Tommy Kiernan

Thomas Kiernan

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Kiernan[1]
Date of birth	20 October 1918[1]
Place of birth	Coatbridge, Scotland[1]
Date of death	26 June 1991(1991-06-26) (aged 72)
Place of death	Coatbridge, Scotland
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
	Viewpark Celtic
1936–1937	Clydebank Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1945	Albion Rovers	44	(24)
1946–1947	Celtic	23	(12)
1947–1948	Stoke City	28	(6)
1948–1950	Luton Town	55	(10)
1950–1951	St Mirren	8	(1)
1951–1952	Barry Town
1952–1954	Albion Rovers	33	(3)
1954–1955	Alloa Athletic	29	(8)
Total		205	(53)
International career
1947	Scottish Football League XI[2]	1	(0)
*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

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

Source:^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			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

1. 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.
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)

External links

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