Tony Thompson (footballer)

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Tony Thompson
Personal information
Full name Anthony Thompson [1]
Date of birth (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 30) [2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Bootle
Youth career
Liverpool
–2012 Rotherham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Rotherham United 0 (0)
2013 [3] Curzon Ashton (loan)
2014 [4] Ossett Town (loan)
2014Chelmsford City (loan) 4 (0)
2015Southport (loan) 7 (0)
2015–2016 Morecambe 1 (0)
2016 Chester 12 (0)
2016–2017 AFC Fylde 9 (0)
2017–2022 Altrincham 180 (0)
2022–2023 Warrington Town 47 (0)
2023– Bootle 12 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:39, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Anthony Thompson (born 4 November 1994 in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bootle, having previously played professionally for Morecambe. [5]

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Career

Thompson began his career with Liverpool before playing for Rotherham United. [6] He then played in non-league, including for Warrington Town, where an opposition fan replaced his water bottle with urine. [6] Thompson confronted the fan and was sent off. [7] He later said the incident made him want to stop playing football. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 January 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rotherham United 2012–13 [8] League Two 0000000000
2013–14 [9] League One 0000000000
2014–15 [10] Championship 000000
Total0000000000
Chelmsford City (loan) 2014–15 [11] Conference South 402060
Southport (loan) 2014–15 [12] Conference Premier 7070
Morecambe 2015–16 [13] League Two1000001 [a] 020
Chester 2015–16 [13] National League 1201 [b] 0130
AFC Fylde 2016–17 [2] [14] National League North 901000100
Altrincham 2017–18 [15] NPL Premier Division420205 [c] 0490
2018–19 [2] [16] National League North320203 [d] 0370
2019–20 [2] [17] National League North270606 [e] 0390
2020–21 [2] National League420101 [c] 0440
2021–22 [2] National League370101 [c] 0390
Total18001201602080
Warrington Town 2022–23 [18] NPL Premier Division410306 [f] 0500
2023–24 [19] National League North60000060
Total4703060560
Bootle 2023–24 NPL Division One South120001 [g] 0130
Career total2720180002503150
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in Cheshire Senior Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in FA Trophy
  4. One appearance in FA Trophy, two in National League North play-offs
  5. Three appearances in FA Trophy, three in National League North play-offs
  6. Three appearances in FA Trophy, two in Northern Premier League play-offs, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup
  7. Appearances in Liverpool Senior Cup

References

  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "T. Thompson". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. Keeper on Loan Archived 13 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine ‚ curzonashtonfc.co.uk, 25 October 2013
  4. Tony Thompson seals loan move‚ themillers.co.uk, 10 February 2014
  5. http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/team.htm#Anthony THOMPSON
  6. 1 2 3 "FA Cup 2025: Bootle keeper Tony Thompson 'almost quit football after disgusting urine prank'". BBC Sport. 29 August 2025.
  7. "Warrington goalkeeper Tony Thompson sent off after confronting fan who urinated in his bottle". 19 November 2022 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. "Games played by Tony Thompson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  9. "Games played by Tony Thompson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  10. "Games played by Tony Thompson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  11. "Antony (Spelt Wrong) Thompson Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  12. "Games played by Tony Thomson (Spelt Wrong) in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Tony Thompson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  14. For FA Cup second qualifying round: "Alfreton Town 1 AFC Fylde 0: Full FA Cup report and reaction". Blackpool Gazette. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  15. "PLAYER STATISTICS 2017/18". Altrincham FC. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  16. "PLAYER STATISTICS 2018/19". Altrincham FC. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  17. For FA Cup second qualifying round: Powell, Dave (21 September 2019). "Chester FC 1 Altrincham 1: FA Cup replay beckons after bizarre game". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
    For FA Cup second qualifying round replay: McDougall, John (24 September 2019). "Altrincham 1 Chester FC 0: Blues dumped out of the FA Cup after second qualifying round replay defeat". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
    For FA Cup third qualifying round: "Halesowen Town 0 Altrincham 2 - Report". Express & Star. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
    For FA Trophy third qualifying round: "York City exit FA Trophy after 1-0 defeat to Altrincham at Bootham Crescent". York Press. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  18. "Warrington Town – Appearances – Tony Thompson". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  19. "A. Thompson Stats | Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.