Tommy Rooney


Tommy Rooney is an English footballer who played for League Two club Macclesfield Town during the 2004–05 season as a striker and later played non-league football for Vauxhall Motors. He is the cousin of Derby County and former England football star Wayne Rooney.

Career

Tommy, who is the cousin of Wayne, John and Graeme Rooney, began his career at Tranmere Rovers, where he played in the youth and reserve sides but did not break into the first-team.
He joined League Two club Macclesfield Town in May 2004 on a one-year contract and made two league and cup appearances for the club in the 2004–05 season. He was one of several players released by Macclesfield in May 2005 following their defeat in the League Two play-offs.
He then joined Welsh Premier League champions Total Network Solutions on non-contract terms in July 2007. After training with TNS during the summer, he dropped into non-league football, joining Conference North club Vauxhall Motors at the beginning of the 2005–06 season and later joining Leigh RMI and Cammell Laird. He rejoined Vauxhall Motors in July 2008.