| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Widdrington[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1971[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aldershot Town (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wallsend Boys Club | |||
| 1987–1990 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1996 | Southampton | 75 | (3) |
| 1991 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Grimsby Town | 89 | (8) |
| 1999 | → Port Vale (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Port Vale | 73 | (7) |
| 2001–2003 | Hartlepool United | 56 | (5) |
| 2003–2005 | Macclesfield Town | 58 | (0) |
| 2005 | Port Vale | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | Salisbury City | 46 | (2) |
| Total | 418 | (26) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Salisbury City | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hemel Hempstead Town | ||
| 2012–2017 | Eastbourne Borough | ||
| 2020 | Bristol Rovers (caretaker) | ||
| 2021 | Bristol Rovers (caretaker) | ||
| 2021–2023 | King's Lynn Town | ||
| 2023– | Aldershot Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Widdrington (born 1 October 1971) is an English former football player and manager who is manager of National League club Aldershot Town.
As a midfielder, he made 372 appearances in the English Football League in a 15-year career before spending five years in non-League football. His career began at Southampton in 1990, where he spent the first six years of his career, most of which were in the Premier League. In 1996, he moved to Grimsby Town, helping the "Mariners" to the Football League Trophy and promotion out of the Second Division in 1998. The next year, he moved on to Port Vale for two years. Voted the club's Player of the Year in 2000, he captained the "Valiants" to the League Trophy in 2001. Later in the year, he was transferred to Hartlepool United, helping the club to win promotion out of League Two in 2002–03 before he moved on to Macclesfield Town. In 2005, his career in the Football League ended in Port Vale. He then spent 2005 to 2010 at non-League Salisbury City. He enjoyed promotion four times with three clubs and lifted the Football League Trophy twice as a player.
Player-manager at Salisbury City for the 2009–10 season, he returned to the Football League at Southend United as assistant manager but left the position in December 2010. He was appointed Hemel Hempstead Town manager in October 2011 before he was put in charge at Eastbourne Borough in February 2012. He left Eastbourne Borough in April 2017 and went on to work as head of recruitment at Coventry City and Bristol Rovers before becoming caretaker manager of the latter in November 2020. He returned to full-time management at King's Lynn Town in December 2021 and took charge of Aldershot Town in April 2023.