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Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1971)

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in the summer of 1987, joining them as an apprentice on leaving school. He was a first-team regular and a professional by the end of the decade, when still only 18 years old, and his prolific goalscoring saw County reach the
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replaced by younger players. Villa finished one place above the relegation zone, having finished one place short of the league title two seasons earlier.
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in 1991 after two successive promotion playoff triumphs. However, County lasted just one season in the top flight and missed out on a place in the new
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Johnson re-joined Notts County as part of the coaching staff under the management of Ian McParland on 1 November 2007. Just two games into
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Since retirement, he was worked on the coaching staff at Notts County, Northern Ireland U23s as well as working for
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season. Johnson had played 118 league games for the Magpies, scoring 47 goals – his best season being the
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in the autumn of 1999, where he played three times in the Premier League but failed to score.
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The close season saw Atkinson and Saunders leave the club, and manager Little brought in
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Despite seeing his career at the Hoops plagued by injury, he enjoyed some success at
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with Johnson scoring their only goal, and in early 1995, Johnson finally made his
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campaign which saw them win promotion from the Third Division via the playoffs.
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title (as the Bhoys won the Scottish domestic treble), and scoring in the 2000
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in December 2001. After two seasons at Gillingham, Johnson joined
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During his time at Celtic, Johnson was briefly loaned out to
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as a club scout. He is currently coaching assistant for the
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winner's medal on 24 March 1996 as Villa triumphed 3–0 over
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During his time at Scunthorpe United he was loaned out to
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for £2.4million on 27 March 1997 – transfer deadline day.
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had brought 30 goals from 98 league games. He was one of
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At Celtic, he played under managers 719:before returning to Scotland to join 563:, but Derby lost 2–1 to local rivals 1336:Aston Villa FC – Football-Heroes.net 1243:"Celtic lift cup to complete Treble" 133: 1476:Men's association football forwards 1456:Notts County F.C. non-playing staff 1296:"Clockwatch: Celtic 3–0 Kilmarnock" 761:On 10 September 2006 he signed for 13: 772: 79:1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 14: 1502: 1318: 508: 1471:Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff 1446:Scottish Football League players 1406:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players 1268:Traynor, James (20 March 2000). 518:Johnson started his career with 1451:Scottish Premier League players 1341:Celtic FC – Football-Heroes.net 1288: 1261: 1235: 1209: 1183: 1167: 1153: 1135: 1123: 1095: 1081: 935:"Celtic recapture league title" 710: 542: 513: 478:. He was capped seven times by 1426:Scunthorpe United F.C. players 1075:"Tommy Johnson joins Rocester" 1067: 1039: 1011: 983: 955: 927: 879: 854: 586: 547:During the second half of the 491:Northern Ireland national team 1: 1421:Sheffield United F.C. players 1047:"Scunthorpe 2–2 Chesterfield" 963:"Celtic triumph in cup final" 847: 583:'s first signings for Villa. 531:that came into force for the 496: 1481:Association football coaches 7: 1486:Association football scouts 991:"Scunthorpe 1–0 Bury (AET)" 10: 1507: 1491:Footballers from Gateshead 866:Barry Hugman's Footballers 791: 784:In October 2019 he became 18: 1386:Derby County F.C. players 1381:Notts County F.C. players 1371:English men's footballers 763:Midland Football Alliance 637: 397: 379: 374: 357: 341: 323: 305: 287: 269: 251: 233: 213: 195: 177: 159: 141: 115: 110: 103: 98: 93: 86: 83: 78: 75: 67: 64: 49: 46: 41: 38: 33: 1391:Aston Villa F.C. players 1019:"Halifax 1–3 Scunthorpe" 442:. 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Index

Thomas Johnson
Gateshead
Striker
Notts County
Notts County
Derby County
Aston Villa
Celtic
Everton
Sheffield Wednesday
Kilmarnock
Gillingham
Sheffield United
Scunthorpe United
Tamworth
Rocester
England U21
footballer
striker
Premier League
Aston Villa
Everton
Scottish Premier League
Celtic
Kilmarnock
Football League
Notts County
Derby County
Sheffield Wednesday
Gillingham

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