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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameTom George Sawyer Conlon
PositionDefensive midfielder
NationalityEngland
Age30
Date of birth3 Feb 1996
BirthplaceStoke-on-Trent
Height173 cm
Shirt number#11
ClubTranmere
Defensive midfielder
10
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
608
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Tranmere.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League Cup101617.3

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

T. Conlon is a 30-year-old defensive midfielder at Oldham, rated 15.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 187th of 245 on scout potential in the League Two. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.36 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Conlon.

Judged on this season alone, Conlon graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 13th of 18 of the 18 defensive midfielders in the League Two, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 3.364 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 10 → 10). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 15th of 18 of the 18 defensive midfielders in the League Two. At 30 Conlon is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.9 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downStepped up 2022/23
15.6
Ratingi
15th of 18 defensive midfielders
9.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
23.9%
Minutes
limited game time
3.36
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Oldham finished 10th of 24 · a mid-table side

11
Apps
3.36
Def. / 90
20
Tackles
11
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 11 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.18 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 23.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 15.6, Conlon carries the 15th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the League Two of 18 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0—

Passing

Assists2—

Defending

Tackles20—
Interceptions11—
Blocks6—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.