Davie Thomson (born 14 February 1942) was a Scottish former

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who played as a

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Youth career

Thomson played for the prodigious Drumchapel Amateur F.C. as a youth and was also selected to represent his country at School Boy level in the

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in 1956 and 1957.

Career

Thomson began his career at Clyde and won 3 caps for the Scotland Amateur team. With various clubs vying for his signature, he eventually choose to sign for Clyde straight out of school in 1957 at 15 years old. As he was just 15, he was only able to sign on an amateur contract He made his Clyde debut against Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) on 20 February 1960, in a 4-2 win at

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. Going on to play a total of 4 times in the League in the

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season. His first senior goal came again against Airdrie, scoring in a 2-0 win on 24 December 1960. He played 13 times that season in the 1960–61 Scottish Division One. With the season culminating in him helping Clyde share the Glasgow Charity Cup after a 1-1 draw with

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. Clyde would go on to win the

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League title, with Thomson playing 15 times that season in League and cup, scoring 6 goals. With Clyde returning to the

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in season 1962-63. Thomson would play 12 times in League and cup scoring twice. His last game for Clyde being a 5-0 home loss against

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At some point around this time, Davie left Clyde to purse a career song writing and subsequently emigrating to Canada. He played in the American Soccer League in 1968 with Rochester Lancers. He returned to play with Rochester for the 1969 season. In 1970, the Lancers joined the

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, and Thomson continued playing with the team. The following season he was traded to

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. In 1973, Toronto released him from his contract. He would subsequently sign with Toronto Hungaria in the

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along with former Metros teammate John Fahy. In his debut season with Hungaria he assisted in securing the

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(NSL Championship & NSL Cup). He re-signed with Toronto Hungaria for the 1974 season. In 1977, he was named to the Rochester Lancers Team of the Decade.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Dave 1943 births Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Dumbarton Men's association football midfielders Clyde F.C. players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Scotland men's amateur international footballers Scottish Football League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Canadian National Soccer League players Drumchapel Amateur F.C. players 2019 deaths