George Thomason (footballer)

George Andrew Thomason[2] (born 12 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One side Bolton Wanderers.

George Thomason
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-12) 12 January 2001
Place of birth Barrow in Furness, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 25
Youth career
2009–2018[1] Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Longridge Town
2020– Bolton Wanderers 37 (2)
2020 → Bamber Bridge (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → Bamber Bridge (loan) 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:10, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Playing career

Thomason spent his most of youth as a left-back at Blackpool[3] signing as an 8 year old but was released as a 16 year old.[1]

After signing for Longridge Town he was converted into a central midfielder by Lee Ashcroft and scored two goals in 26 league appearances in the North West Counties League for Longridge Town in the 2019–20 season, before being signed by Bolton Wanderers in January 2020.[4] As part of the deal, Bolton agreed to play a pre-season friendly against Longridge Town the following season[5] though instead, the match happened during pre season for 2021–2022 season,[6] presumably to allow fans to attend as the entire 2020–2021 season was played behind closed doors. The match finished 3–1 to Bolton, with Thomason playing 45 minutes.[7]

On 31 January 2020 he was loaned out to Northern Premier League Premier Division club Bamber Bridge.[8] He returned to Bamber Bridge the following season, alongside team mate Callum King-Harmes,[9] before being recalled in November as non-League football was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[10] He made his debut for the "Trotters" on 17 November 2020, in a 3–2 victory over Newcastle United U21 in the EFL Trophy. He made his English Football League debut on 5 December, in a 6–3 home defeat to Port Vale.[11] On 26 December 2020 he scored his first Bolton goal, and his first professional goal, scoring Bolton's first goal in a 3–3 draw against Carlisle United.[12] His performances in December saw him voted by the Bolton fans as Bolton Player of the Month.[13] On 12 February 2021, he signed a new 18 month contract.[14] On 21 May 2021 he was named Bolton's Young Player of the Year for the 2020–21 season.[15] On 5 November, he signed a one year contract extension extending it to 2023.[16]

Style of play

Thomason is a box-to-box midfielder.[17] Bolton manager Ian Evatt said that Thomason has excellent positioning skills, vision and has a "wonderful left foot".[18]

Statistics
As of match played 30 April 2022
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Longridge Town 2018–19 NWCFL Division One North ????—????
2019–20[4][17][19] NWCFL Premier Division 26230—6[lower-alpha 1]0352
Total 26+2+3+?——6+?35+2+
Bolton Wanderers 2019–20[20] League One 0000000000
2020–21[21] League Two 24100001[lower-alpha 2]0251
2021–22[22] League One 13120105[lower-alpha 2]0211
Total 372201060462
Bamber Bridge (loan) 2019–20[23] Northern Premier League 5000—0050
2020–21[24] 7200—1[lower-alpha 3]082
Total 12200——10132
Career total 7565010130946
Notes
  1. Appearances in FA Vase and Macron Challenge Cup
  2. Appearance in EFL Trophy
  3. Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours
Longridge Town

Bolton Wanderers

References
  1. Bolton Wanderers: "THE BIG INTERVIEW | A catch-up with George Thomason": "I was at Blackpool Academy from 8 till 16 and then didn't get offered the two year scholarship"
  2. The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers 'passed' on Liverpool academy midfield prospect Liam Coyle"
  3. Browne, Gavin (14 January 2020). "Longridge Town manager Lee Ashcroft praises George Thomason after his Bolton Wanderers move". www.lep.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. Iles, Marc (6 January 2020). "Wanderers sign former Blackpool midfielder on professional deal". The Bolton News. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. Longridge Town: "THOMASON SIGNS PROFESSIONAL DEAL WITH BOLTON WANDERERS: Looking further ahead following Thomason’s move to Bolton, Trotters boss Keith Hill has promised to take a First Team squad to the MRG for a pre-season friendly ahead of next season."
  6. "Wanderers Pre-Season fixtures confirmed". Bolton Wanderers - Official Site. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  7. BWFC: "Report: Longridge Town 1-3 Bolton Wanderers"
  8. Hornby, Ruth (31 January 2020). "PLAYER NEWS: George Thomason and Oscar Radcliffe join Brig". www.pitchero.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  9. "Wanderers duo join Bamber Bridge on Youth Loans". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  10. McDougall, John (17 November 2020). "Bolton make decision on loanee ahead of Newcastle under 21s clash". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  11. "Bolton Wanderers 3-6 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  12. BBC Sport: "Carlisle United 3-3 Bolton Wanderers"
  13. @OfficialBWFC: "With 49.9% of the vote, you have chosen @GThomason14 as the @bolton_kia Player of the Month for 𝙳𝙴𝙲𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁. Well done, George!"
  14. BWFC: "Young midfielder signs new deal"
  15. @OfficialBWFC: "The 2020/21 Young Player of the Year is: 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧. #BWFC
  16. BWFC: "New Deals For Key Quartet"
  17. Simpson, Jordan (6 January 2020). ""It's a childhood dream." - George Thomason speaks to bwfc.co.uk". www.bwfc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  18. McDougall, John (19 November 2020). "Evatt's plans for Bolton midfielder Thomason after loan recall and debut". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  19. longridgetownfc.com: "FIRST TEAM 6-1 BARNOLDSWICK TOWN FC
    charnockrichardfc.co.uk "Charnock Richard 1-1 Longridge Town"
    charnockrichardfc.co.uk: "Longridge Town 0-2 Charnock Richard"
    longridgetownfc: FIRST TEAM 5-2 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
    longridgetownfc: "FIRST TEAM 3-1 AFC BLACKPOOL"
    longridgetownfc.com: "FIRST TEAM 6-4 THORNABY FC"
    longridgetownfc.com: "FIRST TEAM: "0-3 VAUXHALL MOTORS"
    pitchero.com: "CTFC 2-2 LONGRIDGE"
    longridgetownfc: "MATCH REPORT: LONGRIDGE TOWN 2-0 CONGLETON TOWN"
  20. "Games played by George Thomason in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  21. "Games played by George Thomason in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  22. "Games played by George Thomason in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  23. Football Web Pages: Bamber Bridge – Appearances – George Thomason – 2019-2020
  24. Football Web Pages: Bamber Bridge – Appearances – George Thomason – 2020-2021
  25. Longridge Town FC (@LongridgeTownFC). "TURNER TREBLE WINS TITLE FOR TOWN........ Match Report to follow #UptheRidge" April 27 2019, 21:28 PM. Tweet.
  26. Soccerbase: League Two 2020/21 Table
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