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       Tommy 
      Thompson  | 
      
       
	  Aston Villa FC, 
	  Preston North End FC 
 
	  2 appearances, 0 goals 
      
      P 2 W 1 D 
	  1 L 0 F 3: A 2 
      75% successful 
      1951-58 
      
	  
	  captain:  none 
minutes played: 180  | 
     
    
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       Timeline  | 
       
    
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      Thomas Thompson | 
     
    
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      Birth | 
      
	  10 November 1928 in Fencehouses, County Durham [registered in 
      Houghton-le-Spring, December 1928]. | 
     
    
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        | 
      
       Cannot be found on the 1939 
	  register, record probably still closed.  | 
     
      
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      Death | 
      15 September 
	  2015 in hospital, aged 
      86 years 309 days 
      [registration not found]. Living in Fulwood, Preston, at the time. | 
       
    
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       Source  | 
      
                     
	  
	   Douglas Lammings' An 
      English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &   | 
     
    
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       Club Career  | 
       
    
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      Club(s) | 
      x | 
     
    
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      Club honours | 
      x | 
     
    
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      Individual honours | 
      x | 
     
    
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      Distinctions | 
      x | 
     
      
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      Height/Weight | 
      5' 
      5½", 10st. 
      4lbs [1950]. | 
       
    
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       Source  | 
      
       Douglas Lammings' An English 
      Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].  | 
     
    
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       England Career  | 
       
    
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      Player number | 
      
	  One of two who 
	  became the 708th 
      players (709) to appear for England. | 
     
    
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      Position(s) | 
      Inside-right | 
     
    
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      First match | 
      
    No. 266, 20 October 1951, 
	  Wales 1 England 1, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged 
	  22 years 
      344 days. | 
     
    
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      Last match | 
      
      No. 311, 6 April 1957, England 2 Scotland 1, 
	  a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 28 years 147 days. | 
     
    
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      Major tournaments | 
      
	  World Cup Finals 1958 (provisional); 
	   British Championship 1951-52, 1956-57; | 
     
    
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      Team honours | 
      British Championship shared 1951-52, winners 1956-57; | 
     
    
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      Individual honours | 
      England B 
	  (one appearance, one goal, 1957) | 
     
    
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      Distinctions | 
      Died two days 
	  after Ron Springett | 
     
    
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       Beyond England  | 
       
    
      | 
      x.  - 
      An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. 
      Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. | 
       
   
  
 
		  
  
  
    
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      The Numbers | 
       
    
      | 
	  parties | 
      
	  Appearances | 
      comp. apps | 
      
	  minutes | 
      
	    | 
      
	  captain | 
     
    
      | 3 | 
      
	  2 | 
      2 | 
      
	  180 | 
      
	  0 | 
      
	  none | 
     
    
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      minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. | 
     
     
  
    | 
    P  | 
    
    W  | 
    
    D  | 
    
    L  | 
    
    F  | 
    
    A  | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS
     | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    
    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1.5 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    75 | 
    
    +1 | 
   
	
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    both his matches were British Championship matches, and both played 
	in a white shirt | 
     
 
       
  Venue Record 
  
    | 
    Venue | 
    
    P  | 
    
    W  | 
    
    D  | 
    
    L  | 
    
    F  | 
    
    A  | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS
     | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    
    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
    Home | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    2.00 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +1 | 
   
  
    | 
    Away | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    =0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    50.0 | 
    
    =0 | 
   
   
       
  		Tournament Record 
    
    | 
    British Championship Competition | 
     
	
    | 
    Type | 
    
    P | 
    
    W | 
    
    D | 
    
    L | 
    
    F | 
    
    A | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    W/L | 
     
	
    | 
	BC 1951-52 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    =0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    50.0 | 
    
    =0 | 
     
	
    | 
	BC 1956-57 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    2.00 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    100.0 | 
    
    +1 | 
     
	
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    BC
    All | 
    
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1.50 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    75.0 | 
    
    +1 | 
     
   
		   
		  
  
    | 
    All Competition | 
   
  
    | 
    Type | 
    
    P | 
    
    W | 
    
    D | 
    
    L | 
    
    F | 
    
    A | 
    
    GD | 
    
    FTS | 
    
    CS | 
    
    FAv | 
    
    AAv | 
    
    Pts% | 
    
    W/L | 
   
  
    | 
	BC | 
    
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1.50 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    75.0 | 
    
    +1 | 
   
   
		  
  
    | 
    2 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    3 | 
    
    2 | 
    
    +1 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    0 | 
    
    1.50 | 
    
    1.00 | 
    
    75.0 | 
    
    +1 | 
   
 
  
  Match History 
      
    
    
      
        | 
     Club: Aston 
		Villa F.C. - one full appearance (90 
		min) | 
        
       manager:  
			Walter 
		Winterbottom - two full appearances (180 min)x 
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    	  | 
    	apps | 
        
    	match | 
        
		  pic | 
        
		  match details | 
        
        comp | 
        
        res. | 
        
				  
				  rundown | 
        
        shirt | 
        	  	
  			
    
    
		   
		  
 
      
        | 
     Club: Preston North 
		End F.C. - one full appearance (90 
		min) | 
        
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        England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final 
		22 would be selected, on April 22 1958. 
		Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included 
		Tommy Thompson. | 
         
       
		  
		   
		   
		   
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