Tom Mather

Tom Mather

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Mather
Date of birth	1876
Place of birth	Chorley, England
Date of death	1957 (aged 68–69)
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Teams managed
Years	Team
1915–1919	Bolton Wanderers
1920–1921	Southend United
1923–1935	Stoke City
1935–1939	Newcastle United
1945–1946	Leicester City
1947–1948	Kilmarnock

Tom Mather (1888 in Chorley, Lancashire - 1957), was a football player and manager.

Career

Mather was assistant secretary of both Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers before taking the manager's job at Bolton at the beginning of the First World War, remaining at the club until 1915 when he was called up by the Royal Navy. He remained as manager, in name only, until July 1919, his duties being taken on, and then over, by his assistant Charles Foweraker. After his national service he moved to Southend United as manager.

Mather moved to Stoke City as manager and spent twelve years at Stoke winning the Third Division North title in 1927 and Second Division title in 1932. Mather is also notable as the man who gave Stanley Matthews his debut.

Mather left in 1935 to join Newcastle United as manager.

After World War 2 Mather managed Leicester City and Kilmarnock before returning to Stoke on Trent to work for a catering company.

Career statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Southend United	August 1920	May 1921	45	16	8	21	35.56
Stoke City	October 1923	June 1935	523	222	122	179	42.45
Newcastle United	June 1935	September 1939	179	78	32	69	43.58
Total			747	316	162	269	42.3