Thomas O'Ware

Thomas O'Ware (born 20 March 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Partick Thistle as a defender. O'Ware has previously played for Greenock Morton.

Thomas O'Ware
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-20) 20 March 1993
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Playing position(s) Defender, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 4
Youth career
Rangers
Kilmarnock
Bonnyton Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2018 Greenock Morton 174 (19)
2018– Partick Thistle 21 (1)
National team
2011 Scotland U18
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:35, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, O'Ware attended Queen Margaret Academy.

Playing career

Youth

O'Ware spent five years in the Rangers youth system, then a further two at Kilmarnock.[1] He then signed for youth side Bonnyton Thistle,[2] where he was part of the team that won the Under-19 Scottish Cup final.[3]

Morton

O'Ware joined Greenock Morton in 2011.[2] He made his début at left back in a Scottish Cup tie against Deveronvale on 19 November 2011.[4] O'Ware also had a trial at EFL Championship side Middlesbrough.[1] He broke into the Morton team at left back due to an injury to Ross Forsyth.

In January 2012, O'Ware suffered a stress fracture to his tibia making him miss at least a month of Morton's season.[5] O'Ware agreed one-year contracts with Morton in 2013,[6] 2014[7] and 2015.[8]

In April 2016, O'Ware agreed his first ever two-year deal with the club.[9] He won the Scottish Championship Player of the Month award for October 2016.[10] After the sacking of manager Jim Duffy in May 2018, O'Ware left the club by 'mutual consent'.[11]

Partick Thistle

O'Ware signed a two-year contract with Partick Thistle in June 2018.[12] He scored his first goal for the Jags on 14 August 2018, opening the scoring in a 5–0 win at Stranraer in the Scottish Challenge Cup.[13][14] On 25 August 2018, O'Ware was substituted four minutes into the game against Dundee United due to a knee injury,[15] and it was later revealed that he would miss the remainder of the season as a result.[16] O'Ware scored his first league goal for Thistle in the final game of the decade, scoring the winner against his former side Greenock Morton in a 2–1 away win.[17] O'Ware signed a 2-year contract extension with Thistle in January 2020.[18]

International

O'Ware represented Scotland at schoolboy level in 2011.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 August 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Greenock Morton 2011–12[20] Championship 140200000160
2012–13[21] 140100000150
2013–14[22] 111100000121
2014–15[23] League One 34430203[lower-alpha 1]1425
2015–16[24] Championship 33441301[lower-alpha 1]0415
2016–17[25] 35632723[lower-alpha 2]14812
2017–18[26] 33430001[lower-alpha 1]0374
Greenock Morton Total 174191731228221126
Partick Thistle 2018-19[27] Scottish Championship 3000411[lower-alpha 1]081
Career total 177191731629221927
  1. Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and a goal in the Premiership play-offs

Honours

Club

Bonnyton Thistle

  • Under-19 Scottish Cup: 2010–11[28]

Greenock Morton

Individual

See also

References
  1. Mitchell, Jonathan (22 November 2011). "Thomas: Delighted at my debut". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  2. "Thomas O'Ware". Greenock Morton FC. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. Smith, Lizzie (1 April 2011). "Football: Bonnyton Thistle are Scottish Cup finalists". Kilmarnock Standard. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. Mitchell, Jonathan (21 November 2011). "Moore: You nearly had me worried". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  5. "O'Ware suffers fracture". Scottish Football League. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  6. Mitchell, Jonathan (20 May 2013). "Exclusive: Sixth player agrees to stay at Ton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  7. Mitchell, Jonathan (30 May 2014). "Defender agrees new deal". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  8. "Thomas O'Ware". Greenock Morton F.C. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  9. Mitchell, Jonathan (26 April 2016). "O'Ware set to sign two-year deal to stay at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  10. MacKenzie, Alasdair (15 November 2016). "Morton at the double as Jim Duffy and Thomas O'Ware win Championship Manager and Player of Month". The Herald. Glasgow.
  11. Bargh, Andy (2 May 2018). "Morton hero Thomas O'Ware refuses to rule out St Mirren move and says axing Jim Duffy was big mistake". Daily Record. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  12. "Partick Thistle sign defender Thomas O'Ware on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  13. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  14. "Stranraer 0–5 Partick Thistle". The Scottish Professional Football League. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  15. Dewar, Heather (25 August 2018). "Dundee United 3–1 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  16. McGarry, Graeme (30 August 2018). "James Penrice gutted as Partick Thistle defender Thomas O'Ware ruled out for season". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  17. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50875821
  18. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/tam-oware-signs-contract-extension/
  19. "Scots Hold Course In Face of Belfast Gale". Scottish Football Association. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  20. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  21. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  22. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  23. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  24. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  25. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  26. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  27. "Games played by Thomas O'Ware in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  28. "Bonnyton Thistle Lead the Way!". Scottish Football Association. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  29. "Greenock Morton claim League 1 title after 3–1 win against Peterhead". Scottish Television. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  30. Mitchell, Jonathan (16 November 2016). "Duffy shares credit for award with staff and squad". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  31. "PFA Scotland Teams of the Year". SPFL. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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