Tom McAdam

Thomas Ian McAdam (born 9 April 1954) is a Scottish former footballer who played for a number of British clubs, spending around half of his career with Celtic. He began as a forward but was later converted to a defender, where he played for the majority of his career.

This article is about the Scottish footballer. For the English footballer, see Tom McAdam (English footballer).
Tom McAdam
Personal information
Full name Thomas Ian McAdam[1]
Date of birth (1954-04-09) 9 April 1954[1]
Place of birth Glasgow,[1] Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward / Central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1975 Dumbarton 77 (30)
1975–1977 Dundee United 61 (21)
1977–1986 Celtic 261 (37)
1986 Stockport County 5 (1)
1986 Hamilton Academical 3 (0)
1986–1989 Motherwell 99 (3)
1989–1991 Airdrieonians 24 (1)
Total 530 (93)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

McAdam began his career as a striker with Dumbarton in the early 1970s. He joined Dundee Utd in October 1975 for a fee of £37,000[3] and made his debut for the club on 1 November 1975 in a home league fixture against St Johnstone, scoring twice in a 3–1 win.[3][4] Over the next two years, McAdam scored 24 goals in 74 appearances.[3]

Jock Stein signed McAdam for Celtic in September 1977 for a fee of £60,000.[5] He initially struggled to hold down a regular place in the team, and was often on the substitutes bench.[6] Stein's successor as manager, Billy McNeill, played McAdam in central defence in the final league match of season 1978–79, against Rangers; McAdam played well and helped Celtic win 4–2 to clinch the league title.[6] The positional move was a success and McAdam eventually played over 350 games for Celtic before leaving on a free transfer in 1986. McAdam won three league titles, a Scottish Cup[7] and a League Cup[8] in his time at Parkhead.

McAdam then had short spells at Stockport County and Hamilton Accies,[9] before signing for Motherwell.[10] He spent three years at Fir Park before moving to Airdrie in November 1989,[11] where he finished his playing career.

After retirement, McAdam returned to Celtic for a spell during the 1990s as reserve coach.[12]

McAdam's elder brother Colin was also a professional footballer, who played for Celtic's biggest rivals Rangers at the same time as Tom was with Celtic;[13] they played against each other in Old Firm matches eight times.[14] They both started at Dumbarton and played there alongside each other,[15] and both later signed for Motherwell but at different times.

Honours
Celtic

See also

References
  1. "Tom McAdam". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. "Tom McAdam - Player Statistics (The Arab Archive - Dundee United Historical Archive)". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. "Dundee United 3-1 St Johnstone, Nov 1st 1975, Tannadice Park". The Arab Archive. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  5. Broadfoot, Darryl (6 September 1997). "Where are they now Tom McAdam: still busy". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  6. Spiers, Graham (24 August 2013). "The battling McAdam brothers". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  7. "Celtic 2 - 1 Dundee United, Scottish Cup (18/05/1985)".
  8. "Celtic 2 - 1 Rangers, League Cup (04/12/1982)".
  9. "Tom McAdam". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  10. Michael Gannon (8 June 2013). "Motherwell boss Stuart McCall can build new team despite loss of stars this summer, says Steve Kirk". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  11. "McAdam at Airdrie". The Herald. Glasgow. 16 November 1989. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  12. "The Bhoy in the Picture : Tom McAdam". Celtic Underground. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  13. Rangers player McAdam, Colin, FitbaStats
  14. Sibling Rivalry – The McAdams: Spanning The Great Glasgow Divide, Beyond the Last Man, 11 November 2019
  15. Squad & Statistics: 1974/75, The Sons Archive


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