Tom Conlon

Conlon is a left-footed midfielder with good ball-control skills, vision and aggressiveness. He has good leadership skills. Former Port Vale teammate Tom Pope stated that "he's strong, wins his tackles, competes aerially and also has a great all-round attitude over 90 minutes".

Early career

Conlon was raised in Porthill, near Stoke-on-Trent, and attended Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He spent a brief time of his early childhood with Stone Dominoes, before he began his career at Stoke City's academy, spending nine years at his hometown club before being released in the summer of 2012. He subsequently joined Newcastle Town's youth set-up, playing the opening two months of the 2012–13 season for the club's U17 and U18 sides. In October 2012, Conlon was spotted by scouts at Peterborough United whilst playing in the FA Youth Cup for Newcastle Town against Stratford Town, and subsequently signed for the then-Championship club on a two-year scholarship after a successful three-day trial. He spent the remainder of the campaign playing in Peterborough's U18 side. Conlon made his professional debut on 9 November 2013, coming on as a 68th minute substitute in a 2–0 win over Exeter City in an FA Cup first round tie at the London Road Stadium. He was given his first 18-month professional contract by manager Darren Ferguson the following month. He made three appearances in total for the first-team during the 2013–14 campaign, all of which were from the substitutes' bench.

Stevenage

Having not featured for Peterborough's first-team at the start of the 2014–15 season, Conlon joined League Two side Stevenage on loan on 13 September 2014 for the remainder of the year, with a view to a permanent deal in the January transfer window.…

Colnon was called up to represent the England C team in March 2024. On 19 March, he played the first half of a 1–0 defeat to the Wales C team at Stebonheath Park.

His great-grandfather, George Heppell, played as a goalkeeper for Port Vale from 1937 to 1952. Heppell's father-in-law, Albert Pearson, played for Port Vale, Liverpool and others in the 1910s and 1920s. In 2021, he set up a coaching academy in Madeley, Staffordshire with Port Vale teammate Nathan Smith. Two years later, the pair set up a charity called Pro Level Vision to support disadvantaged children. The pair raised £20,000 at their first charity ball in 2024. His partner, Lauren, gave birth to his first child in November 2023.