Thomas Stanley Bloxham (born 1 November 2003) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club Shrewsbury Town.

Early and personal life

Bloxham was born in

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

, England. Growing up, he attended

Leysland High School Leysland High School was a coeducational middle school with academy status, located in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England. It was open for students aged 11–14 (students in KS3). It received the rating of 'Outstanding' from Ofsted in Apri ...

and

Oswestry School Oswestry School is an ancient public school (English independent day and boarding school), located in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was founded in 1407 as a 'free' school, being independent of the church. This gives it the distinction of b ...

. He played football for the school whilst attending.

Career

Bloxham is a youth product of Leicester City from the ages of 8 to 14, and had a stint with his local club Aylestone Park before signing with Shrewsbury Town's youth academy. He made his professional debut with Shrewsbury Town in a 1–0

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loss to Lincoln City F.C. on 27 April 2021. He scored his first senior goal for the club on 28 August 2021, scoring a 59th-minute equaliser in a 2–1 win at home to Gillingham, the club's first league goal of the season. Tom scored his second goal for the club after coming on as a late substitute against Stratford Town in the FA cup first round 2 months later. On 20 July 2023, Bloxham joined

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side

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

on a season-long loan deal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloxham, Tom 2003 births Living people Footballers from Oswestry English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Shrewsbury Town F.C. players English Football League players People educated at Oswestry School Morecambe F.C. players