Adam Thompson

Watford

A member of the Watford academy since he was eleven, he was handed the number 29 jersey for the 2010–11 season. He made his professional debut for the club on 24 August 2010, in their 2–1 League Cup Second Round exit to Notts County at Vicarage Road. Thompson made his league debut against Burnley at home on 12 February, a game Watford lost 3–1. Thompson later signed his first professional contract at Watford, which keeps him until 2013. Thompson scored his first professional goal for Watford three days later. In June 2011, Thompson signed a new contract with Watford, keeping him until 2014. Upon his return from his loan spell at Barnet, Thompson then made his first league appearance under Gianfranco Zola having come on as a substitute for Daniel Pudil against Birmingham City on 16 February 2013.

Loan spells

On 25 August 2011, Thompson joined Brentford on a month's loan, scoring on his Bees debut in a Football League Trophy tie away to MK Dons. His goal made the match 1–1 at the time, it finished 3–3 with Brentford winning 4–3 on penalties. His loan was later extended for another month. Thompson returned to Watford on 26 October. Thompson re-joined Brentford on a one-month youth loan in early February which was extended until the end of the season on 10 April. Throughout the season, Thompson played a total of 22 games for Brentford in all competitions, but did not make an appearance for Watford. During the first month of the 2012–13 season, Thompson…

In September 2008 he was called up to the Northern Ireland under-17 squad. He was a part of the under-19s run to the Milk Cup final in 2010. On 27 July he scored a vital equalizer against Mexico at the Coleraine Showgrounds, which helped take the team above Mexico on goal difference in the final table. In August 2010, he received his first call-up the under-21 squad, and he played for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Germany on 7 September 2010. He was called up to the senior Northern Ireland team for the first time in February 2011. He made his debut on 9 February 2011, as a 66th-minute substitute in Northern Ireland's 3–0 defeat to Scotland in the 2011 Nations Cup. Scotland did not score while Thompson was on the field. Thompson was selected in the squad for Northern Ireland's fixtures against New Zealand and Azerbaijan in June 2017.

As of 6 April 2024

Bury

EFL League Two runner-up: 2018–19 Rotherham United

EFL League One runner-up: 2019–20 Leyton Orient

EFL League Two: 2022–23