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Tommy Wright

Everton FC

 11 appearances, 0 goals

P 11 W 5 D 4 L 2 F 12: A 7
(actual pitch goals F 12: A 7)
 64% successful
1968-70

disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 772

Timeline
  Thomas John Wright
Birth Saturday, 21 October 1944 in Norris Green, Liverpool, Lancashire
  registered in Liverpool North October-December 1944
Education Monkton Road County Primary School and Croxteth Secondary Modern
First marriage to Doreen Williams, on 3 July 1965 at The Salvation Army Citadel, Bootle, Lancashire. Colin Harvey was best man, and the Wright's honeymooned in Wales. They divorced
  registered in Bootle July-September 1965
Children Tommy and Doreen Wright had two sons together. Gary and Andrew. They lived in Aigburth
Death Tuesday, 20 January 2026, in South Liverpool, Merseyside
aged 81 years 91 days  

Source

 Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Rob Sawyer (EFCHS)

Playing Career

Club(s)		 Started his football career playing inside-right as a schoolboy in Liverpool, playing for Liverpool Schoolboys and then Lancashire Schoolboys. Joined the Littlewoods staff and amateur forms with Eerton FC in 1960 and signed his first professional contract with in March 1963, subsequently converting to a wing-half and remained until his injury-forced retirement (left knee) on 28 February 1974.

League honours
307+1 appearances, 4 goals		 Everton FC 1964-73 307+one appearances, four goals
debut: 17 October 1964 Blackpool FC 1 Everton FC 1.
last: 14 April 1973 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4 Everton FC 2.

Club honours		 Football League Division One fourth place 1964-65 (22ᵃ), third place 1968-69 (41ᵃ 1ᵍ), Champions 1969-70 (42ᵃ 1ᵍ);
FA Cup winners 1965-66 (6ᵃ), runners-up 1967-68 (6ᵃ), fourth place 1970-71;
FA Charity Shield winners 1970;
Individual honours Gwladys Street Hall of Fame 1996; Everton Giant 2016;
Distinctions Uncle of Billy Wright (England U21 & Everton FC, Birmingham City FC and Carlise United FC 1978-88).
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st. 3lbs [1969].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number 853rd player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-back
First match No. 425, 8 June 1968, England 2 USSR 0, a European Championship Finals third place match at Stadio Olimpico, Municipio XV, Roma, Italy, aged 23 years 231 days.
Last match No. 446, 7 June 1970, Brazil 1 England 0, World Cup Finals group match at Estádio Jalisco, Independencia, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, aged 25 years 229 days.
Major tournaments FIFA World Cup Finals 1970;
UEFA European Championship Finals 1968;
British Championship 1969-70;
Team honours European Championship Finals third place 1968;
British Championship shared 1969-70;
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Youth Career
Individual honours England U23 (seven appearances, June 1967-May 1968)

Beyond England
Appointed as trainer to Liverpool Sunday League side, Tithebarn FC, in August 1976. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.279.


The Numbers
Squads Apps comp. apps starts substitute unused minutes
tbc 11 4 9 ▲2
▼1		 1 tbc 772 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
11 5 4 2 12 7 +5 3 5 1.091 0.636 63.6 +3

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
Away 7 3 3 1 8 5 +3 2 3 1.143 0.714 64.3 +2
Neutral 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 1 2 1.00 0.333 66.7 +1

Shirt Record

Colour P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 9 4 3 2 9 6 +3 2 4 1.00 0.667 61.1 +2
Red 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 1 1 1.50 0.50 75.0 +1

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 2 1 0 1 1 1 =0 1 1 0.50 0.50 50.0 =0
World Cup 2 1 0 1 1 1 =0 1 1 0.50 0.50 50.0 =0

ECP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
ECF 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
European Championship 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
British Championship 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
Friendly 7 3 3 1 8 5 +3 2 3 1.143 0.714 64.3 +2

Tournament Record

World Cup Final Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1970 2 1 0 1 1 1 =0 1 1 0.50 0.50 50.0 =0
WCF All 2 1 0 1 1 1 =0 1 1 0.50 0.50 50.0 =0

European Championship Finals Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC/ECP 1967-68 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0 =0
ECF 1968 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
ECF All 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1

British Championship Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC/ECP 1967-68 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0 =0
BC 1969-70 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
BC All 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 2 1 0 1 1 1 =0 1 1 0.50 0.50 50.0 =0
EC 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 1 2.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 1 2 1 0.5 62.5 +1




Age 22 under 23  
two appearances - Bulgaria & Turkey, June 1967;
 
Age 23    
two appearances - Italy, December 1967; Scotland, February 1968;
 

 Club: Everton F.C. - eleven full appearance (772 min) manager: Sir Alf Ramsey - eleven full appearances (772 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

419 24 February 1968 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC/ ECP AD training squad member
 

under 23  
three appearances - Hungary, Italy & Hungary, May 1968;
unused - West Germany, June 1968;
 
 
ECF		 res. right back 16x
424 5 June 1968 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze NL unused
1 425 8 June 1968 - USSR 0 England 2
Stadio Olimpico, Roma		 NW  

the 853rd player to appear for England
the 38th Everton FC player to represent England
Age 24
2 426 6 November 1968 - Romania 0 England 0
Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti		 Fr AD ▼(0-0) inj. 10 2
 
3 428 15 January 1969 - England 1 Romania 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 Fr HD   2
 
431 7 May 1969 - England 2 Wales 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley
BC		 HW squad member
432 10 May 1969 - England 4 Scotland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW
4 433 1 June 1969 - Mexico 0 England 0
Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México
tour		 AD ▲(0-0) 87 ?
5 434 8 June 1969 - Uruguay 1 England 2
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo		 AW   2
6 435 12 June 1969 - Brazil 2 England 1
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio		 AL   2

Age 25
7 436 5 November 1969 - Netherlands 0 England 1
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam		 Fr AW   2
 
8 439 25 February 1970 - Belgium 1 England 3
Stade Émile Versé, Bruxelles		 Fr AW   2
9 440 18 April 1970 - Wales 1 England 1
Ninian Park, Cardiff
BC		 AD   2
441 21 April 1970 - England 3 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW squad/
unused		 ?
442 25 April 1970 - Scotland 0 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow AD ?
443 20 May 1970 - Colombia 0 England 4, Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Olímpico Fr AW squad member
444 24 May 1970 - Ecuador 0 England 2, Estádio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito Fr AW
 
WCF		 res. right-back 14x
10 445 2 June 1970 - Romania 0 England 1
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara		 NW ▲(0-0) 51
11 446 7 June 1970 - Brazil 1 England 0
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara		 NL  
447 11 June 1970 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 1, Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara NW squad member
448 14 June 1970 - West Germany 3 England 2, Estádio Guanajuato, León NL

Age 26
449 25 November 1970 - England 3 GDR 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW injured
squad member
 

 

 
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