Reece Thompson

Reece Thompson (born 11 November 1993) is an English former semi-professional footballer who played as a striker. He has played in the Football League for York City.

Career Early career Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Thompson started his career with Retford United's youth system, before he served his apprenticeship with Lincoln City during a three-year spell. He made one first-team appearance for Lincoln, as a substitute in a 3–1 away defeat to Carshalton Athletic on 18 January 2012 in the FA Trophy. making his debut as a 90th-minute substitute in a 2–0 home victory over Belper Town on 18 October.

York City After a successful trial, Thompson signed for League Two club York City on 3 August 2015 for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract. He made his debut in the opening match of 2015–16, a 3–0 away defeat to Wycombe Wanderers on 8 August 2015. before joining their National League rivals North Ferriby United.

Return to non-league Thompson scored 12 goals from 40 appearances for North Ferriby in 2016–17,

Thompson signed for National League club Guiseley on 26 July 2017, with a fee to be decided by the Football Association unless Guiseley and North Ferriby could agree compensation. On 17 November 2017, he joined National League North club Boston United on loan until 1 January 2018. On 10 April 2019, Thompson's contract with Guiseley was terminated with immediate effect.

Post-prison career In January 2020, Thompson signed for Mickleover but left the club after being sent back to prison a month later. On 26 August 2020, Thompson played as a trialist in a pre-season friendly for Selby Town, scoring twice against Tadcaster Albion. However, a day later, the club apologised for taking Thompson on trial, saying in a statement: "As a community football club we pride ourselves on being family friendly and as a club we take this very seriously. In this case a serious error of judgement was made and once again, we can only apologise for our mistake and make clear that the player in question will not be joining our squad now or in the future."

Thompson's former manager at Frickley Karl Rose signed him for his new amateur club Wombwell Town in October 2020. The club released a statement a week later stating that Thompson would not play again following the backlash the club had received for registering him.

Prison sentence On 3 April 2019, Thompson was sentenced to a 40-month custodial sentence along with a ten-year restraining order for domestic violence. He pleaded guilty to damaging property, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and inflicting grievous bodily harm to the victim over a three-day period when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court.

In February 2020, a month after his release, Thompson was sent back to prison after posting a number of inappropriate tweets in relation to his conviction and because he spoke about the case to The Sun.

Career statistics

Honours Frickley Athletic Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup: 2014–15