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Tom Dilly

Biography

Tom played locally for North End and played two trial games in County League fixtures towards the end of the 1899-00 season, as well as playing against us for Hearts in Jack Carrie's testimonial. He turned down signing for Hearts, and their loss was our gain when Tom signed on professional terms at Gayfield that summer. He established himself in the team quickly and was picked for Forfarshire in January 1901 after his impressive performances with other teams already keeping tabs. After an equally impressive second season at Gayfield, he was signed by Everton straight after a friendly against them…Read moreRead less
Tom played locally for North End and played two trial games in County League fixtures towards the end of the 1899-00 season, as well as playing against us for Hearts in Jack Carrie's testimonial. He turned down signing for Hearts, and their loss was our gain when Tom signed on professional terms at Gayfield that summer.

He established himself in the team quickly and was picked for Forfarshire in January 1901 after his impressive performances with other teams already keeping tabs. After an equally impressive second season at Gayfield, he was signed by Everton straight after a friendly against them on 30th April 1902. The Arbroath committee complained regarding the 'tapping up' of Tom and during the summer Everton were ordered to pay compensation to the club for their actions, which amounted to £25.

Later in his career he went on to play for West Brom, Derby County, Bradford Park Avenue, Walsall, Shrewsbury Town, Worcester City and finally a brief spell at Kidderminster Harriers.

Statistics

Apps
60
Goals
28
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.47
Minutes
5430
Seasons
3
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1901-02321200
1900-01261500
1899-002100

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 1900 · Left: 30 Apr 1902

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Selection Committee28 Apr 190026 Apr 190260

Timeline

  1. Born

    Arbroath

  4. Signed

  8. Recorded contract end

  9. Died

    Birmingham, England

Appearances (60)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
26 Apr 1902 Forfar 5–0 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 L
23 Apr 1902 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee Dundee Charity Cup1901-02 D
21 Apr 1902 Arbroath 1–2 Dundee Carry Cup1901-02 L
19 Apr 1902 Cowdenbeath 3–1 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 L
12 Apr 1902 Arbroath 0–1 Aberdeen (Old) Northern League1901-02 L
5 Apr 1902 Arbroath 3–7 Raith Rovers Northern League1901-02 L
29 Mar 1902 Raith Rovers 2–1 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 L
22 Mar 1902 Arbroath 1–0 Cowdenbeath Northern League1901-02 W
22 Feb 1902 Arbroath 1–4 Dundee 'A' Northern League1901-02 L
15 Feb 1902 Dundee Wands 2–0 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 L
8 Feb 1902 Montrose 1–5 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 W
1 Feb 1902 Arbroath 5–1 Forfar Forfarshire Cup1901-02 W
25 Jan 1902 Arbroath 2–3 Celtic Scottish Cup1901-02 L
18 Jan 1902 Arbroath 5–0 Lochee Utd Forfarshire Cup1901-02 W
11 Jan 1902 Arbroath 2–0 St Johnstone Northern League1901-02 W
4 Jan 1902 Lochee Utd 0–2 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 W
28 Dec 1901 Arbroath 3–2 Kilwinning Egl. Scottish Cup1901-02 W
7 Dec 1901Neutral venue Arbroath 4–5 a.e.t. Stenhousemuir Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 L
30 Nov 1901 Arbroath 1–1 Stenhousemuir Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 D
23 Nov 1901 Stenhousemuir 1–1 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 D
16 Nov 1901 Arbroath 4–0 Montrose Northern League1901-02 W
9 Nov 1901 Arbroath 8–0 Forfar Northern League1901-02 W
2 Nov 1901 Forfar 1–4 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W
26 Oct 1901 Arbroath 3–0 Caledonian Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W
19 Oct 1901 Caledonian 0–0 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 D
12 Oct 1901 Arbroath 1–2 Lochee Utd Northern League1901-02 L
5 Oct 1901 Arbroath 8–2 Dunblane Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W
28 Sep 1901 Victoria Utd 2–3 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 W
21 Sep 1901 Lochee Utd 1–5 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W
31 Aug 1901 St Johnstone 2–2 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 D

Goals scored (28)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
21 Apr 1902 Arbroath 1–2 Dundee Carry Cup1901-02 L 38′
8 Feb 1902 Montrose 1–5 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 W 20′
1 Feb 1902 Arbroath 5–1 Forfar Forfarshire Cup1901-02 W 25′
25 Jan 1902 Arbroath 2–3 Celtic Scottish Cup1901-02 L 5′
18 Jan 1902 Arbroath 5–0 Lochee Utd Forfarshire Cup1901-02 W ?
4 Jan 1902 Lochee Utd 0–2 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 W 25′
4 Jan 1902 Lochee Utd 0–2 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 W 70′
26 Oct 1901 Arbroath 3–0 Caledonian Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W 55′
5 Oct 1901 Arbroath 8–2 Dunblane Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W ?
5 Oct 1901 Arbroath 8–2 Dunblane Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W ?
28 Sep 1901 Victoria Utd 2–3 Arbroath Northern League1901-02 W 25′
21 Sep 1901 Lochee Utd 1–5 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1901-02 W 15′
4 May 1901 Arbroath 1–0 Dundee Wands Carry Cup1900-01 W ?
1 May 1901 Arbroath 2–1 Lochee Utd Dundee Charity Cup1900-01 W 42′
20 Apr 1901 Dundee Wands 2–2 Arbroath Northern League1900-01 D ?
6 Apr 1901 Montrose 3–3 Arbroath Northern League1900-01 D 15′
16 Mar 1901 Aberdeen (Old) 6–3 Arbroath Northern League1900-01 L ?
19 Jan 1901 Montrose 4–7 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1900-01 W ?
19 Jan 1901 Montrose 4–7 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1900-01 W ?
19 Jan 1901 Montrose 4–7 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1900-01 W ?
19 Jan 1901 Montrose 4–7 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1900-01 W ?
15 Dec 1900 Arbroath 4–3 Fair City Northern League1900-01 W 77′
10 Nov 1900 Forfar 1–2 Arbroath Northern League1900-01 W 37′
15 Sep 1900 Arbroath 2–2 Dundee 'A' Northern League1900-01 D 35′
8 Sep 1900 Lochee Utd 3–2 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1900-01 L 80′