Thomas Strain

Date of birth27 September 1995
Place of birthCoventry
NationalityEnglish
PositionForward

Thomas Strain played alongside his brother, Ryan, at Aston Villa.

His mother is 800m runner Lorraine Baker who represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984 and Barcelona 1992, and won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

Her father is Gerry Baker, a striker at Manchester City and Ipswich Town who won seven caps for USA.

Strain and Ryan's uncle is Joe Baker, the former Hibernian, Arsenal and England forward.

Club history

Team Joined Left Loan / Trialist
Aston Villa 01 Jul 2013 30 Jun 2015
Chester FC 13 Jan 2015 13 Feb 2015 L