith \| W Steve Smith \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #461	🟥 22 Apr 1901, Villa 0-3 Derby, Baseball Ground	GK Jack Whitley \| D Alf Wood \| LB Tom Gilson \| M Albert Wilkes \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Tommy Bowman \| W Bobby Templeton \| W Steve Smith \| F Jack Devey \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Starts

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #459	🟥 17 Apr 1901, Villa 0-3 Newcastle, St James' Park	GK Billy George \| FB Michael Noon \| FB Albert Evans \| LB Tom Gilson \| M Tommy Bowman \| M Albert Wilkes \| W Bobby Templeton \| W Charlie Athersmith \| W Steve Smith \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|
Game #461	🟥 22 Apr 1901, Villa 0-3 Derby, Baseball Ground	GK Jack Whitley \| D Alf Wood \| LB Tom Gilson \| M Albert Wilkes \| M Jimmy Crabtree \| M Tommy Bowman \| W Bobby Templeton \| W Steve Smith \| F Jack Devey \| F Joe Bache \| CF Billy Garraty \|

Starts

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Subs

Unused

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Assists Made

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

Matches

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Matches

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

🟥 17 Apr 1901, Villa 0-3 Newcastle, St James' Park

Game #459

Season | 1900-01 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #433 |
Wednesday, 17 April 1901

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

Reigning champions Villa fail to score for the sixth time in eight games in all competitions to make it ten wins, ten draws and eleven defeats in their thirty one division one games Meanwhile, winger Charlie Athersmith made his final appearance for Villa aged 28. Athersmith had made 309 appearances for Villa scoring 88 goals in his 10 seasons winning five League Championships, two FA Cups and two Charity Shields. Whilst left back Tom Gilson made his debut for the Villa aged 21 after joining from Burton Swifts

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

🟥 22 Apr 1901, Villa 0-3 Derby, Baseball Ground

Game #461

Season | 1900-01 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #435 |
Monday, 22 April 1901

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

On This Day

The 1899-00 champions lose for the fourth consecutive game in all competitions to leave them with one win in twelve league games as they make it ten wins, ten draws and thirteen defeats in their thirty three division one games. Villa had now failed to win in any of their last 7 games over which time they had scored just 3 goals. Meanwhile, Steve Smith, 27, made his 188th and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Portsmouth having scored 42 goals and winning five League Championships, two FA Cups and two Charity Shields. Also making their final appearance was midfielder Tommy Bowman, 27, after 115 appearances before moving on to Southampton.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Left Back

1901 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #148 |

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Personal Profile

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Transfer In

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Villa Career

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Played Under

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Career Summary

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Season by Season Record

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Goalkeeping Record

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Honours

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Debut

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

First Goal Date

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Loans Out

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Final Appearance

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Transfer Out

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Subsequent Clubs

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

International Career

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Quotes

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Biography

Died

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Appearances

2

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Starts

2

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Substitute Appearances

0

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Goals Scored

0

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Assists Made

-

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Cards Received

🟨

-

🟥

-

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Matches

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

🟥 17 Apr 1901, Villa 0-3 Newcastle, St James' Park

Game #459

Scorer(s) | None |

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes