George Henry Thomson (born 19 May 1992) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for side

Harrogate Town Harrogate Town A.F.C. is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the ...

Career

Born in

Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ...

, Thomson started his career at

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

as a 12 year old in 2004George Thomson Interview – From FC to the EFL"
/ref> and was in their academy for six years. After leaving Forest he had an 18-month spell at Glenn Hoddle's academy in Spain and Jerez Industrial, but made his competitive footballing debut for

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side Hinckley United against Gloucester City on 3 December 2011. He came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Danny Bragoli as the match ended in a 2–2 draw. The next season, Thomson moved to fellow Conference North side

Histon Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road (England), A14 road which r ...

, making his debut on 21 August 2012 against

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

. He started in the 6–0 defeat for the club. After another season, Thomson moved to King's Lynn Town where he scored a hat-trick for the club in their

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match against

AFC Fylde AFC Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Farm. Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wes ...

. In January 2015, Thomson signed with

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side

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

. He made his debut for the club on 24 January against

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

. He came on as an 84th-minute substitute for

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as Chester won 1–0. Thomson scored his first goal for the club on 10 March 2015 against

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

. His 29th-minute goal was the only one in a 1–0 victory. In November 2015, Thomson joined

F.C. United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the , the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home matches at Broadhurst Park. Found ...

on a one-month loan, which was later extended to a two-month loan. He made his debut for the club on 21 November in a 2–2 draw against

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

. A few weeks later, on 19 December, Thomson scored his first goal for United in a 3–2 victory over Nuneaton Borough. On 16 January 2016, it was announced that Thomson had been sold by

to F.C. United on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee. He spent a season and a half with Manchester before moving to

. He made his debut for Harrogate Town on 5 August 2017 against Nuneaton Borough. He started and scored the first goal for Harrogate in a 4–0 victory. Thomson would go on to finish his first season with the club by helping his side earn promotion to the

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and scoring 11 goals. Two seasons later, on 2 August 2020, Thomson helped Harrogate earn promotion again to

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 ...

. He scored the first goal in a 3–1 victory in the National League playoff final against

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League (division), National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 2 ...

. Later that month, he extended his contract with the club.

Career statistics

Honours

King's Lynn Town *

Northern Premier League Division One South The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

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Harrogate Town *

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play-offs:

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play-offs:

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: 2019–20

References

External links

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