Tom King (footballer)

Tom King
Personal information
Full name Thomas Lloyd King[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Millwall
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2011 Portsmouth
2011–2012 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2014– Millwall 0 (0)
2015 → Welling United (loan) 20 (0)
2016 → Braintree Town (loan) 16 (0)
National team
2011 England U17 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC).


Thomas Lloyd "Tom" King (born 9 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League One side Millwall. An England youth international, he played on loan at Welling United and Braintree Town during the 2015–16 season.

Club career

King signed a one-year contract with Millwall in August 2014, having left the Crystal Palace youth team earlier in the year.[2] He joined National League club Welling United on an initial one-month youth loan on 24 July 2015.[3] He went on to make 20 appearances for the "Wings", before he was recalled by Millwall on 21 December.[4]

King returned to the National League on 19 February 2016, joining Braintree Town on an initial 28-day emergency loan.[5] He was involved in a controversial incident in only his second appearance for the club, during a 1–1 draw with Guiseley at Nethermoor Park.[6] He conceded the equalising goal after Oliver Norburn broke a fair play protocol and lobbed him from 30-yards out rather than passing the ball to him, after Braintree had kicked the ball into touch to allow a Guiseley player to receive treatment; a five-minute fracas followed but the goal was allowed to stand after security staff separated the players and management, and Guiseley manager Mark Bower refused to allow Braintree to walk through and score.[7][8][9][10] Bower went on to say: "Their keeper stood there with his arms in the air and allowed the ball to into the net. It put us in a really difficult position whether we should allow them to score or not but we decided no. I think their keeper was trying to be clever and had simply let the ball go in."[11] King said he was "bewildered" by Bower's statement, and speaking on the incident itself said that: "It is one of those things that will be remembered for a long time, I'll be remembered for a long time and it will carry on forever".[12] The incident was described as "one of the biggest on-field controversies seen in non-league football", and Braintree manager Danny Cowley said that: "it’s the worst thing I’ve seen on a football pitch and it was disgraceful unsporting behaviour on their part".[13] The following week, Guiseley chairman Phil Rogerson released a statement recognising the fair-play convention had not been followed: "... myself, Mark [Bower] and the club find the situation most regrettable and not in line with the general ethos of Guiseley AFC. Fair play is and always has been at the heart of the club. The decision to continue playing as normal after the goal was taken on the spur of the moment and under extreme pressure, not helped at all by the heated atmosphere."[8] King went on to extend his loan at Cressing Road until the end of the 2015–16 season, and Braintree qualified for the play-offs, losing out to Grimsby Town at the semi-final stage following a 2–1 aggregate defeat.[14]

King made his first team debut for Millwall in a 2–1 defeat to Nottingham Forest in an EFL Cup Second Round match at The Den on 23 August 2016.[15]

International career

King has been capped by England at under-16 and under-17 level.[16]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Welling United (loan) 2015–16[17]National League200000000200
Braintree Town (loan) 2015–16[18]National League16000002[lower-alpha 1]0180
Millwall 2014–15[19]Championship0000000000
2015–16[20]League One0000000000
2016–17[17]League One0000101[lower-alpha 2]020
Total 0000101020
Career total 360001030400
  1. ↑ Appearance/s in the play-offs.
  2. ↑ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Millwall sign keeper Tom King". millwallfc.co.uk. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Millwall youngster Tom King joins Welling on loan". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "King recalled by Lions". www.wellingunited.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Braintree Town sign Millwall goalkeeper Tom King on loan". BBC Sport. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Harris, Matt (29 February 2016). "Braintree Town NEWS: Guiseley AFC chairman says controversial Norburn goal was 'most regrettable'". Essex Chronicle. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 Shepka, Phil (29 February 2016). "Guiseley v Braintree events around Ollie Norburn goal 'regrettable'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Spurgeon, Simon (27 February 2016). "Guiseley boss Bower explains why his team didn't allow Braintree Town a walk-in goal as game ends in controversy". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Spurgeon, Simon (27 February 2016). "Unpalatable ending for Braintree as controversial Guiseley goal denies them eighth away victory". Braintree and Witham Times. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Ward, David (29 February 2016). "Guiseley 1-1 Braintree Town MATCH REPORT: Iron boss -". Essex Chronicle. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Braintree Town NEWS: Millwall loanee Tom King baffled by claim he could have stopped Guiseley goal". Essex Chronicle. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Ward, David (28 February 2016). "Braintree boss describes Guiseley incident as the 'worst thing he's seen' on a football pitch". Green 'Un 24. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "National League: Braintree Town 0-2 Grimsby Town (agg: 1-2, aet)". BBC Sport. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Millwall 1-2 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Introducing the squad". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Tom King in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Tom King profile at Soccerway
  19. ↑ "Games played by Tom King in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Tom King in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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