Season › 2020-21 › News Tom Cannon signs a 2-year professional contract Wednesday, 10 March, 2021 13comments | Jump to most recent Tom Cannon, a young striker with Everton's U18s side, has signed his first professional contract with Everton, agreeing to a 2-year deal that runs until June 2023. Over the last two seasons, he has scored 21 league goals for the U18 side. The Aintree-born Irish player has talked of the support he has received since joining Everton Academy aged 10 has driven his development as a player. “It is a proud moment for myself and my family to sign this contract. To come through the Academy system and sign professionally is an amazing feeling. “Through all the ranks and all the age groups, each coach has helped massively in my progression. Article continues below video content “I'm very thankful for that and I'll aim to keep repaying the confidence the Club has shown in me.” Reader Comments (13) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Dave Abrahams 1 Posted 10/03/2021 at 13:06:21 Nice to see Tom has finally signed his first pro contract with the Blues, there has been some doubt about him signing. He scored a cracking goal earlier in the season for the U18s; you won't see a better goal from any of the other Everton players, at any level, this season. Best of luck, Tom, with your career. Brian Cleveland 2 Posted 10/03/2021 at 14:44:41 Not a bad surname for a striker! Good luck lad. Derek Knox 3 Posted 10/03/2021 at 16:31:13 Like you say Dave A, great name for a striker, let's hope he has balls, and fires us ahead regularly. Who knows he be one of the big guns one day. Des Farren 4 Posted 11/03/2021 at 11:51:09 Jeez, not another gun thread!Best of luck Tom. Derek Knox 5 Posted 11/03/2021 at 13:53:41 Des, a Gun Thread would imply that it has a silencer. :-) Mike Gaynes 6 Posted 11/03/2021 at 17:03:02 So Dave, he's already turning opposing defenders into Cannon fodder?Sorry about that lame pun, but all the good lines had already been taken by Derek and Des. Phill Thompson 7 Posted 12/03/2021 at 13:43:54 As Dave alluded to, Tom Cannon is a scorer of great goals as opposed to say a great goalscorer e.g. Simms scored many more goals at the same age, Cannon is better technically. The fact he’s got a two year contract, as opposed to a single year, is a good sign for him, although there is a suggestion that he was holding out for 2 years before he signed. Jay Wood[BRZ] 8 Posted 12/03/2021 at 14:51:24 One to mark in your calendar for next week. The club will stream the FA Youth Cup tie live on YouTube next Wednesday, 17 March, 7pm (GMT) KO.Everton v Wigan FA Youth Cup Brent Stephens 9 Posted 12/03/2021 at 14:55:03 Thanks, Jay. Good man. Brent Stephens 10 Posted 12/03/2021 at 14:58:11 Derek #5, nice one. You're in the groove today. Silencer aka moderator. Dean Ilott 11 Posted 13/03/2021 at 00:31:17 Good news about Cannon. Let's hope we can sign other youngsters of such high calibre... Dave Abrahams 12 Posted 13/03/2021 at 12:09:30 Jay (8), the winners play Man. City in the next round, they won their tie 6-1, I think against Birmingham City. Justin Doone 13 Posted 16/03/2021 at 13:56:32 I'm happy with the attacking tools but who's goings to supply the ammunition? What we lack is a RODriguez and 'Coleman' to help prepare the fire. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads