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Thomas Wedlock Henderson was picked up as a Scottish schoolboy by
Leeds (ooo-er!) but failed to settle in Yorkshire and soon returned
home to Scotland. He played for Hearts and St Mirren - and made it to
the final of the Scottish Cup in 1962. With a bit more experience
under his belt, Don Revie decided to make a move for him and things
might have worked out quite a bit differently for him if a certain
Johnny Giles hadn't been signed to take on the same position. He went
through a quick succession of lower division clubs, and ended up at
Altrincham towards the end of the 1960s.
Ian Gledhill says: I remember my 'Boys Book of Soccer 1957' - or it
could have been 1956 - contained details of the England v Scotland
Schoolboys international match at Wembley. The two inside forwards
for Scotland were Tommy Henderson and another young man called Billy
Bremner. The report said that Billy Bremner would have been the
outstanding player on the pitch that afternoon if only Tommy Henderson
had not outshone him.
Ian Gledhill says: This is a correction to my earlier note
concerning the exact year of the football annual which contained the
report of the Schoolboys international. Players had to be under
fifteen years of age at the beginning of the season - in those days
that was the fourth formers. As far as I can remember, the match took
place each May. All this means that the match must have been in May
1958 if Tommy was born in September 1943. I must have got the book for
Christmas in 1958. I was eight at the time. Sorry to be pedantic. I
just wanted it to be right.
allan watson says: played with him at larkhall academy. have you
any information on his whereabouts. trained with him also with the
scottish schoolboys.for the rcord tommy at 15 years old was some
player.
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