Garry Thompson (footballer, born 1980)

Garry Kevin Langrish Thompson (born 24 November 1980) is an English football coach and former player who was last manager of Bradford (Park Avenue).

Garry Thompson
Personal information
Full name Garry Kevin Langrish Thompson[1]
Date of birth (1980-11-24) 24 November 1980
Place of birth Kendal, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1997–1999 Morecambe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2008 Morecambe 294 (56)
2008–2012 Scunthorpe United 113 (20)
2012–2014 Bradford City 86 (8)
2014–2015 Notts County 41 (12)
2015–2017 Wycombe Wanderers 86 (11)
2017–2019 Morecambe 45 (3)
2019 Workington 0 (0)
2019 Bradford (Park Avenue) 0 (0)
2019 Penrith
Managerial career
2019 Bradford (Park Avenue) (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Kendal, Cumbria, Thompson scored Morecambe's first goal in the Conference play-off Final against Exeter City in May 2007.

In January 2008, Morecambe turned down a £10,000 offer from Bradford City for Thompson.[2] Instead he agreed to sign for Scunthorpe United on a three-year contract on 27 May 2008 on a free transfer, joining on 1 July.[3]

He was released by the club in May 2012.[4] Thompson signed a one-year contract with Bradford City on 4 July 2012.[5] He made his debut on 11 August in the League Cup during a 1–0 win against Notts County.[6] He then made his league debut a week later against Gillingham.[7] He made his home debut on 21 August in a 1–0 win against Fleetwood Town, coming on as a substitute for Zavon Hines.[8] On 28 August, he scored his first goal for the club, scoring an injury-time winner in a 2–1 win in the League Cup against Watford.[9] On 11 December, he helped Bradford to the semi-finals of the League Cup by scoring against Arsenal.[10] He scored his first league goal for the club on 26 December in a 2–1 win at home to Accrington Stanley.[11] On 2 May 2013, he scored in the first leg of the play-off semi-final against Burton Albion.[12] In the final, he assisted goals from both Nahki Wells and James Hanson as Bradford beat Northampton Town 3–0 and secured promotion to League One.[13]

On 23 July 2014, Garry Thompson signed for Notts County. After one season with County, he joined Wycombe Wanderers on a two-year deal.[14] He scored in the 83rd minute of Wycombe's FA Cup fourth round match against Tottenham Hotspur on 28 January 2017 after heading in Myles Weston's cross to give Wycombe a 3–2 lead, although Wycombe went on to lose the match 4–3.[15] At the end of the 2016–17 season, Thompson left Wycombe Wanderers after his contract was not renewed.[16]

Thompson re-signed for Morecambe on 28 June 2017, after 9 years away from the club. He had remained in close contact with his former teammate Jim Bentley, who is the current manager of Morecambe.[17] Thompson made his second competitive debut in the opening game of the new season, a 2–1 win over Cheltenham Town. Thompson scored both goals to complete the comeback, including a last minute winner.[18]

In January 2019, he was released by Morecambe and joined Northern Premier League club Workington.[19]

After a short spell with Penrith FC, 39-year old Thompson decided to hangs up his boots on 9 December 2019.[20]

Coaching career

In May 2019 he became player-manager of Bradford (Park Avenue).[21] However, he was sacked after just two league games, having lost both of them 5–0, on 8 August 2019.[22]

Career statistics
As of match played 21 April 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Morecambe 1999–2000[23] Conference Premier 22100–00221
2000–01[24] 17431–3[lower-alpha 1]0235
2001–02[25] 28710–3[lower-alpha 2]1328
2002–03[26] 37531–1[lower-alpha 2]0416
2003–04[27] 36610–00376
2004–05[28] 36510–1[lower-alpha 2]0385
2005–06[29] 41910–2[lower-alpha 3]0449
2006–07[30] 371220–2[lower-alpha 2]14113
2007–08[31] League Two 40710313[lower-alpha 4]0478
Total 294561323115232561
Scunthorpe United 2008–09[32] League One 26320103[lower-alpha 4]0323
2009–10[33] Championship 3692020–409
2010–11[34] 1210010–131
2011–12[35] League One 39720202[lower-alpha 4]0457
Total 1132060605013020
Bradford City 2012–13[36] League Two 42630625[lower-alpha 5]1569
2013–14[37] League One 44200101[lower-alpha 4]0462
Total 86830726110211
Notts County 2014–15[38] League One 411220003[lower-alpha 4]04612
Wycombe Wanderers 2015–16[39] League Two 43741101[lower-alpha 4]0498
2016–17[40] 43421105[lower-alpha 4]2517
Total 861162206210015
Morecambe 2017–18[41] League Two 40300101[lower-alpha 4]0423
Career total 660110304193365745122
  1. One appearance in the FA Trophy, one in the Football League Trophy and one in the Conference League Cup
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. Appearances in the Conference Premier play-offs
  4. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  5. Two appearances in the Football League Trophy and three in the League Two play-offs

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. Parker, Simon (8 January 2008). "Lawn and McIlroy in war of words". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  3. "Shrimps winger agrees Iron move". BBC Sport. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  4. "Cliff Byrne heads Scunthorpe United departures". BBC. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. "Bradford City sign midfielder Gary Thompson" BBC Sport. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. "Notts County 0–1 Bradford" BBC Sport. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  7. "Gillingham 3–1 Bradford" BBC Sport. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  8. "Bradford 1–0 Fleetwood" BBC Sport. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  9. "Watford 1–2 Bradford" BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  10. "Bradford 1–1 Arsenal" BBC Sport. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  11. "Bradford 2–1 Accrington" BBC Sport. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  12. "Bradford 2–3 Burton" BBC Sport. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  13. "Bradford 3–0 Northampton" BBC Sport. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  14. "Chairboys secure striker signing" Wycombe Wanderers. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  15. "Tottenham Hotspur 4–3 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  16. "Ainsworth reveals contract decisions". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  17. "GARRY THOMPSON SIGNS". morecambefc.com.
  18. "Morecambe 2-1 Cheltenham Town". Lancaster Guardian.
  19. Thompson, Helen (28 January 2019). "Workington Reds carry on regardless of postponement". Times and Star. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  20. Former Bantam Garry Thompson hangs up his boots, thetelegraphandargus.co.uk, 9 December 2019
  21. "Garry Thompson on why he jumped at Bradford (Park Avenue) job". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  22. Garry Thompson: Bradford (Park Avenue) manager sacked after two matches, bbc.com, 8 August 2019
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  41. "Games played by Garry Thompson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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