Dominic Thompson (footballer)

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.

Dominic Thompson
Personal information
Full name Dominic Lewis Thompson[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-26) 26 July 2000
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 (0)
2022– → Ipswich Town (loan) 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:39, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

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] He ended his spell at Portman Road with 17 appearances.[22]

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 30 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 2019–20[9] Championship 2020100050
2020–21[11] Championship 400050—90
2021–22[22] Premier League 201020—50
Total 80308000190
Swindon Town (loan) 2020–21[11] League One 250———250
Ipswich Town (loan) 2021–22[22] League One 170———170
Career total 500308000610

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Brentford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 9. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. Dominic Thompson at Soccerbase
  3. "Dominic Thompson". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  4. "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. Dominic Thompson at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  7. "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. "Games played by Dominic Thompson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  10. "Thompson makes Swindon loan switch". Brentford F.C. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  11. "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. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  21. "Brentford vs Valencia CF on 07 Aug 21 – Match Centre". Official website of Brentford Football Club. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  22. "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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