Reece Thompson (footballer)

Reece Thompson (born 11 November 1993) is an English former semi-professional footballer who played as a striker. He has played in the Football League for York City.

Reece Thompson
Thompson playing for North Ferriby United in 2017
Personal information
Full name Reece Thompson[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993[2]
Place of birth Worksop, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Retford United
0000–2012 Lincoln City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Lincoln City 0 (0)
2012–2014 Retford United
2014–2015 Frickley Athletic 26 (9)
2015–2016 York City 14 (3)
2016–2017 North Ferriby United 38 (12)
2017–2019 Guiseley 18 (1)
2017–2018 → Boston United (loan) 23 (9)
2020 Mickleover 3 (0)
2020 Wombwell Town 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:13, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Thompson started his career with Retford United's youth system, before he served his apprenticeship with Lincoln City during a three-year spell.[4][5] He made one first-team appearance for Lincoln, as a substitute in a 3–1 away defeat to Carshalton Athletic on 18 January 2012 in the FA Trophy.[2] Thompson was released by Lincoln before going on trial with Worksop Town, before he rejoined Retford later in 2012.[4] He broke the record for goals scored in the under-19 league, with 32 goals from 18 appearances.[4] He scored 14 goals from 20 matches with the first team from Christmas to the end of the 2012–13 season.[4] He scored 39 goals in 2013–14.[4]

Thompson joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Frickley Athletic in October 2014,[6] making his debut as a 90th-minute substitute in a 2–0 home victory over Belper Town on 18 October.[7] His first goals came on 4 November 2015, after scoring twice in a 3–0 win over Stocksbridge Park Steels in the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup.[7] He signed a contract with the club in November 2014 after scoring four goals from five starts.[6] On 1 May 2015, Thompson scored twice as Frickley beat Nostell Miners Welfare 4–1 in the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup final, finishing 2014–15 with 15 goals from 32 matches.[7] He was rewarded with a new two-year contract by Frickley.[8]

York City

After a successful trial, Thompson signed for League Two club York City on 3 August 2015 for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract.[9] He made his debut in the opening match of 2015–16, a 3–0 away defeat to Wycombe Wanderers on 8 August 2015.[10] On 2 September 2016, Thompson left York by mutual consent[11] before joining their National League rivals North Ferriby United.[12]

Return to non-league

Thompson scored 12 goals from 40 appearances for North Ferriby in 2016–17,[13] as they were relegated to the National League North with a bottom-place finish in the National League.[14]

Thompson signed for National League club Guiseley on 26 July 2017, with a fee to be decided by the Football Association unless Guiseley and North Ferriby could agree compensation.[15] On 17 November 2017, he joined National League North club Boston United on loan until 1 January 2018.[16] On 10 April 2019, Thompson's contract with Guiseley was terminated with immediate effect.[17]

Post-prison career

In January 2020, Thompson signed for Mickleover but left the club after being sent back to prison a month later.[18] On 26 August 2020, Thompson played as a trialist in a pre-season friendly for Selby Town, scoring twice against Tadcaster Albion.[19] However, a day later, the club apologised for taking Thompson on trial, saying in a statement: "As a community football club we pride ourselves on being family friendly and as a club we take this very seriously. In this case a serious error of judgement was made and once again, we can only apologise for our mistake and make clear that the player in question will not be joining our squad now or in the future."[20]

Thompson's former manager at Frickley Karl Rose signed him for his new amateur club Wombwell Town in October 2020.[21] The club released a statement a week later stating that Thompson would not play again following the backlash the club had received for registering him.[22]

Prison sentence

On 3 April 2019, Thompson was sentenced to a 40-month custodial sentence along with a ten-year restraining order for domestic violence. He pleaded guilty to damaging property, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and inflicting grievous bodily harm to the victim over a three-day period when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court.[23][24]

In February 2020, a month after his release, Thompson was sent back to prison after posting a number of inappropriate tweets in relation to his conviction and because he spoke about the case to The Sun.[25]

Career statistics
As of 10 April 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lincoln City 2011–12[26] Conference Premier 0000—1[lower-alpha 1]010
Frickley Athletic 2014–15[7] Northern Premier League Premier Division 269——6[lower-alpha 2]63215
York City 2015–16[10] League Two 13300201[lower-alpha 3]0163
2016–17[13] National League 10———10
Total 143002010173
North Ferriby United 2016–17[13] National League 381210—1[lower-alpha 1]04012
Guiseley 2017–18[13] National League 12110——131
2018–19[13][27] National League North 6000—0060
Total 18110—00191
Boston United (loan) 2017–18[28] National League North 239——3[lower-alpha 4]22611
Career total 11934202012813542
  1. Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. One appearance in FA Trophy, four appearances and five goals in Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup, one appearance and one goal in Northern Premier League Challenge Cup
  3. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  4. One appearance in Lincolnshire Senior Cup and two goals, two appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Frickley Athletic

References
  1. "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. "Reece Thompson". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Reece Thompson". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. Lomas, John (5 August 2015). "Former Retford striker Reece Thompson lands dream move to York City". Worksop Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. Flett, Dave (5 August 2015). "Joining York City a labour of love for Thompson". The Press. York. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. Howcroft, Allan. "Reece Thompson signs contract". Frickley Athletic F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2015 – via Pitchero.
  7. "Fixtures and results: 2014/15 season". Frickley Athletic F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2016 – via Pitchero.
    Laughlin, David. "Nailers dealt a hammer blow". Belper Town F.C. Retrieved 10 April 2018 – via Pitchero.
  8. Pennock, Steve. "Reece Thompson trials at York City". Frickley Athletic F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2015 – via Pitchero.
  9. Flett, Dave (3 August 2015). "With video: Reece Thompson signs two-year deal with York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. "Games played by Reece Thompson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. Cope, Niall (2 September 2016). "Thompson departs". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.
  12. Flett, Dave (2 September 2016). "Reece Thompson joins North Ferriby after leaving York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  13. "R. Thompson: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  14. "National League: 2016/17: Latest table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  15. Whitney, Steve (26 June 2017). "Tribunal may have to decide on Thompson fee". Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  16. Browne, Duncan (17 November 2017). "Pilgrims bring in striker Thompson, Penfold departs". Boston Standard. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  17. "Club Statement – Reece Thompson – Guiseley AFC". Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  18. "Saturday's transfer list - January 18th". Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  19. "Selby Town apologise for fielding player with domestic violence record". BBC News. 27 August 2020.
  20. "Selby Town apologise after giving trial to Reece Thompson".
  21. "Local football club blasted for signing convict".
  22. "Footballer's contract ripped up by club following backlash".
  23. Hewitt, Matty (10 April 2019). "Footballer beat woman with iron bar, forced her to eat paint and smashed two mirrors over her head". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  24. "Footballer jailed after he broke woman's jaw and forced her to eat paint". Metro. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  25. "Footballer Reece Thompson sent back to prison". LincolnshireLive. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  26. Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2012). Non-League Club Directory 2013. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0.
  27. "Lions ease into next round with Kingsley James hat-trick". Guiseley A.F.C. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
    "Lions through after tough encounter with Cleethorpes". Guiseley A.F.C. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
    "Last gasp Will Thornton equaliser sees Lions live to fight another day". Guiseley A.F.C. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
    "Lions in disappointing Trophy exit". Guiseley A.F.C. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  28. "The team: Reece Thompson: Season 2017/2018". Boston United F.C. Retrieved 5 May 2018 – via Pitchero.
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