Thomas "Tommy" Meads was a professional

Professional

A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...

 footballer, who played for Stockport County

Stockport County F.C.

Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...

, Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...

, Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

, Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

 and Notts County

Notts County F.C.

Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...

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Football career

Meads played for non league sides Grassmoor Ivanhoe, Claycross Town and later Matlock Town

Matlock Town F.C.

Matlock Town F.C. is an English football club based at Causeway Lane in Matlock, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in the late 1870s and have competed in the Central Alliance and the Midland Counties League before reaching the Northern Premier League.In the 1974–75 season the club won...

 before joining Stockport County in 1923 where the left half completed 117 matches and netting on 21 occasions. He moved to Huddersfield Town in 1926 and went on to feature in 40 matches and scoring twice for the club. In 1928 he joined Reading and played 31 games and finding the net four times. Meads went on to play for Tottenham Hotspur between 1929–34 where he featured in 189 matches in all competitions and scoring on six occasions for the Lilywhites. He left White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane

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 in 1935 to end his career at Notts County where he played a further 18 matches and scoring twice.

External links

• 99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town History http://www.htafc.com/page/VolumeI/0,,10312,00.html