Thomas Ernest Jenkins was born on 2 December 1947 and is an English retired footballer.
18 Facts About Tommy Jenkins
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Tommy Jenkins played professionally in two continents as a winger and is a soccer coach in the United States.
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Tommy Jenkins only made one first-team appearance before moving on to West Ham United in December 1967.
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Tommy Jenkins never broke into West Ham's first-team and moved to non-league football with Margate at the end of January 1968.
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Tommy Jenkins remained with Margate until July 1969 when he was transferred to Reading.
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Tommy Jenkins made his debut for Southampton at home to Nottingham Forest on 13 December 1969, where he took the place of long-time club servant, John Sydenham, on the left-wing.
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At his best, Tommy Jenkins was a high-class winger with great speed, dazzling trickery and the ability to beat several defenders in one run, but would exasperate his fans by dribbling himself into trouble rather than release the ball to a teammate.
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Tommy Jenkins was never a prolific goal-scorer, but one memorable moment came on 31 August 1970 at Upton Park, where his run took him past four West Ham players before shooting past Hammers' goalkeeper Peter Grotier.
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Tommy Jenkins never realised his full potential at Southampton and was sold to Swindon Town in November 1972, having made a total of 96 appearances for Southampton, scoring six goals.
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Tommy Jenkins was signed to replace the legendary Don Rogers, but within days of signing, the man who signed him, Dave Mackay, resigned to join Nottingham Forest.
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Tommy Jenkins left the club in 1976 to play in America, having made a total of 114 appearances with 5 goals.
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Tommy Jenkins remained with the Sounders through the 1979 season, but by that time his career was waning.
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Tommy Jenkins was constantly hampered by a nagging groin injury.
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Tommy Jenkins began with the Pittsburgh Spirit before moving to the Phoenix Inferno.
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Tommy Jenkins returned to FC Seattle, now known as the FC Seattle Storm for the 1988 Western Soccer League season, replacing Scotsman Jimmy Gabriel.
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Tommy Jenkins was appointed as coaching director for a local girls youth club in Washington.
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Jimmy Gabriel and Tommy Jenkins were teammates at Southampton, Swindon Town and Seattle Sounders.
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Tommy Jenkins continues to live in the Seattle area where his son, Steve, is teammates with sons of four other former Sounders.