Tom McCready (footballer, born 1991)

Thomas Richard McCready (born 7 June 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Colwyn Bay in the Cymru North as a midfielder.[1]

Tom McCready
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991
Place of birth Ellesmere Port, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Colwyn Bay
Youth career
Everton
Hibernian
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Limestone Saints 36 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Altrincham 2 (0)
2010–2011 Chester 4 (0)
2011 → Airbus UK Broughton (loan) 5 (2)
2014–2015 Morecambe 7 (0)
2015–2017 Exeter City 15 (0)
2017–2018 AFC Fylde 8 (0)
2018 → Colwyn Bay (loan) ? (?)
2018–2020 Colwyn Bay
2020–2021 Runcorn Linnets
2021– Colwyn Bay
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:45, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Playing career

Youth

Born in Ellesmere Port, McCready was an Everton youth graduate before joining Hibernian on 12 July 2009.[2]

Altrincham

He moved to Conference Premier side Altrincham on 5 August of the following year without making an appearance for Hibs.[3]

Chester

After appearing in only two matches for the Robins, McCready moved to Chester, but suffered an injury shortly after.[4]

He was later loaned to Welsh Premier League side Airbus where he scored 2 goals in 5 appearances.[5]

Limestone College

After being released by Chester, McCready moved to the United States and accepted a scholarship from Limestone College.[6]

In 2014, he went on a trial at his older brother Chris' club, Morecambe, where he played for the reserves.

Morecambe

On 4 July 2014 McCready returned to the Shrimps, also on trial.[7]

On 23 July 2014, he signed for the club on non-contract terms.[8]

McCready made his debut on 11 October 2014 in a 1–3 loss to Wycombe Wanderers in the League Two.[9]

Exeter City

On 2 February 2015, McCready joined Exeter City on a free transfer from Morecambe. He scored his first goal for the club in a League Cup tie against Sunderland.[10] He made very few appearances for City and was released at the end of the 2016–17 season, with manager Paul Tisdale commenting that McCready "sadly had a wretched year with injury".[11]

Career statistics
As of match played 21 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Altrincham 2010–11[12] Conference Premier 2000000020
Chester 2010–11[13] NPL Division One North 4000—1[lower-alpha 1]050
Airbus (loan) 2010–11[14] Welsh Premier League 5200000052
Morecambe 2014–15[15] League Two 7000001[lower-alpha 2]080
Exeter City 2014–15[15] League Two 3000000030
2015–16[16] League Two 10000112[lower-alpha 2]0131
2016–17[17] League Two 2000100030
Total 150002120191
AFC Fylde 2017–18[18] National League 8000—0080
Career total 412002140473
  1. Appearance in the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References
  1. Colwyn Bay swoop for McCready following AFC Fylde release‚ northwalespioneer.co.uk, 22 March 2018
  2. "Hibs bring in McCready". Sky Sports. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. "Altrincham sign duo Kevin Holsgrove and Tom McCready". BBC Sport. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. "Chester FC: 'Forgotten man' Tom McCready cannot wait for Blues return". Chester Chronicle. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  5. "Welsh Premier League: Tom McCready tips Airbus UK Broughton to fly". Chester Chronicle. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. "Limestone Alumnus Tom McCready Makes Professional Debut". Limestone College Saints. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. "Wilson returns to Morecambe on trial". Lancaster Guardian. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. "Tom McCready Signs". Morecambe FC. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. "Morecambe 1–3 Wycombe". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  10. "Sunderland 6-3 Exeter". BBC. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  11. "Retained list announced". Exeter City FC. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  12. "Chester First Team Statistics 2010/11". Steve Mansley. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  13. "Games played by Tom McCready in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  14. Tom McCready at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  15. "Games played by Tom McCready in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  16. "Games played by Tom McCready in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  17. "Games played by Tom McCready in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  18. "Games played by Tom McCready in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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