Thomas Spilsbury

Thomas Spilsbury
	Spilsbury in a Burslem Port Vale squad photo in 1898
Personal information
Full name	Thomas John Spilsbury
Date of birth	1874
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Date of death	1947 (aged 72–73)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Dresden United
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas John "Spill" Spilsbury (1874–1947) was a footballer who played 57 games at left-back for Burslem Port Vale (25 in the Midland Football League, 16 in the Football League).

Playing career[]

Spilsbury played for Dresden United, before joining Burslem Port Vale in February 1897.^[1] His debut match could hardly have gone better; an 8–0 romp over Grantham Rovers at the Athletic Ground.^[1] He was a regular until January 1899, and was a member of the 1898 Staffordshire Senior Cup winning side during his run.^[1] He played 15 Second Division and two FA Cup games in the 1898–99 season, but featured just once in the 1899–1900 season and retired at the end of the 1900–01 campaign.^[1]

Source:^[2]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1896–97	Midland League	9	0	0	0	9	0
	1897–98	Midland League	16	0	5	0	21	0
	1898–99	Second Division	15	0	2	0	17	0
	1899–1900	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		41	0	7	0	48	0

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 277. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Thomas Spilsbury at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Personal information
Spilsbury in a Burslem Port Vale squad photo in 1898
Full name	Thomas John Spilsbury^[1]
Date of birth	1874
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Date of death	1947 (aged 72–73)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Dresden United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1897–1901	Burslem Port Vale	41	(0)
Total		41	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only