Dan Thomas (footballer)

Daniel Anthony Thomas (born 1 September 1991)[1] was a professional English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Gosport Borough.

Dan Thomas
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-09-01) 1 September 1991
Place of birth Poole, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 unassigned
Youth career
000?–2009 Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Bournemouth 3 (0)
2011 → Dorchester Town (loan) 10 (0)
2011 → Welling United (loan) 19 (0)
2012 → AFC Totton (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2013 Havant & Waterlooville 11 (0)
2013–2014 Poole Town 22 (0)
2014–2017 Aldershot Town 11 (0)
2017– Gosport Borough 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:27, 25 January 2017 - 2019 (UTC)

Career

Thomas signed an apprentice contract with AFC Bournemouth in May 2008.[2] He made his debut on 6 October 2009 for Bournemouth in their 2–1 away defeat to Northampton Town in the Football League Trophy Southern Section Second Round.[3] Thomas commented, "I was chuffed to bits when I was told I was going to make my debut...I felt I did ok, but was just so disappointed to be on the losing side".[1] He made his debut in the Football League on 5 December as a second-half substitute, replacing the injured Shwan Jalal, and kept a clean sheet as Bournemouth beat Shrewsbury Town 1–0 in Football League Two.[4] On 4 February 2011, Thomas joined Dorchester Town on loan. He made his debut the next day in a 1–0 win over Weston-Super-Mare. He was recalled from his loan spell on 12 April 2011 after his parent club terminated the contract of the club's second choice goalkeeper Jon Stewart.[5]

On 6 January 2012, Thomas joined Southern Football League Premier Division side AFC Totton on a month's loan. On 16 March 2012, it was announced that Thomas had joined Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville.[6]

Thomas joined Aldershot Town on non-contract terms in August 2014[7] after impressing whilst on trial in pre-season.

Personal life

Thomas attended Portchester School, in Bournemouth and Brockenhurst College in Brockenhurst.[8]

He has a two younger brothers, named Joseph and Nick.

References
  1. "Dan Thomas". AFC Bournemouth. 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. Wadley, Ian (14 May 2008). "New intake for coach Joe". Daily Echo. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  3. "Northampton 2 – 1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  4. Wadley, Ian (5 December 2009). "Battling victory for Cherries". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. "Bournemouth recall keeper Dan Thomas from Dorchester". BBC Sport. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  6. "Two new Hawks". NonLeagueDaily.com. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  7. "Shots Triallists Given Deals". Non League Bets. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  8. Perrett, Neil (16 October 2009). "Cherries: There is no doubting Thomas". Daily Echo. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
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