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Tom O'Kane

Biography

Tom initially struggled to get into the first team at Gayfield and left for Dundee Harp after appearing between 1882 and 1884 but later returned a much better player in the summer of 1889. He represented Forfarshire, and was involved with the club after retiring, as well as becoming a regular referee in games. He also played in international trial matches in 1891.

Statistics

Apps
21
Goals
4
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.19
Minutes
1890
Seasons
5
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1890-9110300
1889-905100
1887-880000
1883-846000
1882-830000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 1882 · Left: 30 May 1891

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Selection Committee22 Sep 18832 May 189121

Timeline

  1. Born

    Arbroath

  2. Signed

  7. Recorded contract end

  8. Died

    Arbroath

Appearances (21)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
2 May 1891Neutral venue Arbroath 0–4 Forfar Forfarshire Charity Cup1890-91 L
11 Apr 1891Neutral venue Coupar Angus 3–8 Arbroath Forfarshire Charity Cup1890-91 W
14 Mar 1891 Arbroath 5–2 Montrose Forfarshire Charity Cup1890-91 W
13 Dec 1890 Dundee East E 9–2 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1890-91 L
22 Nov 1890 Arbroath 7–0 Friockheim Forfarshire Cup1890-91 W
8 Nov 1890 5th KRV 6–2 Arbroath Scottish Cup1890-91 L
25 Oct 1890 Strathmore D 0–4 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1890-91 W
27 Sep 1890 Dundee Harp 1–5 Arbroath Scottish Cup1890-91 W
13 Sep 1890 Arbroath 4–1 Dundee Wands Scottish Cup1890-91 W
6 Sep 1890 Dundee Wands 3–3 Arbroath Scottish Cup1890-91 D
29 Mar 1890 Forfar 5–4 Arbroath Forfarshire Charity Cup1889-90 L
28 Dec 1889 Dundee Our B 5–2 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1889-90 L
21 Dec 1889 Arbroath 2–2 Dundee Our B Forfarshire Cup1889-90 D
16 Nov 1889 Strathmore D 2–5 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1889-90 W
26 Oct 1889 Arbroath 14–0 Lochee (Old) Forfarshire Cup1889-90 W
22 Dec 1883Neutral venue Arbroath 2–1 Dundee Harp Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
24 Nov 1883 Arbroath 2–1 Strathmore D Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
27 Oct 1883 Dundee Harp 2–1 Arbroath Scottish Cup1883-84 L
20 Oct 1883 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee Harp Scottish Cup1883-84 D
6 Oct 1883 Arbroath 3–1 Dundee West E Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
22 Sep 1883 Arbroath 4–1 Dundee Our B Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W

Goals scored (4)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
22 Nov 1890 Arbroath 7–0 Friockheim Forfarshire Cup1890-91 W ?
22 Nov 1890 Arbroath 7–0 Friockheim Forfarshire Cup1890-91 W ?
13 Sep 1890 Arbroath 4–1 Dundee Wands Scottish Cup1890-91 W ?
16 Nov 1889 Strathmore D 2–5 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1889-90 W ?