George Thomason (footballer)

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George Thomason
Personal information
Full name George Andrew Thomason [1]
Date of birth (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Barrow in Furness, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Wrexham
Youth career
2009–2018 [3] Blackpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Longridge Town
2020–2025 Bolton Wanderers 134 (12)
2020Bamber Bridge (loan) 5 (0)
2020Bamber Bridge (loan) 7 (2)
2025– Wrexham 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:41, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

George Andrew Thomason [4] (born 12 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship side Wrexham.

Contents

Playing career

Early career

Thomason spent his most of youth as a left-back at Blackpool [5] signing as an 8 year old but was released as a 16 year old. [3]

After signing for Longridge Town he was converted into a central midfielder by Lee Ashcroft and scored two goals in 26 league appearances in the North West Counties League for Longridge Town in the 2019–20 season.

Bolton Wanderers

Thomason was signed by Bolton Wanderers in January 2020. [6] As part of the deal, Bolton agreed to play a pre-season friendly against Longridge Town the following season [7] though instead, the match happened during pre season for 2021–2022 season, [8] presumably to allow fans to attend as the entire 2020–2021 season was played behind closed doors. The match finished 3–1 to Bolton, with Thomason playing 45 minutes. [9]

On 31 January 2020 he was loaned out to Northern Premier League Premier Division club Bamber Bridge. [10] He returned to Bamber Bridge the following season, alongside teammate Callum King-Harmes, [11] before being recalled in November as non-League football was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England. [12] He made his debut for the "Trotters" on 17 November 2020, in a 3–2 victory over Newcastle United U21 in the EFL Trophy. He made his English Football League debut on 5 December, in a 6–3 home defeat to Port Vale. [13] On 26 December 2020 he scored his first Bolton goal, and his first professional goal, scoring Bolton's first goal in a 3–3 draw against Carlisle United. [14] His performances in December saw him voted by the Bolton fans as Bolton Player of the Month. [15] On 12 February 2021, he signed a new 18 month contract. [16] On 21 May 2021 he was named Bolton's Young Player of the Year for the 2020–21 season. [17] On 5 November, he signed a one-year contract extension extending it to 2023. [18] On 2 December 2022, in a match against Bristol Rovers, Thomason went off injured with the injury possibly ruling him out for the rest of the season. [19] Two weeks later, on 15 December, he signed a new contract with Bolton until 2025 [20] with the option of an extra year. [21] He returned much earlier than expected however, returning to training in February. [22] On 2 April, he came on as a substitute in the 2023 EFL Trophy Final against Plymouth Argyle. Bolton went on to win 4–0. [23] On 14 August 2023, EFL Championship side Bristol City had a £1 million bid accepted for him, though Thomason turned them down preferring to stay at Bolton. [24] He signed a new four-year contract a day later. [25] On 21 September 2024, Thomason was named as the new Bolton captain. [26]

Wrexham

On 21 July 2025, signed a three year contract with recently promoted EFL Championship side Wrexham [27] with it reported by The Bolton News they paid £1.2 million. [28]

Style of play

Thomason is a box-to-box midfielder. [29] Bolton manager Ian Evatt said that Thomason has excellent positioning skills, vision and has a "wonderful left foot". [30]

Statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Longridge Town 2018–19 NWCFL Division One North ????????
2019–20 [a] NWCFL Premier Division 262306 [b] 0352
Total26+2+3+?6+?35+2+
Bolton Wanderers 2019–20 [40] League One 0000000000
2020–21 [41] League Two 24100001 [c] 0251
2021–22 [42] League One13120105 [c] 0211
2022–23 [43] League One20010103 [d] 0250
2023–24 [44] League One39630208 [e] 0526
2024–25 [45] League One38400315 [c] 0465
Total13412607122016913
Bamber Bridge (loan) 2019–20 [46] Northern Premier League 50000050
2020–21 [47] Northern Premier League72001 [f] 082
Total1220010132
Wrexham 2025–26 [48] Championship 00000000
Career total17212907129021715
Notes
  1. [6] [29] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]
  2. Appearances in FA Vase and Macron Challenge Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance in EFL Trophy
  4. Two appearances in the EFL Trophy, one appearance in the League One play-offs
  5. Five appearances in EFL Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs
  6. Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

Longridge Town
Bolton Wanderers

References

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  2. Bolton Wanderers F.C. "George Thomason". Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bolton Wanderers F.C. (1 January 2021). "The Big Interview | A catch-up with George Thomason". YouTube . Retrieved 22 July 2025. I was at Blackpool Academy from 8 till 16 and then didn't get offered the two year scholarship
  4. Iles, Marc (27 April 2021). "Bolton Wanderers 'passed' on Liverpool academy midfield prospect Liam Coyle". The Bolton News . Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  5. Browne, Gavin (14 January 2020). "Longridge Town manager Lee Ashcroft praises George Thomason after his Bolton Wanderers move". www.lep.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 Iles, Marc (6 January 2020). "Wanderers sign former Blackpool midfielder on professional deal". The Bolton News. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. Hamilton, Ellie (8 January 2020). "Thomason signs professional deal with Bolton Wanderers". Longridge Town F.C. Retrieved 22 July 2025. Looking further ahead following Thomason's move to Bolton, Trotters boss Keith Hill has promised to take a First Team squad to the MRG for a pre-season friendly ahead of next season.
  8. "Wanderers Pre-Season fixtures confirmed". Bolton Wanderers - Official Site. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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  10. Hornby, Ruth (31 January 2020). "Player News: George Thomason and Oscar Radcliffe join Brig". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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  14. BBC Sport (26 December 2020). "Carlisle United 3-3 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  15. Bolton Wanderers F.C. [@OfficialBWFC] (4 January 2021). "With 49.9% of the vote, you have chosen @GThomason14 as the @bolton_kia Player of the Month for 𝙳𝙴𝙲𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁. Well done, George!" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 July 2025 via Twitter.
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  22. Bolton Wanderers F.C. [@OfficialBWFC] (3 February 2023). "Evatt: 'George Thomason will return to the squad in about two weeks and Dan (Nlundulu) will return at a similar time to George.'" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 July 2025 via Twitter.
  23. 1 2 "Bolton Wanderers 4-0 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport.
  24. Iles, Marc (14 August 2023). "Bolton Wanderers' George Thomason turns down Bristol City". The Bolton News . Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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  27. 1 2 Wrexham A.F.C. (21 July 2025). "Signed | Wrexham AFC sign George Thomason from Bolton Wanderers" . Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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  42. "Games played by George Thomason in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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  44. "Games played by George Thomason in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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