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Tom Nichols

Tom Nichols

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Swindon Town
Age32
CitizenshipEngland
Height1.78 m
Footright
BornAugust 28, 1993
at Swindon Town 327 days · joined 2025-07-01
👕500+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists
Market value €125k
Rating · 25/26 4.8 Average
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
10/11
debut season
0.2
goals / match
Bristol Rovers
top club · 117 apps

Position rank · 25/26

#136
goals rank
#227
assists rank
104
season goals
69
season assists

Among 335 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€300k
peak value · 2017
€330k
top transfer fee · 15/16
17
best season · 14/15
15 · 14.4%
pens / of goals
519Appearances
104Goals
69Assists
51Yellow cards
2Red cards
140Full matches (90′)
Full nameTom Nichols
Name in home countryThomas Andrew Nichols
Date of birth1993-08-28 (32 yrs)
Place of birthTaunton, England
CitizenshipEngland
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height178.00 m
Current clubSwindon Town
Joined2025-07-01
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentUnique Sports Group
Jul 2025
25/26 — Swindon Town
7 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2025
Transfer: Mansfield Town → Swindon Town
25/26 · Transfer
May 2025
Transfer: Swindon Town → Mansfield Town
24/25 · Return from loan
Jan 2025
Transfer: Mansfield Town → Swindon Town
24/25 · Loan
Jul 2024
24/25 — Mansfield Town, Swindon Town
28 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Feb 2024
Transfer: Gillingham → Mansfield Town
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Gillingham FC, Mansfield Town
50 matches · 6 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2023
Transfer: Crawley Town → Gillingham
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Crawley Town, Gillingham FC
46 matches · 10 G · 11 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — Crawley Town
40 matches · 10 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2020
Transfer: Bristol Rovers → Crawley Town
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Crawley Town
46 matches · 15 G · 11 A · across 2 competitions
May 2020
Transfer: Cheltenham → Bristol Rovers
19/20 · Return from loan
Jan 2020
Transfer: Bristol Rovers → Cheltenham
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town
34 matches · 4 G · 4 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Bristol Rovers
44 matches · 3 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Peterborough → Bristol Rovers
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Bristol Rovers
45 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Peterborough United
51 matches · 13 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Apr 2016
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Feb 2016
Transfer: Exeter City → Peterborough
15/16 · Transfer · €330k
Jul 2015
15/16 — Exeter City, Peterborough United
35 matches · 13 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Exeter City
39 matches · 17 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Exeter City
29 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
May 2013
Transfer: Dorchester → Exeter City
12/13 · Return from loan
Mar 2013
Transfer: Exeter City → Dorchester
12/13 · Loan
Jan 2013
Transfer: Bath City → Exeter City
12/13 · Return from loan
Nov 2012
Transfer: Exeter City → Bath City
12/13 · Loan
Sep 2012
Transfer: Hereford Utd. → Exeter City
12/13 · Return from loan
Aug 2012
Transfer: Exeter City → Hereford Utd.
12/13 · Loan
Jul 2012
12/13 — Hereford United (- 2014), Exeter City
12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2012
Transfer: Dorchester → Exeter City
11/12 · Return from loan
Jan 2012
Transfer: Exeter City → Dorchester
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — Exeter City
12 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Exeter U18 → Exeter City
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — Exeter City
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €300k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 44 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.18/90
70
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.18/90
23
Yellow cards3 total · 0.53/90
2
12,559 min
Minutes played by club
Swindon Town 9.2%
Mansfield Town 2.3%
Gillingham FC 13.9%
Crawley Town 13.2%
Bristol Rovers 41.4%
Cheltenham Town 0.0%
Peterborough United 8.8%
Exeter City 7.5%
Hereford United (- 2014) 3.6%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Swindon Town 2 24/25 25/26 27 3 2 1,159
Mansfield Town 2 23/24 24/25 26 3 4 289
Gillingham FC 2 22/23 23/24 55 9 9 1,749
Crawley Town 3 20/21 22/23 109 29 22 1,656
Bristol Rovers 3 17/18 19/20 117 9 15 5,203
Cheltenham Town 1 19/20 19/20 6 0 0 0
Peterborough United 2 15/16 16/17 58 14 6 1,110
Exeter City 6 10/11 15/16 112 36 11 947
Hereford United (- 2014) 1 12/13 12/13 9 1 0 446

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€75K13€150K20€225K26€300K11/12 — 1 goals (Exeter City)11/12 — 2 assists311/1212/13 — 1 goals (Hereford United (- 2014))112/1313/14 — 6 goals (Exeter City)13/14 — 3 assists913/1414/15 — 17 goals (Exeter City)14/15 — 3 assists2014/1515/16 — 13 goals (Peterborough United)15/16 — 3 assists1615/1616/17 — 13 goals (Peterborough United)16/17 — 6 assists1916/1717/18 — 2 goals (Bristol Rovers)17/18 — 3 assists517/1818/19 — 3 goals (Bristol Rovers)18/19 — 8 assists1118/1919/20 — 4 goals (Bristol Rovers)19/20 — 4 assists819/2020/21 — 15 goals (Crawley Town)20/21 — 11 assists2620/2121/22 — 10 goals (Crawley Town)21/22 — 4 assists1421/2222/23 — 10 goals (Crawley Town)22/23 — 11 assists2122/2323/24 — 6 goals (Gillingham FC)23/24 — 8 assists1423/2424/25 — 2 goals (Swindon Town)24/25 — 3 assists524/2525/26 — 1 goals (Swindon Town)125/2611/12 — €50K16/17 — €200K17/18 — €300K23/24 — €300K24/25 — €200K25/26 — €125KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 6613/1414/15: 171714/1515/16: 131315/1616/17: 131316/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 151520/2121/22: 101021/2222/23: 101022/2323/24: 6623/2424/25: 2224/2525/26: 1125/26

Assists by season

10/11: 0010/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 3314/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 6616/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 8818/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 111120/2121/22: 4421/2222/23: 111122/2323/24: 8823/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 EFL Cup Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 League Two Swindon Town 7 1 0 3 0 506
24/25 EFL Cup Mansfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 EFL Trophy Mansfield Town 2 0 1 0 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Mansfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 League One Mansfield Town 5 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 League Two Swindon Town 20 2 2 2 0 653
23/24 EFL Cup Gillingham FC 2 1 0 0 0 37
23/24 EFL Trophy Gillingham FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 FA Cup Gillingham FC 3 1 0 0 0 61
23/24 League Two Mansfield Town 18 3 3 1 0 289
23/24 League Two Gillingham FC 25 1 4 3 0 1,355
22/23 EFL Cup Crawley Town 3 2 1 0 0 94
22/23 FA Cup Crawley Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 League Two Crawley Town 19 2 6 2 0 831
22/23 League Two Gillingham FC 23 6 4 3 0 296
21/22 FA Cup Crawley Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 League Two Crawley Town 39 10 4 6 0 316
20/21 FA Cup Crawley Town 3 4 3 2 0 75
20/21 League Two Crawley Town 43 11 8 6 1 340
19/20 EFL Cup Bristol Rovers 2 1 0 0 0 98
19/20 EFL Trophy Bristol Rovers 3 1 1 0 0 195
19/20 FA Cup Bristol Rovers 4 0 0 1 0 0
19/20 League One Bristol Rovers 19 2 3 1 0 502
19/20 League Two Cheltenham Town 4 0 0 1 0 0
19/20 League Two Play-Offs Cheltenham Town 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 EFL Cup Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 EFL Trophy Bristol Rovers 5 1 1 2 0 265
18/19 FA Cup Bristol Rovers 2 1 0 1 0 180
18/19 League One Bristol Rovers 36 1 7 4 0 2,146
17/18 EFL Cup Bristol Rovers 3 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Trophy Bristol Rovers 2 1 1 0 0 99
17/18 FA Cup Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 League One Bristol Rovers 39 1 2 1 0 1,718
16/17 EFL Cup Peterborough United 2 2 0 0 0 62
16/17 EFL Trophy Peterborough United 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Peterborough United 4 1 0 0 0 285
16/17 League One Peterborough United 43 10 6 4 0 304
15/16 FA Cup Exeter City 4 2 0 1 0 108
15/16 FL Trophy Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Exeter City 1 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 League One Peterborough United 7 1 0 0 0 459
15/16 League Two Exeter City 22 10 2 1 0 159
14/15 EFL Trophy Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Two Exeter City 36 17 3 2 1 131
13/14 FA Cup Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Two Exeter City 28 6 3 1 0 288
12/13 Conference Hereford United (- 2014) 9 1 0 1 0 446
12/13 FA Cup Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 League Two Exeter City 3 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 EFL Trophy Exeter City 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 FA Cup Exeter City 1 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 League Cup Exeter City 2 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 League One Exeter City 7 1 1 0 0 261
10/11 League One Exeter City 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
11/12 2011-07-01 Exeter U18 Exeter City Transfer 0
11/12 2012-01-06 Exeter City Dorchester Loan 50000
11/12 2012-04-07 Dorchester Exeter City Return from loan 50000
12/13 2012-08-01 Exeter City Hereford Utd. Loan 50000
12/13 2012-09-06 Hereford Utd. Exeter City Return from loan 50000
12/13 2012-11-22 Exeter City Bath City Loan 50000
12/13 2013-01-16 Bath City Exeter City Return from loan 50000
12/13 2013-03-18 Exeter City Dorchester Loan 50000
12/13 2013-05-31 Dorchester Exeter City Return from loan 50000
15/16 2016-02-01 Exeter City Peterborough Transfer 50000 €330k
17/18 2017-07-17 Peterborough Bristol Rovers Transfer 300000
19/20 2020-01-31 Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Loan 300000
19/20 2020-05-31 Cheltenham Bristol Rovers Return from loan 300000
20/21 2020-09-07 Bristol Rovers Crawley Town Transfer 300000
22/23 2023-01-01 Crawley Town Gillingham Transfer 300000
23/24 2024-02-01 Gillingham Mansfield Town Transfer 200000
24/25 2025-01-10 Mansfield Town Swindon Town Loan 175000
24/25 2025-05-31 Swindon Town Mansfield Town Return from loan 175000
25/26 2025-07-01 Mansfield Town Swindon Town Transfer 125000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
15/16 Torn knee ligaments 2016-04-09 2016-05-31 53 6
Current€125k
Peak€300k
Low€50k
Δ since start+€75k
€50k€113k€175k€238k€300k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Jordan Moore-Taylor 1 1 0
Michael Bostwick 1 0 0
Scot Bennett 1 1 0
Jordan Tunnicliffe 2 0 0
Christy Pym 2 0 0
Nick Tsaroulla 1 2 0
Ed Upson 1 0 0
Archie Davies 1 0 0
James Tilley 1 3 0
Tony Craig 1 0 0
Craig Woodman 1 1 0
George Francomb 1 5 0
Jack Powell 1 2 0
Jake Hessenthaler 1 2 0
Ashley Nadesan 1 10 0
Glenn Morris 1 0 0
Liam Sercombe 1 8 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
14/15 League Two Exeter City 17 36
20/21 League Two Crawley Town 11 43
16/17 League One Peterborough United 10 43

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
22/23 League Two Gillingham FC 10 42
20/21 League Two Crawley Town 8 43
18/19 League One Bristol Rovers 7 36

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
24/25 2025-05-31 Swindon Town Mansfield Town Return from loan €175k
24/25 2025-01-10 Mansfield Town Swindon Town Loan €175k
19/20 2020-05-31 Cheltenham Bristol Rovers Return from loan €300k
19/20 2020-01-31 Bristol Rovers Cheltenham Loan €300k
12/13 2013-05-31 Dorchester Exeter City Return from loan €50k
12/13 2013-03-18 Exeter City Dorchester Loan €50k
12/13 2013-01-16 Bath City Exeter City Return from loan €50k
12/13 2012-11-22 Exeter City Bath City Loan €50k
12/13 2012-09-06 Hereford Utd. Exeter City Return from loan €50k
12/13 2012-08-01 Exeter City Hereford Utd. Loan €50k
11/12 2012-04-07 Dorchester Exeter City Return from loan €50k
11/12 2012-01-06 Exeter City Dorchester Loan €50k

Last 23 matches for Swindon Town while Tom Nichols was at the club (joined 2025-07-01). The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-12-29 GB4 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Swindon Town Available
2025-12-26 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Swindon Town Available
2025-12-20 GB4 Swindon Town 1–0 Crawley Town Available
2025-12-13 GB4 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Swindon Town Available
2025-12-09 GB4 Swindon Town 3–1 Cheltenham Town Available
2025-11-29 GB4 Chesterfield FC 2–2 Swindon Town Available
2025-11-22 GB4 Swindon Town 2–1 Grimsby Town Available
2025-11-15 GB4 Fleetwood Town 1–0 Swindon Town Available
2025-11-08 GB4 Swindon Town 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Available
2025-10-25 GB4 Swindon Town 0–0 Colchester United Available
2025-10-21 GB4 Swindon Town 2–2 Notts County Available
2025-10-18 GB4 Accrington Stanley 4–0 Swindon Town Available
2025-10-04 GB4 Newport County 0–1 Swindon Town Available
2025-09-27 GB4 Swindon Town 2–0 Bromley FC Available
2025-09-20 GB4 Salford City 3–2 Swindon Town Available
2025-09-13 GB4 Swindon Town 3–1 Harrogate Town Available
2025-09-06 GB4 Barrow AFC 1–3 Swindon Town Available
2025-08-30 GB4 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Swindon Town Available
2025-08-23 GB4 Swindon Town 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Available
2025-08-19 GB4 Swindon Town 0–2 Barnet FC Available
2025-08-16 GB4 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Swindon Town Available
2025-08-09 GB4 Swindon Town 3–2 Cambridge United Available
2025-08-02 GB4 Walsall FC 2–1 Swindon Town Available

Teams faced most often by Tom Nichols's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Northampton Town 107 44 24 39 153 126 +27 41%
Port Vale FC 105 44 19 42 155 132 +23 42%
Bradford City 102 42 28 32 141 120 +21 41%
Stevenage FC 101 42 28 31 128 112 +16 42%
Colchester United 100 38 32 30 132 123 +9 38%
Walsall FC 97 27 39 31 115 128 -13 28%
Crewe Alexandra 97 37 22 38 147 130 +17 38%
AFC Wimbledon 93 37 24 32 121 109 +12 40%
Shrewsbury Town 90 36 25 29 123 113 +10 40%
Accrington Stanley 89 36 18 35 136 113 +23 40%
Carlisle United 89 35 22 32 130 116 +14 39%
Newport County 88 37 21 30 122 97 +25 42%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
10/11 Senior debut season
11/12 First senior goal
16/17 Goal #50 (career)
23/24 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 7 506 3 0 0 0.53
24/25 28 653 3 0 0 0.41
23/24 50 1,742 4 0 0 0.21
22/23 46 1,221 5 0 0 0.37
21/22 40 316 6 0 0 1.71
20/21 46 415 8 0 1 1.95
19/20 34 795 3 0 0 0.34
18/19 44 2,591 7 0 0 0.24
17/18 45 1,817 1 0 0 0.05
16/17 51 651 4 0 0 0.55
15/16 35 726 2 0 0 0.25
14/15 39 131 2 0 1 2.06
13/14 29 288 1 0 0 0.31
12/13 12 446 1 0 0 0.2
11/12 12 261 1 0 0 0.34

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

League Two
287 apps
69 G
39 A
League One
157 apps
16 G
19 A
FA Cup
26 apps
9 G
3 A
League Cup
18 apps
6 G
3 A
FL Trophy
20 apps
3 G
5 A
Conference
9 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Tom Nichols

Who is Tom Nichols?

Tom Nichols is an England professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Swindon Town.

How old is Tom Nichols?

Tom Nichols is 32 years old. He was born on August 28, 1993 in Taunton.

What position does Tom Nichols play?

Tom Nichols plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Tom Nichols play for?

Tom Nichols currently plays for Swindon Town.

How many career goals has Tom Nichols scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Tom Nichols has scored 104 goals in 519 appearances.

What is Tom Nichols's market value?

Tom Nichols's most recent reported market value is €125k.