Tom Pope
Pope warming up for Port Vale before the match against Northampton Town on 20 April 2013.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Thomas John Pope | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
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Current team
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Port Vale | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crewe Alexandra | |||
| Hanley Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Biddulph Victoria | 14 | (17) |
| 2005–2009 | Crewe Alexandra | 56 | (17) |
| 2005 | → Lancaster City (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Stafford Rangers (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2006 | → Barrow (loan) | 21 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | Rotherham United | 53 | (4) |
| 2011 | → Port Vale (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2011–2015 | Port Vale | 163 | (56) |
| 2015–2017 | Bury | 73 | (10) |
| 2017– | Port Vale | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:23, 14 May 2017 (UTC). |
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Thomas John Pope (born 27 August 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a centre forward for EFL League Two side Port Vale.
A Crewe Alexandra Academy graduate, he turned professional with the club in 2005 after impressing at non-league side Biddulph Victoria in 2004–05. He was loaned out to Conference North sides Lancaster City and Stafford Rangers in 2005–06, before he spent 2006–07 on loan at Barrow, also of the Conference North. He established himself in the Crewe first team picture in 2007–08, before becoming the club's top scorer in 2008–09 with ten League One goals. He became Rotherham United's joint-record signing when he made a £150,000 move to the Yorkshire club in June 2009. He scored five goals in the 2009–10 campaign, before he was loaned out to Port Vale in January 2011. The loan was made permanent in time for the start of the 2011–12 season. He scored 33 goals and was voted League Two Player of the Year as he helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13. He was voted Port Vale's Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014. He signed with Bury in June 2015, and remained with the club for two seasons before rejoining Port Vale.
Pope was a part of Crewe Alexandra's highly acclaimed youth set-up, but was not offered a professional contract with the club. He instead was forced to make his name in the Midland Football Alliance with Biddulph Victoria after coming through the Hanley Town under-18 side to find first team football. He also played Sunday league football for Sneyd, and scored four goals for the club as they beat the Butcher's Arms 6–4 in the 2004 final of the Potteries and District Sunday League Cup final. During this time the teenager found work as a window-fitter. He scored fifteen goals in his first season with Biddulph, and added a further twelve to his tally before returning to Crewe as a professional in October 2005 — manager Dario Gradi now convinced of Pope's potential. Pope chose to head to Crewe after two unsuccessful trials with boyhood club Port Vale.
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