Daniel Anthony Thomas (born 1 September 1991) was a professional English

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who played as a

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for

Gosport Borough Gosport Borough Football Club is a professional football club based in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an FA Charter Standard Community Club. They are currently members of the an ...

Career

Thomas signed an apprentice contract with

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth () is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest division of English club football. Formed in 1899 as B ...

in May 2008. He made his debut on 6 October 2009 for Bournemouth in their 2–1 away defeat to Northampton Town in the

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Southern Section Second Round. Thomas commented, "I was chuffed to bits when I was told I was going to make my debut...I felt I did ok, but was just so disappointed to be on the losing side". He made his debut in

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on 5 December as a second-half substitute, replacing the injured

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, and kept a clean sheet as Bournemouth beat Shrewsbury Town 1–0 in

Football League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

. On 4 February 2011, Thomas joined

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

on loan. He made his debut the next day in a 1–0 win over Weston-Super-Mare. He was recalled from his loan spell on 12 April 2011 after his parent club terminated the contract of the club's second choice goalkeeper Jon Stewart. On 6 January 2012, Thomas joined

Southern Football League The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...

Premier Division side AFC Totton on a month's loan. On 16 March 2012, it was announced that Thomas had joined

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side

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the 20 ...

. Thomas joined Aldershot Town on non-contract terms in August 2014 after impressing whilst on trial in pre-season.

Personal life

Thomas attended Portchester School, in

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

and

Brockenhurst College Brockenhurst College is a large tertiary college situated in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Co-educational since the 1920s, Brockenhurst College accepts students over the age of 16 or year 12 students, whichever occurs first due to safeguarding polic ...

in Brockenhurst. He has a two younger brothers, named Joseph and Nick.

References

External links

Bournemouth profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Dan 1991 births Living people Footballers from Poole English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers AFC Bournemouth players Dorchester Town F.C. players Welling United F.C. players A.F.C. Totton players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Poole Town F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players