Dominic Thomas

Dominic William Thomas (born 23 November 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He was forced to retire from professional football due to injury after spending 5 years at League One side Bristol Rovers.[2] Born in London, Thomas started his career at Charlton Athletic before signing a scholarship at Bristol Rovers. Thomas won the league and cup double for the Under-18s during the 2012-13 campaign. He then went on to sign his first professional contract in 2014 with Bristol Rovers at the age of 18.

For the UCLA professor, see Dominic Thomas (academic).
Not to be confused with Dom Thomas.

Dominic Thomas
Personal information
Full name Dominic William Thomas[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995
Place of birth London, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2012 Charlton Athletic
2012–2014 Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Bristol Rovers 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 July 2017

Career

Charlton Athletic

Thomas joined Charlton Athletic at 7 years old, where he then signed for their academy at the age of 9. He played there for 7 years until he was released at the age of 16 years. He then signed for Bristol Rovers.

Bristol Rovers

Thomas signed a scholarship at Bristol Rovers at the age of 16. In his first year scholar, he won the league and cup double for the Under-18s during the 2012-13 campaign. During this campaign, there was speculation that Thomas could be on his way to Liverpool Football Club. He captained the U-18s in his second year scholar & after a strong campaign was pushed into the Bristol Rovers first team before the end of the season.

On 21 April, Darrell Clarke named Thomas on the bench for the first team against Rochdale but was an unused substitute.[3] Rovers lost the game 2–1, which contributed towards their eventual relegation from the Football League - the first time since their acceptance in 1920. On 3 May, Thomas was again named on the bench for the first team for the ultimate game of the season at home to Mansfield Town, where he was an unused substitute. Rovers lost 0-1 confirming their relegation from the Football League.[4]

In July 2014, Thomas signed his first professional contract with Bristol Rovers.

In October 2014, Thomas made his professional debut in the FA Cup against Dorchester Town where he replaced Lee Mansell in the 84th minute. Bristol Rovers won the game 7–1. Later this season, Thomas was part of the squad who successfully won the play off final at Wembley Stadium, promoting Rovers back into the Football League 2.

In August 2015, Thomas joined Paulton Rovers on loan.[5] On 26 September 2015, Thomas suffered a serious knee injury which ruled him out for the rest of the campaign.[6] He then spent the full 2016/17 season on the sidelines while recovering from the injury.[7]

The Rovers squad then went on to gain promotion to the Football League 1 in back to back promotions.

On 26 July 2017, Thomas returned to the Bristol Rovers first team squad for the first time in 22 months in a pre-season friendly against Bath City after suffering a career threatening injury.[8]

Retirement

Thomas announced his retirement from professional football on 1 October 2017 via his Twitter account due to not being able to overcome his knee/leg injury sustained in September 2015. He thanked his club doctor Tim Jenkins and surgeon Jonathan Webb for helping him throughout the injury.[9]

Personal life

He is the brother of Norwich City player Jordan Thomas.

Career statistics
As of 1 October 2014[10]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bristol Rovers 2013–14 0000000000
2014–15 0010--0010
2015–16 0000000000
2016–17 0000000000
Career total 0010000010
  1. Includes appearances in the FA Trophy.

References
  1. "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Bristol Rovers F.C. Player Profiles: Dominic Thomas". Bristol Rovers F.C. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. "Bristol Rovers 1-2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. Caroline Chapman (3 May 2014). "Bristol Rovers 1-2 Mansfield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2015/august/dominic-thomas-joins-paulton-on-loan/
  6. http://www.mnrjournal.co.uk/article.cfm?id=428&headline=Rovers%20knocked%20out%20of%20FA%20Cup%20as%20%20injury%20woes%20continue%20–%20PAULTON%20ROVERS%200%20CHESHAM%20UNITED%202&sectionIs=sport&searchyear=2015
  7. https://twitter.com/KeithBrookman/status/728875350088921088
  8. https://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2017/july/bathcitymatchreport/
  9. https://twitter.com/dominicthomas01/status/982914737237187330
  10. "Dominic Thomas". Soccer Base. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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