Thomas Mulgrew
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Thomas (Tommy) Mulgrew born Motherwell 13 April 1929 is a former footballer, who played most of his career for Southampton F.C.
He stated his football career in Scotland with Morton in March 1948, before moving to England firstly with Northampton (from July 1949). In October 1952 he joined Newcastle and was transferred to Southampton in July 1954 for a fee of £7000.
He scored 15 seconds into his debut on August 21 1954 at home to Brentford (won by Saints 6-4) and went on to score 8 league goals that season. Although Mulgrew showed promise, this was largely unfulfilled and did not score consistently. He became the first player to be sent off for Southampton for 21 years in a match at home to Coventry over Christmas 1954.
His career at Southampton spanned 8 seasons and his goal-scoring exploits made him a crowd favourite. During his career with the club he scored 90 league goals in 293 appearances placing him 10th on the club's list of all-time league goalscorers. He also played 37 cup and friendly games, scoring 10 goals to bring his total goals scored for the Saints to a round century.
In August 1962, he moved to Aldershot where he played over 100 league games. He had a brief spell in non-league football before retiring to live in Northampton.
