Anthony Thompson (Gaelic footballer)

Anthony Thompson
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left Half Back
Born (1986-07-24) 24 July 1986
County Donegal
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Student
Club(s)
Years Club
? - present Naomh Conaill
Club titles
Donegal titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2006 - present Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1

Anthony Thompson is a Gaelic football wing back.[1] He plays with his local club Naomh Conaill and is a member of the Donegal senior inter-county team.

Thompson's virtuoso performance in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was highlighted by The Irish Times which noted how he "seemed to shepherd the play exactly to his liking and moved through the fare in that unhurried, three-quarters pace style of his", at one stage "loitering in front of David Clarke's goal, a de facto full forward doing what good front men do: keeping quiet as a church mouse and waiting to be spotted".[2]

Playing career

Club

Playing alongside John Gildea in midfield, Thompson scored 3 points, including 2 frees, in the final as Naomh Conaill won their first ever Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2005.[3] He was sent off in the final of the 2009 Donegal Senior Football Championship, which his team lost to Saint Eunan's.[4] His club won the 2010 County Final and went on to reach the final of the 2010 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, knocking out Cavan champions Kingscourt, Monaghan champions Clontibret and Tyrone champions Coalisland along the way.[5][6]

He played for his club in the final of the 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship. They won.[7]

Inter-county

With Donegal, Thompson won the 2011 Ulster Senior Football Championship, and played in the final against Derry.[8] He played again when Donegal returned to the final in 2012.[9] Normally a quiet member of the team, in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final defeat of Kerry at Croke Park on 5 August 2012, he knocked teammate Patrick McBrearty out the game with his head.[10] He played in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo.[11] Though nominated for an All Star he was not successful, but was selected as a replacement All Star for the Football Tour of New York.[12]

For much of Donegal's 2015 campaign, Thompson commuted from his work base in the UK.[13]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Thompson set to miss Cork game". Donegal Democrat (Johnston Press). 14 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013. Wing-back Anthony Thompson looks set to miss Donegal's crunch Division One Allianz League clash with Cork in Pairc Ui Rinn on Saturday. (Throw-in 5 pm)
  2. ↑ Duggan, Keith (29 September 2012). "Fearless Donegal ready to shift axis of power". The Irish Times (Irish Times Trust). Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Historic first title for Naomh Conaill". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 10 October 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2005.
  4. ↑ "Two final meetings that shaped strands of history". Donegal Democrat (Johnston Press). 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Naomh Conaill's adventure continues with Coalisland test". Donegal Democrat (Johnston Press). 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Keys, Colm (13 December 2010). "Kernan red card spurs on Cross'". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Foley, Alan (19 October 2015). "Gutsy Naomh Conaill edge to glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Donegal Ulster Champions: Players hail maestro McGuinness". Donegal Daily. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Donegal's new style untested in stroll past Derry". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Keys, Colm (7 August 2012). "McBrearty shooting for the stars as he commits to Donegal cause". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). Retrieved 7 August 2012. McBrearty was forced off for treatment in the first half after a collision with colleague Anthony Thompson left him slightly concussed, but he was able to play on. "I'd a wee bit of concussion there. The quietest man on the team hit me! That was the last man I expected to be hitting me. It was just a wee clash of heads and nothing too harmful. I should be alright for three weeks' time," he confirmed.
  11. ↑ "Live updates from the All-Ireland finals at Croke Park". RTÉ Sport (RTÉ). 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  12. ↑ McNulty, Chris (13 November 2012). "Replacement All-Star for Thompson". Donegal News. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  13. ↑ Keys, Colm (11 August 2015). "Durcan's Donegal future in doubt as he plans move abroad". Irish Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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