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F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Forward

1894 🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #109 |

Aston Villa player image

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1894 |
Football League First Division |
🕒 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #109 |

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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 |

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Thomas Purslow

Personal Profile

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Birth Date
Birthplace
Birth Country
Citizenship
Height
Foot
June 1870
Perry Barr, Birmingham
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Personal

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Villa Youth Record

Youth Record

n/a

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Previous Clubs

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Previous Clubs

Nechells Old Boys

Transfer In

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Transfer In

Season
Joined Date
Aged
Fee
From
From
Signed Under
1894-95 (DEBUT)
1894
24
Free
Nechells Old Boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay
Career

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Played Under

Managers

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Career Summary

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🗓️
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟨
🟥
🟩 %
🟨 %
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
-
1
0.00

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Competition Record

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🕒 League
🕒 FA Cup
🕒 League Cup
🕒 Europe
🕒 European Cup
0
0
0
⚽ League
⚽ FA Cup
⚽ League Cup
⚽ Europe
⚽ European Cup
0
0
0
🔥 League
🔥 FA Cup
🔥 League Cup
🔥 Europe
🔥 European Cup
0
0
0
League Gi
FA Cup Gi
League Cup Gi
Europe Gi
European Cup Gi
0
0
0
League GPG
FA Cup GPG
League Cup GPG
Europe GPG
European Cup GPG
0.00
0.00
0.00
League GPGi
FA Cup GPGi
League Cup GPGi
Europe GPGi
European Cup GPGi
0.00
0.00
0.00

Games 🕒, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Goals per Game GPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

Seasons

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Season by Season Record

Seasons 🗓️, Age 🎂, League 〽️, Position 🏆, Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Unused 🇺, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Goal Difference GD, Clean Sheets ⛔, Points per Game PPG, Goal Involvements GI, Games per Goal GPG, Games per Goal Involvement GPGi

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🗓️
🎂
〽️
🏆
🕒
🔁
🇺
PPG
🟩
🟩 %
🟨
🟨 %
🟥
🟥 %
🔥
Yellow
Red
GI
GPG
GPGi
1894-95
24
D1
1
1
0
0
1
-
-
-
1

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Goalkeeping Record

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GK #
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %
Season
🕒
🥅
CPG
⛔ %

Seasons 🗓️, Games 🕒, Goals Conceded 🥅, Goals per Game GPG, Conceded per Game CPG, Clean Sheets ⛔

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Honours

Villa Honours
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Played for the Villa

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Debuts & Dates

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Season
First Squad
Manager
1894-95
17 November 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Debut
Manager
Aged
1894-95
17 November 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
24
Game #
First Goal
Scorer(s)
Game #
First Assist
Game #
First Clean Sheet
Season
Final Game
Aged
Manager
1894-95
17 November 1894
24
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Season
Final Squad
Manager
1894-95
17 November 1894
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Debut
Loans

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Loans Out

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Loans

None

Transfer Out

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Transfer Out

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Season
Date
Aged
Fee
To
To
Left Under
1894-95
1894
24
Free
Walsall Town Swifts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Subsequent Clubs

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Subsequent Clubs

Walsall Town Swifts
Retired

Quotes

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Quotes

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Biography

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Biography

Player #109 for Aston Villa, Thomas Purslow, known as Tom Purslow played as a forward for the club.

Tom represented Villa on only one occasion, in the 1894-95 season.

Tom was born in Perry Barr, just 1 mile from Villa’s current ground, in June 1870 and made his only appearance for the club as a 24 year old on 17th November 1894. Villa had signed Tom from Nechells Old Boys.

Tom moved on to Walsall Town Swifts without making another appearance for the club.

Tom had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Tom passed away in Birmingham in November 1937 aged 67.

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Died

1 November 1937, Aged 67

Appearances
Starts
Subs

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Substitutes
Unused

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

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Game
Matchday Summary
Unused Substitutes
Goals

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Goals Scored

1

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Assists

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Assists Made

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Game
Matchday Summary
Assist(s)
Cards

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Cards Received

🟨

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0

🟥

-

Game
Matchday Summary
Villa Cards
International

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

International Record

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International Career
Caps with Villa
Matches

F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

Matches

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F Tom Purslow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #109 |

🟥 17 Nov 1894, Villa 2-3 Albion, Stoney Lane

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Game #223

Division One

Manager | George Ramsay led Management Committee |
FT Score | 2-3 |
FT Result | Lost |
Last 5 Games | WLWWL |

Season | 1894-95 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #197 |
Saturday, 17 November 1894

Scorer(s) | Steve Smith | Tom Purslow |

Assists(s) | Not recorded

Teams
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GK Harry Wilkes |
CB Jimmy Cowan |
FB Howard Spencer |
FB Jimmy Welford |
M Jack Reynolds |
M George Russell |
W Steve Smith |
W Charlie Athersmith |
F Tom Purslow |
F Bob Chatt |
F Jack Devey |

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Starting XI
Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion)
Goal, 0-2, (West Bromwich Albion)
HT West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-2, Steve Smith, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 2-2, Tom Purslow, Assist by Charlie Athersmith
Goal, 2-3, (West Bromwich Albion)
FT West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Aston Villa

On This Day
Reigning Champions Villa field their youngest XI of the season with an average age of 23.87 as they come unstuck against neighbours Albion and suffer their sixth defeat in 14 to leave them 6th in the table. Forward Tom Purslow made his sole - and goalscoring - appearance for Villa aged 24 after joining from Nechells Old Boys. Purslow later moved on to Walsall Town Swifts.
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