Tom Hadler

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Tom Hadler
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Canterbury, England
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1][2][3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Maidstone United
Youth career
0000–2011 Gillingham
2012–2015 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Gillingham 1 (0)
2014Folkestone Invicta (loan)
2015Tonbridge Angels (loan)[4] 13 (0)
2015Gloucester City (loan) 1 (0)
2016Grays Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2017–2018Gloucester City (loan) 20 (0)
2019–2020 Eastbourne Borough 22 (0)
2020–2021 Ebbsfleet United 3 (0)
2021– Maidstone United 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:37, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Tom Hadler (born 30 July 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maidstone United.

Early and personal life[]

Born in Canterbury,[2] Hadler attended the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in the city.[1]

Career[]

Gillingham[]

Hadler joined the Gillingham youth set up before leaving at the age of 15 "to concentrate on his studies". He re-joined the club on a part-time basis during the 2012–13 season, and turned professional in 2015.[1][2] He spent loan spells at non-league clubs Folkestone Invicta, Tonbridge Angels, Grays Athletic and Gloucester City,[1][5][6][7][8] He became the club's second-choice goalkeeper in February 2018,[9] before making his senior debut for Gillingham on 21 April 2018 in a 3–0 home defeat in the league against Blackpool.[10][11] Despite the result, he was praised by manager Steve Lovell.[12]

He was released by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season,[13] having made only three further appearances for the side, all in the EFL Trophy.[14]

Eastbourne Borough[]

On 25 June 2019, Hadler signed for Eastbourne Borough who play in the National League South.[15][16] He made his debut for the side on the opening day of the 2019–20 season in a 1–0 away loss to Billericay Town.[17]

Ebsfleet United[]

On 16 July 2020 he signed for Ebbsfleet United.[18]

Maidstone United[]

In June 2021, Hadler joined Maidstone United.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Profile". Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Tom Hadler at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ "WATCH: Tomas Holy and Tom Hadler - Gillingham's two giants". Sky Sports. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Tonbridge Angels – Appearances – Thomas Hadler – 2014-2015". Football Web Pages. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Invicta Keeper Selected for England". Pitchero. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Tom Hadler Rejoins Angels". Tombridge Angels F.C. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Tom Hadler joins the club on loan". Grays Athletic F.C. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Statistics: Grays Athletic". www.graysath-online.com.
  9. ^ Luke Caldwell (8 February 2018). "Gillingham goalkeeper Tom Hadler is now understudy to no.1 Tomas Holy". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Games played by Tom Hadler in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  11. ^ Luke Caldwell (26 April 2018). "Gillingham goalkeeper Tom Hadler looking beyond the scoreline after losing debut against Blackpool". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  12. ^ Luke Caldwell (24 April 2018). "Gillingham goalkeeper Tom Hadler has bright future, says boss Steve Lovell". Kent Online. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Games played by Tom Hadler in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Sports Find a Keeper in Hadler". Eastbourne Borough F.C. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Released keeper finds new club". 25 June 2019.
  17. ^ "LATE DRAMA CRUEL ON SPORTS". Eastbourne Borough F.C. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Fleet welcome new handler in Hadler". 16 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Hak hands deal to Hadler". www.maidstoneunited.co.uk. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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