Glyn Thompson (born 24 February1981 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English footballer who is currently with Newport County. He plays as a goalkeeper.
Shrewsbury is his hometown club, where he began his career as a youth player. He got his senior début as a 19-year-old under manager Jake King, in a 3-0 away win over Torquay United on the last day of the 1998-99 Division Three season. He made one more appearance for the club — a 3-0 League Cup de...
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Glyn Thompson (born 24 February1981 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English footballer who is currently with Newport County. He plays as a goalkeeper.
Shrewsbury is his hometown club, where he began his career as a youth player. He got his senior début as a 19-year-old under manager Jake King, in a 3-0 away win over Torquay United on the last day of the 1998-99 Division Three season. He made one more appearance for the club — a 3-0 League Cup defeat to Sheffield United — before joining Fulham for a £50,000 fee in October 1999.
Fulham sent him on loan to Mansfield Town January 2000. He made 16 appearances (with 5 clean sheets) before his loan spell ended in May of that year. Shrewsbury was again his next club, but he was only drafted in on loan as cover, and didn't play.
He spent three months on loan to Northampton Town and made 10 league appearances. Northampton made the move permanent, but Thompson was only to start eight more league matches in the following two years. Chesterfield...
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