Thomas Craddock (born 14 October 1986) is an English retired professional footballer who played for multiple clubs including Spennymoor Town, Middlesbrough, and Portsmouth as a striker.

[9] He scored the winning goal on his debut for the team; however, the next day it was discovered he had suffered a knee injury, ruling him out for six weeks.

[14] Craddock made his Hartlepool United debut three days later, where he played 26 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Cheltenham Town.

[20] Craddock's loan period came to an end in mid-January and Luton sought his services once more, this time lodging a bid of £80,000, which Middlesbrough accepted.

[24] In addition to his performance, In June 2010, Craddock, along with Claude Gnakpa, were named in the Conference Premier team of the season.

[28][29] Upon joining the club, Craddock was given number 29 shirt and revealed how the completed move to Oxford United was almost stalled and the paperwork was filed in time.

[37] As a result, Craddock's form earned him a nomination for npower League Two Player of the Month award for January, but lost out to Gillingham's Cody McDonald.

[38] In his first season in the football league at Oxford, Craddock was the club's second top scorer with 15 goals,[39] including two against Port Vale, the winner being in the 94th minute.

[40] Before the start of the following season, Craddock sustained a knee injury in the first pre-season game against Didcot Town and was ruled out till November.

[41] His first game back was as a substitute in a Football League Trophy fixture against Southend United, in which he was sent off seven minutes after coming on.

[47] After scoring three more goals, including a brace against Dagenham & Redbridge on 6 November 2012,[48] Craddock was once again nominated for the npower League Two Player of the Month award for January,[49] but lost out to Ashley Vincent.

[56] Craddock made his Portsmouth debut, in the opening game of the season, where he played 21 minutes, in a 4–1 home defeat to his former club, Oxford United on 3 August 2013.

[57] In the first round of the Johnstone Trophy, Craddock converted the first penalty in the shoot-out, in a 5–3 win over Torquay United after the game went throughout 120 minutes, in a 0–0 draw.