Doherty, Tommy

Birth Date

17th March 1979

Birthplace

Bristol

Occupation

Midfielder

Biographical Text

Tommy Doherty started his career at Bristol City, making 189 league appearnces in nine years before moving to Queens Park Rangers in 2005.
He joined Wycombe on loan in September 2006 and was named in the PFA League Two Team of the Year for that season. Tommy rejoined Wycombe on another loan deal in October 2007, joining the club permanently in January 2008 when released by QPR. Wycombe were promoted to League One at the end of the season and Tommy was again named in the PFA Team of the Year.

He joined Ferencvarosi TC in Huungary in January 2010, staying until the end of the season before joining League 2 Bradford City. Released after one season, Tommy joined Newport County, being released again in January 2012, and joining Conference National Bath City.
He only made one appearance at Bath before joining Exeter City in the summer of 2012, being released in February 2014.

Despite being born in Engalnd, Doherty qualified to play for Northern Ireland through his grandfather. He made his full international debut against Italy in June 2003. He made eight further appearances for his country, the last against England in March 2005.

Tommy left Exeter by mutual consent in January 2014, with then City manager Paul Tisdale saying: “When you are not playing regularly and you are at the end of your career, it is a difficult place to be in. As of today he is no longer our player. I don’t believe he is going anywhere else.”

Lives in Bristol, and is a keen golfer. As of 2023 Tommy was the director of various leasing, property and construction businesses in the Bristol area. On occasions he has been in partnership with Joe Burnell, another former Bristol City and Exeter City player.

Appearances

40 League apperances including 9 as a substitute

CLUB	FROM	TO	FEE	LEAGUE		FA CUP		LGE CUP		OTHER
				APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS	APPS	GLS
Exeter	05 Jul, 12	14 Feb, 14	Free	31 (9)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	2 (0)	0
Bath City	01 Jan, 12	05 Jul, 12	Free	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Newport Co	11 Jun, 11	01 Jan, 12	Free	18 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Bradford	28 Jul, 10	11 Jun, 11	Signed	17 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Wycombe	03 Jan, 08	28 Jul, 10	Signed	66 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Wycombe	01 Dec, 07	02 Jan, 08	Loan	2 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Wycombe	01 Jan, 07	31 Jan, 07	Loan	14 (0)	2	0 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Wycombe	14 Sep, 06	17 Dec, 06	Loan	9 (3)	0	0 (0)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (0)	0
Yeovil	02 Mar, 06	02 Apr, 06	Loan	1 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
QPR	01 Jul, 05	03 Jan, 08	Signed	14 (1)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0
Bristol City	01 Aug, 96	01 Jul, 05	Trainee	161 (33)	7	7 (1)	0	9 (1)	1	13 (1)	1
Totals			£0	334 (52)	9	12 (2)	0	17 (2)	1	16 (1)	1