| Dominic Thompson | |
| Fullname: | Dominic Lewis Thompson[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Willesden, England |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Blackpool |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Youthyears1: | 2012–2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Arsenal |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Brentford |
| Caps1: | 8 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021 |
| Clubs2: | → Swindon Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | → Ipswich Town (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022– |
| Clubs4: | Blackpool |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2024 |
| Clubs5: | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 20:26, 12 August 2024 (UTC) |
Dominic Lewis Thompson (born 26 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Blackpool.
Thompson is a graduate of the Arsenal academy and transferred to Brentford in 2019, for whom he played sparingly before transferring to Blackpool in 2022.
After beginning his career as a central midfielder,[2] Thompson signed a two-year schoolboy contract with Arsenal in May 2012.[3] He was developed as a left-back and progressed through the Hale End Academy to sign a professional contract in June 2018.[4] 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. Thompson failed to win a call into a first team squad before his departure in August 2019.[5]
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, reported to be "an initial £3 million".[6] Behind ever-present Rico Henry in the left-back pecking order, he made five appearances during the 2019–20 season. Thompson again served as backup to Rico Henry during the first half of the 2020–21 season and made 9 appearances before joining League One club Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season on 4 January 2021.[7] 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.[8] He made 25 appearances during the remainder of a season which culminated in relegation to League Two. After returning to Brentford at the end of the regular season,[9] Thompson was ineligible to play during the club's successful play-off campaign.[10]
Despite appearing in all but one of Brentford's 2021–22 pre-season matches,[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Thompson was confined to making EFL Cup appearances during the early months of the regular season. He was a regular inclusion on the substitutes' bench for Premier League matches and due to a hamstring problem suffered by Rico Henry,[17] Thompson made three starting appearances at left wing back around the turn of the year.[18] 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.[19] He ended his spell at Portman Road with 17 appearances. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Thompson was not called into Brentford's pre-season training camp in Germany and he transferred out of the club on 25 July 2022.[20] [21] Thompson made 19 appearances during three seasons with Brentford.
On 25 July 2022, Thompson transferred to Championship club Blackpool and signed a three-year contract, with a one-year option, for an undisclosed fee.[22] He made 30 appearances during a 2022–23 season which culminated in relegation to League One. Behind Owen Dale and Andy Lyons in the left-sided pecking order, Thompson was restricted to 12 appearances by the midpoint of the 2023–24 season.[23] Following the loan signing of left-sided player Hayden Coulson in January 2024, Thompson joined League Two club Forest Green Rovers on loan for the remainder of the 2023–24 season.[24] He made 19 appearances during his spell, which culminated in relegation to the National League. Thompson scored his first career goal on his fourth appearance,[25] with the third goal in a 3–3 draw with Colchester United on 3 February 2024.
An injury suffered while on loan during the second half of the 2023–24 season required Thompson to undergo surgery during the 2024 off-season,[26] which saw him miss the beginning of the 2024–25 season.[27]
Thompson is the son of Neville Thompson and his older brother is Greg Thompson, both of whom have competed in discus. He is an Arsenal supporter.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 2019–20 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Swindon Town (loan) | 2020–21 | League One | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Ipswich Town (loan) | 2021–22 | League One | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Blackpool | 2022–23 | Championship | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | League One | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[28] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2023–24 | League Two | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 102 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 1 | |||