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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

Timeline

  Thomas Thompson
Birth 10 November 1928 in Fencehouses, County Durham [registered in Houghton-le-Spring, December 1928].
 

Cannot be found on the 1939 register, record probably still closed.

Death 15 September 2015 in hospital, aged 86 years 309 days [registration not found]. Living in Fulwood, Preston, at the time.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Club Career

Club(s) x
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x
Height/Weight 5' 5½", 10st. 4lbs [1950].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of two who became the 708th players (709) to appear for England.
Position(s) Inside-right
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.
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.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1958 (provisional);
British Championship
1951-52, 1956-57;
Team honours British Championship shared 1951-52, winners 1956-57;
Individual honours England B (one appearance, one goal, 1957)
Distinctions Died two days after Ron Springett

Beyond England

x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
3 2 2 180 0 none
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
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
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

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 22
1 266 20 October 1951 - Wales 1 England 1
Ninian Park, Cardiff
BC AD   8
  

one of two who became the 708th player (708) to appear for England.
the 43rd Aston Villa player to represent England

 Club: Preston North End F.C. - one full appearance (90 min)  

Age 28 B
one appearance - Scotland February 1957

2 311 6 April 1957 - England 2 Scotland 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
BC HW   8
  

the fourteenth Preston North End player to represent England

Age 29
319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW party member
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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