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| '''Peter Thompson''' (born 2 May 1984 in ]) is a ] from Northern Ireland currently playing as a ] for ]. He has also been ] by the ]. | '''Peter Thompson''' (born 2 May 1984 in ]) is a ] from Northern Ireland currently playing as a ] for ]. He has also been ] by the ]. | ||
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| Full name | Peter Thompson | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Stockport County | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:44, 11 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
Peter Thompson (born 2 May 1984 in Belfast) is a footballer from Northern Ireland currently playing as a striker for Stockport County. He has also been capped by the Northern Ireland national football team.
Linfield
Thompson made his debut for Linfield in the 2001–02 season as a substitute, however the following season, he started 6 games and appeared as a sub on a further 9 occasions, scoring twice . The 2003–04 season was equally un-inspiring with only nine games, all as a sub, and no goals.
With his career seemingly going nowhere in 2004–05, Thompson managed to force his way into the team, hitting 27 goals in 43 starts, inspiring Linfield onto an outstanding 'Clean Sweep' of 4 domestic trophies.
He was the Irish league's top goalscorer in 2005–06, scoring 48 goals in 58 games.
2006–07 season was equally fruitful with 31 goals in 51 games and in his final season with the Irish Champions, he hit a very impressive 44 goals in 48 starts.
2008–09 season he only appeared in 1 competitive match, where Linfield lost 2–0 to an excellent NK Dinamo Zagreb side. He did however score 2 goals in 2 friendly games at the start of the season.
On 17 July, 2008, Linfield gave Thompson permission to negotiate terms with Stockport County after agreeing a fee for the striker believed to be in the region of £100,000 plus add-ons. Norwich City were also keen to sign Thompson but could not reach an agreement with Linfield.
Thompson left Linfield as a Goalscoring Legend with 152 goals in 235 games, including 33 sub appearances, averaging 1 goal every 1.45 games. Fans bade Thompson an emotional farewell in a flood of messages published on the Linfield website, in which the club branded him one of their greatest players and an exemplary sportsman.
Stockport County
He officially signed for the Cheshire club the following day and was handed the number nine shirt, worn previously by Stockport strikers Kevin Francis, Brett Angell and Luke Beckett.
Thompson made his debut against Liverpool reserves on 26 July. He did not manage to get on to the scoresheet however he did impress and had one shot cleared off the line and hit the post on another occasion, as Stockport drew 1–1. He did however manage to get on the scoresheet in the 86th minute to put Stockport 2–1 up against Manchester City, before City equalised in stoppage time.
Thompson was dubbed "A Player To Watch" in League 1 by the leading newspapers in the UK and bagged his first competitive Stockport goal in their 2-2 draw at Cheltenham on 27 September 2008.
Despite the promising start, Thompson struggled to adapt to the Stockport's tactics, with their point-striker style of play not complementing his attributes, and their only other professional striker Matty McNeil, who could have partnered Peter up front, being perpetually injured. He was forced out of the first team by loan signings better suited to Stockport's tactics, and was hit with a further, worrying setback when he suffered a spontaneous collapsed lung during training in January 2009, and was expected to be sidelined for 6–8 weeks. Thompson is now currently back in light training and is hopeful of playing the last few games of the season, but doesn't want to rush back.
He is now free to leave Stockport if he finds a new club, advertising his services through the Daily Record's Gie's a Game campaign to try and find a new club, preferably in Scotland.
References
- Stockport win race for Thompson, BBC News, July 17, 2008.
- Supporter tributes to Pistol Pete - Volume One
- More Pistol Pete tributes - Volume Two
- The Peter tributes keep coming - Volume Three
- Peter tributes - Final Volume
- Bid accepted for Thompson
- THOMPSON SIGNS
- "Peter Thompson". Daily Record. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
External links
- Peter Thompson at Soccerbase
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