Tommy Kiernan

Thomas Kiernan
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Kiernan
Date of birth	20 October 1918
Place of birth	Coatbridge, Scotland
Date of death	26 June 1991 (aged 72)
Place of death	Coatbridge, Scotland
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
	Viewpark Celtic
1936–1937	Clydebank Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
1937–1945	Albion Rovers
1946–1947	Celtic
1947–1948	Stoke City
1948–1950	Luton Town
1950–1951	St Mirren
1951–1952	Barry Town
1952–1954	Albion Rovers
1954–1955	Alloa Athletic
Total
International career
1947	Scottish Football League XI
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Kiernan (20 October 1918 – 26 June 1991)^[3] was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Luton Town and Stoke City. He also played for Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic and Celtic.^[1]

Career[edit]

Kiernan was born in Coatbridge and began his career with Clydebank Juniors in 1936 before joining Albion Rovers a year later. He scored 24 goals for the Wee Rovers in two seasons prior to the outbreak of World War II and earned a move to Celtic after the war ended,^[4] where he spent one season before he was signed by English club Stoke City for a then club record fee of £8,500.^[1] He was a regular at inside right under the management of Bob McGrory in 1947–48 playing in 26 matches scoring six goals as Stoke a frustrating season finishing in 15th position.^[1] After playing just four matches at the start of 1948–49 Kiernan was then sold to Second Division Luton Town in November 1948 for £6,000.^[1] With the "Hatters" Kiernan played in three seasons scoring 15 goals in 60 matches before he returned to Scotland in 1950 with St Mirren. After a brief spell in Wales with Barry Town and made a return to Albion Rovers and ended his career with Alloa Athletic.^[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	1946–47	Scottish Division One	22	12	1	0	6	5	29	17
	1947–48	Scottish Division One	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1
	Total		23	13	1	0	8	5	32	18
Stoke City	1947–48	First Division	24	5	2	1	—		26	6
	1948–49	First Division	4	1	0	0	—		4	1
	Total		28	6	2	1	—		30	7
Luton Town	1948–49	Second Division	23	5	4	3	—		27	8
	1949–50	Second Division	24	4	1	2	—		25	6
	1950–51	Second Division	8	1	0	0	—		8	1
	Total		55	10	5	5	—		60	15
Career Total			106	29	8	6	8	5	122	40

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ "Tommy Kiernan – Scotland Football League Record from 12 Mar 1947 to 12 Mar 1947 clubs – Celtic".
^ "Tommy Kiernan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Tommy Kiernan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links[edit]

Tommy Kiernan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[2] "Tommy Kiernan – Scotland Football League Record from 12 Mar 1947 to 12 Mar 1947 clubs – Celtic".

[3] "Tommy Kiernan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[litsterprewar-4] John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[5] Tommy Kiernan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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