Tom Armstrong (born 4 April 1954 in
Belfast
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,
Northern Ireland
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) is a
Northern Irish
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former footballer.
Playing career
Armstrong scored 21 goals for
Ards F.C.
Ards Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Championship. The club is based in Newtownards, but plays its home matches at Clandeboye Park in Bangor, which it rents from rivals Bangor to play home ...
during the
1978–79 Irish League
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League standings
Results
Refe ...
.
San Diego Sockers
Signing for the
San Diego Sockers in 1979, Armstrong expressed gratefulness in escaping the then unsubsiding
Northern Irish civil war.
Rock 'N' Roll Soccer: The short life and fast time son the North American Soccer League
pg. 65
References
1954 births
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in the United States
San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Association footballers from Belfast
Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
Expatriate men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
Men's association football forwards
North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players
Living people
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