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LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

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1901 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #148 |

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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

Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Goalkeepers Only 🥅 Goals Conceded | ⛔ Clean Sheets |

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
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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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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

Quotes

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
Subs

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game
Matchday Summary
Sub Sub
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
International

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International Career

England

FA
National Team
Caps with Villa
England
FA
National Team
Full International Record
England
FA
🕒 Caps
🕒 Starts
🔁 Sub
⚽ Goals
FA
First Cap with Villa
FA
First International Goal with Villa
FA
Last Cap with Villa

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International Record

​

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match
Matches

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

Matches

LB Tom Gilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #148 |

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

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Game #459

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DDDLL |

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

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Starting XI

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 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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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

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Game #461

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 0-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | DLLLL |

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

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Starting XI

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 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

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Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

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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.
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