Danny Thomas (footballer, born 1981)

Danny Justin Thomas (born 1 May 1981) is an English former footballer who played as a left-winger.

Danny Thomas
Thomas in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981[1]
Place of birth Leamington Spa, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1997–1998 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Leicester City 3 (0)
2002–2004 AFC Bournemouth 59 (2)
2004–2006 Boston United 82 (8)
2006–2007 Shrewsbury Town 5 (0)
2007 Hereford United 15 (2)
2007–2009 Macclesfield Town 83 (6)
2009–2010 Kettering Town 34 (3)
2010–2012 Tamworth 82 (10)
2012–2013 FH 15 (0)
Total 378 (31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire,[1] between 1995 and 1997 Thomas attended Lilleshall National School for gifted footballers after being offered a 2-year scholarship. During his time at Lilleshall Thomas was playing with the likes of Scott Parker and Francis Jeffers, whilst the academic year above hosted the likes of Michael Owen and Wes Brown. He started his career as a trainee at Nottingham Forest and later Leicester City, and made his first team debut against Newcastle United in December 1999.[2] February 2002 saw him move on to AFC Bournemouth.[3] During his time with The Cherries he was a first team regular in the side that won promotion to Division Two. However, he featured only infrequently the following season where he played a match for Notts County reserves, and eventually joined Boston United in March 2004.[4] He scored a spectacular free kick on his debut for the Pilgrims. In the 2004–05 season he started 40 matches, scoring 6 goals.

He signed for Shrewsbury Town on non-contract terms after spells training with both Grimsby Town and Cheltenham Town. On 25 January 2007, he signed for Hereford United until the end of the season.[5] The pacy winger made his first team debut against Barnet on the left wing, and duly capped an impressive performance by scoring in the last minute of the match. He was a regular on the left wing for the remainder of the season, and later left having turned down a contract.

On 15 June, after deciding not to re-sign for Hereford, Thomas joined Macclesfield Town on a two-year contract.[6] In his first season Thomas was awarded the 'player's player of the season' award. He was offered a contract extension early in his second season, after initially turning it down, he then agreed the deal in the latter part of that season, only for the club to pull the deal at the end of the season. At the end of the contract he was released from the club.[7]

In August 2009 he joined Conference National side Kettering Town.

On 15 June 2010, it was heavily speculated that Thomas would be joining Conference National team Tamworth, after leaving Kettering Town.[8] The following day this was confirmed.[9] Following a successful first season with The Lambs where Thomas picked up a handful of awards, he opted to stay with the club for a further season with the option to a further 12 months after that.[10]

In May 2012, Icelandic club FH signed Thomas on a free transfer. Having made a successful start to his Icelandic league career at Left-Back, Danny also made four appearances in the Europa League qualifiers before the club was knocked out of the competition by Swedish club AIK.

With 3 games left to play FH were crowned champions of the season. FH then went on to compete in the Champions League qualifiers in 2013.

In January 2013 Danny decided to retire from football to begin a career in the working world.

Career statistics
As of match played 29 September 2012[11][12]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1999–2000Leicester CityFA Premier League3000000030
2000–010000000000
2001–02AFC BournemouthDivision Two120000000120
2002–03Division Three372611200445
2003–04Division Two100001000110
2003–04Boston UnitedDivision Three8300000083
2004–05League Two393401000443
2005–06352301000392
2006–07Shrewsbury TownLeague Two6000000060
2006–07Hereford UnitedLeague Two152000000152
2007–08Macclesfield TownLeague Two434101000454
2008–09402302000452
2009–10Kettering TownConference National343300000373
2010–11TamworthConference National457420000499
2011–12373500000423
Total England 36431293720040036
2012FHÚrvalsdeild150100040200
Career total 37931303724042036

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. Phil, Shaw (29 December 1999). "Ferguson and Shearer give Newcastle a cutting edge". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. "Bournemouth sign Thomas". BBC Sport. 12 February 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2002.
  4. "Boston sign four players". BBC Sport. 19 March 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2004.
  5. "Smith and Thomas sign for Bulls". BBC Sport. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
  6. "Macclesfield bring in forward duo". BBC Sport. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
  7. "Macclesfield release 13 players". BBC Sport. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  8. "Thomas set to sign for Lambs". ThisIsTamworth.co.uk. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  9. "New Friendly Fixtures and New Signing". Tamworth F.C. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  10. "Thomas Back in Number 11". Tamworth F.C. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  11. "Danny Thomas". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  12. "D. Thomas". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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