Thomas Webb (born 17 April 1989) is an English former

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who played as a

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. He was a product of the

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

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, going on to make one first-team substitute appearance for the club. He has also represented

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, Halstead Town, East Thurrock United and

AFC Sudbury Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury is a football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The club was formed in 1999 by the merger of Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers, the process giving rise to the name Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury. ...

Career

Born in

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

, Webb joined the

at the age of 11. He featured regularly in Colchester's senior youth sides prior to his 16th birthday and finished as top scorer in both of his apprenticeship years with the club. His willingness and ability saw him awarded a professional contract in the summer of 2007, signing a deal alongside fellow youth-team products Tom Devaux,

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and Anthony Wordsworth. Webb made his first and only first-team appearance for Colchester during an injury and suspension crisis during their second-ever season in the

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, featuring as a substitute at the first-ever competitive fixture at Shrewsbury Town's

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stadium on 14 August 2007. As the fixture went to

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and Colchester conceding in the 106th minute, Webb was brought on as a replacement for defender John White in the 112th minute as the U's desperately searched for a goal. It wasn't to be a dream debut for Webb as Colchester were defeated 1–0. In February 2008, Webb was sent on loan for one month to

. He was then released at the end of the 2007–08 season as Colchester were relegated from the Championship to

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. He was released alongside Tom Devaux,

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and

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, while

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and

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retired. Following his release from Colchester, Webb travelled to Spain to join the

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, before joining

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. He then signed for Halstead Town prior to the 2009–10 season. He signed for

in May 2010, scoring two goals in 21 appearances prior to his release from the club in January 2011. Webb then returned to the club in March 2011, where he remained until the end of the season. Summer 2011 saw Webb depart Sudbury, joining

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, with whom he stayed until the end of the 2011–12 season. He once again returned to Sudbury for the beginning of the 2012–13 season, but yet again departed to Tilbury in December 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Tom 1989 births Living people Footballers from Chelmsford English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Colchester United F.C. players Folkestone Invicta F.C. players Harlow Town F.C. players Halstead Town F.C. players A.F.C. Sudbury players Tilbury F.C. players