Peter Thompson (soccer player, 1942)

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Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson (1966) .jpg
Peter Thompson, 1966
Personnel
birthday November 27, 1942
place of birth Carlisle ,  England
date of death December 31, 2018
position Wing (left)
Juniors
Years station
0000-1959 Preston North End
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1959-1963 Preston North End 121 (20)
1963-1973 Liverpool FC 322 (41)
1973-1978 Bolton Wanderers 117 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1963-1965 England U-23 4 0(0)
1964-1970 England 16 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Peter Thompson (born November 27, 1942 in Carlisle - † December 31, 2018 ) was an English football player . As a left winger , he was a fixture at Liverpool FC in the 1960s. With Liverpool he won the championship in 1964 and 1966 and the English Cup in 1965 .

Career

societies

Thompson was already one of the greatest talents in English football as a schoolboy, and numerous prominent clubs sought it out. As a 17-year-old he was a regular member of the first division club Preston North End , where he made his debut against Arsenal FC (2-0) on August 30, 1960 - following the resignation of the famous Tom Finney . Thompson was relegated to the second division with Preston after his first season , but at the latest with his appearance in the FA Cup against Liverpool he drew attention to himself in the senior sector. In February 1962 he decided the encounter in the second replay with his 1-0 goal (after two goalless draws). As a left winger with a strong right foot, who was characterized by speed, good technique and strength in crosses, he was now on the list of Liverpool coach Bill Shankly . A year later, Thompson moved to the "Reds" in August 1963 for a transfer fee of £ 37,000.

The newcomer didn't need to get used to and from then on he was a constant in Liverpool FC's game on the left wing, as was Ian Callaghan as his counterpart on the right. In the championship season 1963/64 he did not miss any of the 42 games and contributed six goals. Two years later he won his second English league title and his collection was completed by winning the FA Cup in 1965 . Although thereafter the trophies failed to materialize, Thompson developed into a long runner and in a good seven and a half years he missed only twelve league games - spared by injuries. In December 1970 he was injured so seriously for the first time that he had to pause until March 1971. In time for the final in the English Cup in 1971 , he then returned. He was substituted on against Arsenal for Alun Evans in the second half and shortly after the start of extra time he prepared Steve Heighway's opening goal - but the game was still lost 2-1. He completed again the first seven league games of the 1971/72 season, but severe knee problems ensured that he was initially only sporadically in the first team and later only in the reserve team. Although only 30 years old, his career seemed to be coming to an end before he was offered a new sporting perspective when he moved to Jimmy Armfield 's second division team Bolton Wanderers in December 1973 for £ 18,000.

The debut ended at home in Burnden Park with a 1-0 win against the leaders from Sunderland . Thompson quickly convinced of his qualities in Bolton and after a short time "on trial" the newcomer signed a permanent contract. For a good two and a half years, Thompson kept his regular place in the team that set out to find the way to the top class. When the promotion was then accomplished in the 1977/78 season , Thompson had only a small share with three league appearances, but in April 1978 his importance became clear when he played a charity match against a combined team from Everton and Liverpool in Bolton Actors was honored.

After his resignation in 1978, he largely withdrew from the football business and operated, among other things, a hotel in the Lake District .

National team

Although there were few wingers in English football of the 1960s who had Thompson's qualities, his national team career was unhappy. Although he came in his first Liverpool season in 1963/64 in addition to four appearances in the U-23 team on May 17, 1964 in Lisbon for the first international match against Portugal (4: 3), but from then on he fell within the tactical guidelines victim of coach Alf Ramsey . Ramsey was known for not favoring wingers. So it came about that he was not nominated for the home World Cup in 1966 , where the "Three Lions" won the title, or four years later in Mexico - although he had always been in the provisional 28-man squad. The yield of 16 international A matches in just under six years until 1970 remained relatively meager.

Title / Awards

Web links

  • Peter Thompson in the database of weltfussball.de
  • Peter Thompson in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
  • Peter Thompson English International. In: Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database. January 11, 2014(English).;
  • Barry J. Hugman: Peter Thompson. In: Barry Hugman's Footballers. (English).
  • GingerPower: Peter Thompson. In: englandstats.com. (English, list of international matches).

Individual references / footnotes

  1. ^ Barrie Courtney: England - U-23 International Results- Details. In: RSSSF . March 27, 2004, accessed January 2, 2019 .
  2. ^ Peter Mason: Peter Thompson obituary. In: The Guardian . January 1, 2019, accessed on January 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Player Profile: Peter Thompson. In: LFCHistory.net. Accessed January 2, 2019 .
  4. ^ Marland, Simon: Bolton Wanderers - The Complete Record . DB Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-85983-972-0 , pp. 206 f .
  5. ↑ Player feature: Where Are They Now… Peter Thompson. (jpg, 1.3 MB) In: LFCHistory.net. March 17, 2015, accessed January 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Hayes, Dean P .: England! England! The Complete Who's Who of Players since 1946 . Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-3234-1 , pp. 169-170 .
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Carlisle
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 2018