Aidan Thomas is an

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who plays for Westfields after leaving

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of League Two in May 2011.

Playing career

Thomas, a

youth team graduate, was handed the number 19 shirt for the

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season, signing a one-year professional deal. However, he started his professional career battling against injury. He recovered to make his debut on 6 November 2010, replacing

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75 minutes into a 5–1 home win over Hythe Town in the

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. His second appearance came in the Fourth Round of the competition, he replaced James McQuilkin on 81 minutes as

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won 4–1 at Hillsborough on 29 January 2011. In March 2011 he joined

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on a months loan in order to gain first team experience. He was released by Hereford at the end of the season after failing to break into the first team, he then joined local side Westfields. He had a trial with

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in April 2012. After taking a year away from football in order to go traveling in New Zealand, Thomas returned to Westfields for the 2015–16 season.

Club stats

As of 16 June 2011.

References

External links

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at the official Hereford United site {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Aidan Living people English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Hereford United F.C. players AFC Telford United players Westfields F.C. players Year of birth missing (living people) Footballers from Hereford