Tom Glover was in the Spurs Academy set-up for a good number of years, from the 2014/15 season up until the end of the 2018/19 season (Tom did go out on some loan moves away from Spurs during this time). A goalkeeper, Tom Glover is from Sydney in Australia, and he had previously played for Sutherland Sharks, prior to joining the Spurs Academy set-up. Tom is a goalkeeper who I always thought was capable of making excellent saves, owing to his really good reflexes. A talented goalkeeper, Glover made good progress with Spurs during his first couple of seasons with the club, even travelling with the first team as the third choice goalkeeper. A former Australia Under 23 international, Glover would return to Australia for the 2017/18 season, after he joined A-League club Central Coast Mariners on a loan move away from Spurs. He would however, return to Spurs for the 2018/19 season, and Tom would make his final ever appearance for the Spurs Under 23 side in a 3-1 away win against Blackburn Rovers, in the September of 2018. Tom Glover would then join Swedish side Helsingborgs IF on a loan move for a short time.

At the end of the 2018/19 season Tom’s contract with Spurs wasn’t renewed. He would join Australian A-League side Melbourne City in 2019, who he would enjoy some successful seasons with, with Melbourne City being crowned the Australian champions in two successive seasons. The former Spurs man did well for them, and  he was signed by Championship club Middlesbrough on a three year contract just last week. This is a really good move for Tom on his return to England, even if he isn’t the first choice goalkeeper for Middlesbrough next season. It will be interesting to see how Tom gets on with Middlesbrough over the next couple of seasons. Tom was always a goalkeeper who I thought would do well in the game, from his time in the Spurs Academy. He made some excellent saves for Spurs and had some really good games, and I still remember one particularly excellent save that Tom made against Liverpool in an Under 21 game at Stevenage during the 2015/16 season! I wish Tom Glover all the best for the season ahead with Middlesbrough.