Glyn William Thompson (born 24 February 1981) is an English former

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Career

Born in, Shropshire, Thompson began his career as a youth player with hometown club

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. He made his senior début as a 19-year-old under manager

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, in a 3–0 away win over

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on the last day of the 1998–99

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season. He made one more appearance for the club in the League Cup against

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– before joining

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in October 1999. Fulham sent him on loan to

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January 2000. He made 16 appearances (with five

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s) before his loan spell ended in May of that year. Shrewsbury was again his next club, but he was only drafted in on loan as cover, and did not play. He spent three months on loan to

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and made 10 league appearances. Northampton made the move permanent, but Thompson was only to start eight more league matches in the following two years. Chesterfield of

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bought him on a free transfer in March 2005. A 1–1 draw with

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on the final day of the 2004–05 season was his only match for the

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club. Before the 2005–06 season began, Thompson rejoined ''The Shrews''. He spent the whole season as second-choice goalkeeper behind

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and as a result opted to leave at the season's end, to find first-team action. On 29 June, he signed for

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. Shortly after his arrival at

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, he picked up an injury and so missed out on the opportunity to play when first choice goalkeeper Wayne Brown was injured in the first league game. When he recovered from his injury, loanee

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was preferred as first choice goalkeeper until the return of Brown. Thompson made only one appearance for the first team in the 2006–07 season. This came in the

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against his former club Shrewsbury, and he also appeared for the reserves and in the HFA Senior Cup. In July 2007, he signed for Newport County then in the

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. Thompson was immediately a regular for Newport and in the 2009–10 season he was ever-present as Newport County were crowned Conference South champions with a record 103 points, 28 points ahead of second placed Dover Athletic. On 12 May 2012 Thompson played for Newport in the FA Trophy Final at

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which Newport lost 2–0 to York City. In July 2012, Thompson was signed by Worcester City.

References

External links

Newport County player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Glyn 1981 births Living people Footballers from Shrewsbury Footballers from Telford Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football goalkeepers English men's footballers 21st-century English sportsmen