Midfielder Tom Adeyemi, from Attleborough. made 16 appearances for the Norwich City Academy Under-18s during 2007/8. He joined Norwich City's academy as a full-time scholar in the summer of 2008 having been with the club since the age of 8. Tom scored in Norwich's 3-1 Under-18s friendly victory against Celtic on 23rd March 2007

On 13th November 2008, Tom signed his first professional contract with the Canaries, which will last untilthe summer of 2011. He said "“It feels really good to sign my contract because I've been with Norwich a long time so this has been my ambition for a long time. “When you're really young you don't think it can happen but as I've got older I've realised I could do it, and now I'm really happy that I have. I owe a lot to all the coaches I've worked with and also my parents for guiding me through."

Glenn Roeder commented “It's excellent that we've signed Tom. He was only at school back in June but I've always been a great believer that once they show enough ability to turn professional after they turn 17 it's the right thing to do to get them signed and get them involved with the professionals. We're not getting ahead of ourselves, I'm not expecting Tom to be involved with the first team for a while yet - I've said to Tom that his aim come the end of the season would be to try and get on the bench before the season finishes and make his debut. If he doesn't, that won't be a problem either, he's a first year and he's very young. He's extremely talented and he has a lot of qualities which make up a modern professional footballer.”

Tom made his debut for Norwich in the 7-1 shock home defeat to Colchester on the opening day of the 2009/10 season. He finished the season with 17 appearances and was awarded the League One Apprentice of the Year award for 2009/10

On 14th July 2010, Tom was loaned to Bradford for six months to gain first team experience. Tom scored on his Bantams debut but they lost 3-1 to Shrewsbury on 7th August 2010. His loan was extended in January 2011 until the end of the season- he had played 22 times for the Bantams in the first six month period. He finished the season with 37 appearances for Bradford, scoring five goals.

Tom joined Oldham on loan on 31st August 2011 until 3rd January 2012. This was extended until the end of the month. On 6th January 2012, Tom played for Oldham against Liverpool, at Anfield, in the third round of the FA Cup. During the game, it was alleged by Tom that racist abuse was directed at him from Liverpool fans, leaving him distraught. A 20 year old man was arrested on 8th January 2012 on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence. He was later released on bail. Liverpool also issued an official apology to Adeyemi and, in a statement on their website, Oldham thanked both parties for their continued communication and support throughout the investigation to date. This incident occured only days after Liverpool's Luis Suarez was banned for eight games for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.

Tom's loan at Oldham was extended until 10th March 2012