tom captained the motherwell team in the 1991 scottish cup final.
tom boyd came to fir park when jock wallace was the manager but was actually signed by his assistant, frank conner whose judgement at the time was obviously spot on as tom became a top class professional in no time at all. during 1983 he managed to break into the motherwell first team under the guidance of tommy mclean, who gave tom the captain's armband in 1985. after guiding motherwell to the cup win in 1991 tommy decided to join chelsea for a fee of £800,000, an all time record fee for motherwell.
at chelsea he started to recieve international recognition but could not hold down a regular place at stamford bridge and decided to come back to scotland in 1992 to join celtic. tom started his playing career as a sweeper and was naturally right footed but adapted to playing left back or left midfield if he was needed in that position.
the scottish cup final was one of tommy boyd's finest games in the claret and amber. he battled for 120 minutes on the left and was rewarded at the end with a scottish cup winner's medal in his first final. however tommy was frightened that he would miss the final because of injury which also kept him out of the semi-final witch defeated celtic 4-2. fortunately, tommy mclean stuck by him and he played in his usual jersey and captained the team to a historic success.
