Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1930)
Encyclopedia
Tommy Wilson was an English
professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Walsall
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Signed for Nottingham Forest from local club Cinderhill Colliery in 1951, originally played as a winger; switched to centre forward in 1956 and scored 14 goals in the 1956-7 season in which Forest were promoted to the First Division
. Had his most prolific season in 1958-9 when he scored 21 League and 6 FA Cup goals, including the second goal in the 1959 FA Cup final
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Transferred to Walsall in 1960-61 and left League football in 1962, joining Chelmsford City in the Southern League
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
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Signed for Nottingham Forest from local club Cinderhill Colliery in 1951, originally played as a winger; switched to centre forward in 1956 and scored 14 goals in the 1956-7 season in which Forest were promoted to the First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
. Had his most prolific season in 1958-9 when he scored 21 League and 6 FA Cup goals, including the second goal in the 1959 FA Cup final
1959 FA Cup Final
The 1959 FA Cup Final was contested by Nottingham Forest and Luton Town at Wembley. Forest won 2–1, with goals from Roy Dwight and Tommy Wilson just four minutes apart...
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Transferred to Walsall in 1960-61 and left League football in 1962, joining Chelmsford City in the Southern League
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...