Tommy Thompson (footballer, born 1928)

Tommy Thompson
Personal information
Full nameThomas Thompson[1]
Date of birth10 November 1928[1]
Place of birthFencehouses, Houghton-le-Spring, England[1]
Playing positionInside forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1947–1950Newcastle United20(6)
1950–1955Aston Villa149(67)
1955–1961Preston North End188(117)
1961–1963Stoke City42(18)
1963–1964Barrow44(16)
Total443(224)
National team
1951–1957England2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Thomas "Tommy" Thompson (born 10 November 1928) is a former English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Barrow, Newcastle United, Preston North End and Stoke City as well as the England national team.[1]

Career

Thompson was born in Fencehouses, Houghton-le-Spring and began his career with Newcastle United, making 20 appearances for the club scoring six goals.[2] When manager George Martin left St James' Park in 1950 he took Thompson with him for the price of £12,500. He made his debut against Blackpool in September of that year. Thompson went on to make 165 first team games for Villa scoring 76 goals including three hat-tricks.[3]

Thompson was sold to Preston North End in August 1955 for £27,000. At Deepdale, Thompson scored within the first two minutes on his debut during a 4–0 win against Everton. It set the tone for his six season spell with the "Lillywhites" as Thompson began a very prolific goalscorer linking up well with Tom Finney. He scored 24 in 1955–56, 29 in 1956–57, and career best of 34 in 1957–58. He ended his Preston career with 126 goals in 209 matches.

He joined Stoke City in August 1961 and scored on his debut against Rotherham United.[1] Despite being 34 years old Thompson retained his trademark eye of goal and top scored for the "Potters" in 1961–62 with 17 goals.[1] He left his place in the side in 1961–62 and he joined Fourth Division Barrow where he scored 18 goals in 47 matches before retiring.[1]

International career

He acquired his first cap against Wales during the 1951–52 season. He won his second cap in April 1957.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newcastle United 1947–48 Second Division 4200–42
1948–49 First Division 10100–101
1949–50 6300–63
Total 20600–206
Aston Villa 1950–51 First Division 311021–3311
1951–52 361310–3713
1952–53 22952–2711
1953–54 342110–3521
1954–55 261476–3320
Total 14967169–16576
Preston North End 1955–56 First Division 422311–4324
1956–57 382653–4329
1957–58 413410–4234
1958–59 341952–3921
1959–60 211262–2714
1960–61 1322242196
Total 189116201042213126
Stoke City 1961–62 Second Division 371631104117
1962–63 51000051
Total 421831104618
Barrow 1962–63 Fourth Division 1660000166
1963–64 281021113112
Total 441621114718
Career Total 444222412163491246

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ Hayes, Dean. The Villa Park Encyclopedia: A-Z of Aston Villa. Mainstream Publishing (2 Oct 1997). p. 161. ISBN 978-1-85158-959-3.
  3. ↑ "Tommy Thompson AVFC stats". Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  4. ↑ "England Statistics". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 2007-08-26.

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