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Tommy Sampson
Tommy Sampson was born in 1954 at the curiously named region of South London the 'Elephant and Castle'. At fifteen he signed for the then Second division club Millwall at eighteen ...view moreTommy Sampson was born in 1954 at the curiously named region of South London the 'Elephant and Castle'. At fifteen he signed for the then Second division club Millwall at eighteen he signed a two year contract as a full professional going on to make his first team debut in March 1974 as substitute at Leyton Orient. On leaving Mill wall. Tom dropped into the semi-professional ranks playing nearly eight hundred games before retiring in 1992 having lost his battle with crippling osteo-arthritis. Tom then plunged into the world of non- league management at a variety of clubs around the south east of England. He became a hugely successful manager winning many trophies the biggest of which came in May 2000 his Kent based football club Deal Town won the highly prestigious F.A. CARLSBERG VASE at Wembley stadium beating Western League club Chippenham Town 1-0 in Front of 21000 people tragically Tom had lost his wife to breast cancer in1994 and then his mother Maisie also to the big C in 1998 tragedy wasn't to end there as he himself was to suffer a massive stroke in December 2007 leaving himself with a mountain to climb in search of a meaningful recovery.view less