Thomas Geoffrey Field (born 14 March 1997) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left back for
Canadian Premier League
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club
Cavalry FC
Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches a ...
.
A product of the
Brentford Academy, Field graduated into the senior team in 2016. A fringe player, he departed to join
Dundee in 2020. He moved to Canada later that year and played for Cavalry FC and Calgary Foothills. Born in England, Field was capped by the Republic of Ireland at
U16 level.
Club career
Brentford
Youth years (2012–2016)
Field began his career with spells in the
youth system
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s at
non-League
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clubs
Kingstonian
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and
Leatherhead
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and then joined the
academy
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at
Brentford at age 15.
He was a part of the Bees' U15 team which won the Junior category in the
2012 Milk Cup
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.
Field progressed to sign scholarship forms at the end of the
2012–13
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season and made 45 appearances and scored two goals for the youth team over the following two seasons. Moving from the
wing
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to
left back, he made his
Development Squad debut while an U17 and signed a one-year Development Squad contract at the end of the
2014–15 season. Field signed a new 18-month contract in November 2015 and made his first team debut with a start in a 3–0 victory over
West London rivals Fulham on 30 April 2016.
He
assisted Scott Hogan
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Hogan played in the youth system at Rochdale but was released in 2010. He entered ...
for one of the goals from a
corner
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, but was forced off after 53 minutes with a calf injury.
First team (2016–17)
Field was promoted into the first team group during the
2016–17 pre-season
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and the departure of long-term left back
Jake Bidwell
Jake Brian Bidwell (born 21 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Coventry City. He began his career in the academy at Premier League side Everton and was capped by England at age-group level.
Club car ...
on 1 July 2016, meant that he became the only available senior left back, which allowed him to play the full 90 minutes in
friendlies versus
Vfl Bochum
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and
Wycombe Wanderers
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. Field made his first competitive appearance of the season versus
Exeter City
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in the
EFL Cup first round on 9 August 2016, and played the full 120 minutes of the
extra time defeat,
but he could not break into the league lineup due to the arrival of
loan
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left back
Callum Elder
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Early and per ...
.
After a period out with an injured groin,
he made his first league appearance of the season as a second-half substitute for
Yoann Barbet during a 2–1 victory over
Burton Albion
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on 10 December.
After two further starts, Field signed a -year first team contract on 23 December.
He scored the first senior goals of his career with a
brace in a 5–1
FA Cup
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third round victory over
Eastleigh
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on 7 January 2017.
Field lost his place to fit-again
Rico Henry in February and ended the 2016–17 season with 17 appearances and three goals.
Out of favour (2017–2020)
With ample cover for Rico Henry at full back, Field joined
League One
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club
Bradford City
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...
on loan until 1 January 2018,
as cover for the injured
Adam Chicksen. He made five appearances before dropping to the bench in mid-September after Chicksen returned to fitness.
Despite Chicksen suffering a long-term injury in mid-October, Field made just three further appearances before returning to Brentford when his loan expired.
Field's only call into a Brentford matchday squad during the second half of
2017–18 came on the final day of the season, when he was an unused substitute during a 1–1 draw with
Hull City
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.
After two EFL Cup appearances in August 2018,
Field joined
League Two
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club
Cheltenham Town
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on loan until 1 January 2019.
In an injury-affected spell, he made just 11 appearances before his loan expired. After his return to Brentford, injuries to full backs
Henrik Dalsgaard
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Dalsgaard began his professional career in his homeland with AaB, with whom he won the Danish league an ...
and Rico Henry saw Field make his final appearance of
the season as a substitute for stand-in right back
Sergi Canós
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Canós began his career in the Barcelona Academy and transferred to the Liverpool Academy in 2013. A fringe player a ...
after 83 minutes of a 1–0 win over
Aston Villa on 13 February 2019.
After failing to win a call into a matchday squad thus far during the
2019–20 season, Field was made available for transfer in January 2020. He departed the club on the final day of the January 2020
transfer window
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and ended his time at Griffin Park with 21 appearances and three goals.
Dundee
On 31 January 2020, Field joined
Scottish Championship
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club
Dundee on a contract running until the end of the
2019–20 season. Field made his only appearance for the club as a substitute for
Declan McDaid after 75 minutes of a 0–0 draw with
Ayr United
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on 7 March 2020.
As a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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leading to the suspension and cancellation of the season, Field's contract was extended to 1 July, after which he was released.
Cavalry FC
On 28 December 2020, Field signed a multi-year contract with
Canadian Premier League
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club
Cavalry FC
Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches a ...
. Either side of three months sidelined with a torn
hip flexor
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,
he made 12 appearances during a
2021 season which ended with defeat in the play-off semi-finals.
Field was retained for the
2022 season,
but missed the club's pre-season
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and the entire regular season due to a "freak training accident", which required knee surgery.
On 8 November 2022, it was announced that Field had departed the club. In January 2023, he joined FC Tigers Vancouver for off-season training.
Calgary Foothills
On 5 May 2023, Field transferred to
League1 Alberta club
Calgary Foothills and played in the non-competitive
2023 Exhibition Series season. Off the back of an unbeaten regular season, Field
captained the club to victory in the championship final.
Return to Cavalry FC
Having proved his fitness while away from the club, Field returned to Cavalry FC on 11 August 2023 and signed a contract running until the end of the
2023 season, with the option of a further year. He made four appearances during the remainder of the season,
which culminated in defeat in the
2023 Canadian Premier League final.
International career
Field was capped by the
Republic of Ireland U16 team in two friendlies versus
Estonia
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in
Dublin
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in November 2012.
Personal life
Field is a Brentford supporter.
Career statistics
Honours
Calgary Foothills
*
League1 Alberta Exhibition Series:
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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References
External links
*
Tom Fieldat cavalryfc.canpl.ca
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1997 births
Living people
Men's association football fullbacks
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers
English men's footballers
English people of Irish descent
Footballers from Kingston upon Thames
Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
English expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
Irish expatriate sportspeople in Canada
English expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Brentford F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
Cheltenham Town F.C. players
Dundee F.C. players
Cavalry FC players
English Football League players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Canadian Premier League players
English expatriates in Canada
Irish expatriates in Canada
Calgary Foothills FC players