Dominic Thompson (footballer)

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Dominic Thompson
Personal information
Full name Dominic Lewis Thompson[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Willesden, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Ipswich Town
(on loan from Brentford)
Number 22
Youth career
2012–2019 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Brentford 8 (0)
2021 → Swindon Town (loan) 25 (1)
2022– → Ipswich Town (loan) 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:34, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Dominic Lewis Thompson (born 26 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL League One club Ipswich Town, on loan from Premier League club Brentford. He is a product of the Arsenal academy and transferred to Brentford in 2019.

Club career[]

Arsenal[]

After beginning his career as a central midfielder,[3] Thompson signed a two-year schoolboy contract with Arsenal in May 2012.[4] He was developed as a left-back and progressed through the Hale End Academy to sign a professional contract in June 2018.[3][5] During the 2018–19 season, he was an unused substitute with the EFL Trophy squad on four occasions and was a travelling reserve for the first team's dead rubber Europa League group stage match versus FC Vorskla Poltava in November 2018.[4][6] Thompson failed to win a call into a first team squad before his departure in August 2019.[7][6]

Brentford[]

On 7 August 2019, Thompson joined Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee.[7] Behind ever-present Rico Henry in the left-back pecking order,[7][8] he made five appearances during the 2019–20 season.[9] Thompson again served as backup to Rico Henry during the first half of the 2020–21 season and made 9 appearances before departing on loan for the remainder of the campaign on 4 January 2021.[10]

On 4 January 2021, Thompson joined League One club Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[10] Five days later, he made his debut with a start in a league match versus Ipswich Town and assisted each of Swindon's goals in the 3–2 win.[11][12] He made 25 appearances during the remainder of a season which culminated in relegation to League Two.[11][13] After returning from the loan at the end of the regular season,[14] Thompson was ineligible to play during Brentford's successful play-off campaign.[15]

Despite appearing in all but one of Brentford's 2021–22 pre-season matches,[16][17][18][19][20][21] Thompson was confined to making EFL Cup appearances during the early months of the regular season.[22] He was a regular inclusion on the substitutes' bench for Premier League matches and due to a hamstring problem suffered by Rico Henry,[23] Thompson made three starting appearances at left wing back around the turn of the year.[6][24] On 27 January 2022, the one-year extension on Thompson's contract was triggered and he joined League One club Ipswich Town on loan until the end of the season.[25]

Personal life[]

Thompson is the son of Neville Thompson and his older brother is Greg Thompson, both of whom have competed in discus.[4] He is an Arsenal supporter.[3]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 5 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 2019–20[9] Championship 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2020–21[11] Championship 4 0 0 0 5 0 — 9 0
2021–22[22] Premier League 2 0 1 0 2 0 — 5 0
Total 8 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 19 0
Swindon Town (loan) 2020–21[11] League One 25 0 — — — 25 0
Ipswich Town (loan) 2021–22[22] League One 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 35 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 46 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Brentford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 9. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ Dominic Thompson at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Dominic Thompson". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Get To Know: Dominic Thompson". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. ^ Watts, Charles (29 November 2018). "Who is Dominic Thompson? Arsenal's teenage star selected for FC Vorskla trip". footballlondon. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Dominic Thompson at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Brentford sign Dominic Thompson from Arsenal". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Games played by Rico Henry in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Games played by Dominic Thompson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Thompson makes Swindon loan switch". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d "Games played by Dominic Thompson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Ipswich Town v Swindon Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  13. ^ Swindon Town F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  14. ^ "Loan Round-Up: Patrik Gunnarsson helps Silkeborg to promotion from Danish First Division". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Section 6 – Players". English Football League. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  16. ^ "AFC Wimbledon 0 Brentford 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Boreham Wood 0 Brentford 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Brentford beat Watford in pre-season friendly". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Manchester United 2 Brentford 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Brentford vs West Ham United". West Ham United. Retrieved 9 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Brentford vs Valencia CF on 07 Aug 21 – Match Centre". Official website of Brentford Football Club. Retrieved 28 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ a b c "Games played by Dominic Thompson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  23. ^ Barrett, Matt (26 December 2021). "Frank press conference: Brentford boss on defeat at Brighton, Jensen and Mbeumo substitutions and more". West London Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  24. ^ Harris, Jay. "Man marking and a low block – how Brentford's tweaked tactics so nearly shut out Manchester City". The Athletic. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Thompson heads to Ipswich on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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