| Alfred Thompson | |
| Fullname: | Alfred Alexander Thompson |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
| Death Place: | Waltham Forest, England |
| Position: | Inside forward |
| Youthyears1: | 1910–1913 |
| Youthclubs1: | Liverpool |
| Years1: | 1913–1914 |
| Clubs1: | Glossop |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 1914 |
| Clubs2: | Woolwich Arsenal |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Walsall |
| Years4: | 1919–1921 |
| Clubs4: | Brentford |
| Caps4: | 43 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Years5: | 1921–1922 |
| Clubs5: | Guildford United |
| Years6: | 1922–1923 |
| Clubs6: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Years7: | 1923–1923 |
| Clubs7: | Gillingham |
| Years8: | 1923–1925 |
| Clubs8: | Sheppey United |
| Years9: | 1925–1927 |
| Clubs9: | Sittingbourne |
| Years10: | 1927–1928 |
| Clubs10: | Chatham |
| Years11: | 1928–1930 |
| Clubs11: | Tunbridge Wells Rangers |
| Years12: | 1930–1931 |
| Clubs12: | Ashford |
| Years13: | 1931–1933 |
| Clubs13: | Canterbury Waverley |
| Years14: | 1933– |
| Clubs14: | Canterbury Amateurs |
Alfred Alexander Thompson (28 April 1891 – 19 April 1969) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop and Brentford as an inside forward.
An inside forward, Thompson began his career in the Football League as a youth with Liverpool,[1] before joining with Second Division team Glossop.[2] He moved to Woolwich Arsenal, where he failed to make a first team appearance and instead spent his time with the club in the reserves. Thompson later dropped into non-League football and had a spell with Birmingham & District League club Walsall.
After the First World War, Thompson signed for Southern League First Division club Brentford. He scored eight goals in 28 appearances during the 1919–20 season and earned another shot at league football, with Brentford being elected into the new Football League Third Division South for the 1920–21 season. He managed 16 appearances and two goals and was released at the end of the season.
Thompson moved again into non-league football and linked up with former Brentford teammate Jimmy Hodson at Southern League South Division club Guildford United. He remained with Guildford for only one season and in the summer of 1922 signed with Queens Park Rangers.[3] He did not make any league appearances for QPR nor at Gillingham with whom he was subsequently attached.
In late October 1923 Thompson joined Sheppey United[4] of the Kent League and he remained with them for the following 1924–25 season, then he signed with their league rivals and near neighbours Sittingbourne[5] for a two season stint between 1925 and 1927. He followed this with one season with Southern League Eastern Division club Chatham[6] before joining, at the commencement of the 1928–29 season, Kent League club Tunbridge Wells Rangers.[7] It was reported that during the five years preceding signing with Tunbridge Wells that Thompson had scored a total of 120 goals for Sheppey United, Sittingbourne and Chatham;[7] he notched a further 38 in his first season with Tunbridge Wells[8] and 48 in the second.[9] There followed three more seasons for Thompson playing with Kent League clubs, 1930–31 with Ashford[9] and 1931 to 1933 with Canterbury Waverley,[10] after which he joined the newly formed (by the Waverley club) Canterbury Amateurs team playing in the Kent County Amateur League.
Thompson served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[11]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1919–20[12] | Southern League First Division | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | |
| 1920–21 | Third Division | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 10 | |||