Ex Files - Tom Bates
Wednesday, 1st Aug 2007 21:06

Tom Bates was a midfielder who came to Spotland towards the back end of the 2006-7 season......

Player Profile: Tom Bates

Name	Tom Bates
Position	Midfielder
Date of Birth	31st August 1985
Born	Coventry
Height	5'10
Weight	12'00
Signed for Dale	Leamington - 23.03.07
Fee	Free Transfer
Debut	Mansfield 1 Dale 2 - 14.04.07
Other Clubs	Coventry City Leamington
Left Spotland	06.05.07

Dale Stats (to July 2007)

	League			Cup			Total
Season	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals	App	Sub	Goals
2006-2007	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Bates began his career at Coventry making just one sub appearance for the Sky Blues. After leaving his hometown club, he descended into non league football, playing for Leamington.

He was released from his contract in March 2007 and allowed to sign non contract terms with Dale in a bid to win himself a contract.

Whilst with Dale, he made just two substitute appearances totalling thirty seven minutes on the pitch. His appearance at Peterboro saw Dale score twice pretty much as soon as he came on, so he must have had some sort of impact.

However, it wasn't enough to secure him a longer deal at Spotland, and he was released at the end of the 2006-7 season.

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