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David Thompson Profile and Player Statistics

David Thompson

First name:	David
Last name:	Thompson
Position:	Midfielder
Nationality:

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which David Thompson has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Premier League	2006/2007	Portsmouth	26	11	6	0	6
Premier League	2005/2006	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	6	2	5
Premier League	2004/2005	Blackburn Rovers	26	13	5	0	2
Premier League	2003/2004	Blackburn Rovers	7	0	2	0	2

David Thompson has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: Premier League

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
05/05/2007	West Ham United	3 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	3-0	H2H	+
C. Tevez 10'		1 - 0
C. Tevez 21'		2 - 0
			24' David Thompson
Mark Noble 29'		3 - 0
Bobby Zamora 55'
			56' Ricardo Gardner
			58' David Thompson
			58' James Sinclair
Bobby Zamora 64'
Marlon Harewood 64'
			65' Andranik Timotian-Samarani
			65' Ricardo Vaz Té
		3 - 1	66' G. Speed
			70' Kevin Davies
			70' Kevin Nolan
			76' Ricardo Gardner
			76' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
Boa Morte 79'
Jonathan Spector 79'
Nigel Reo-Coker 86'
Hayden Mullins 86'
			90+3' G. Speed
Mark Noble 90+4'
28/04/2007	Chelsea	2 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	19' Ľ. Michalík
S. Kalou 22'		1 - 1
			26' Ricardo Gardner
Ricardo Carvalho 29'
Frank Lampard 29'
Jussi Jaaskelainen 34'		2 - 1
Andriy Shevchenko 46'
Didier Drogba 46'
			46' David Thompson
			46' Ricardo Vaz Té
			49' Kevin Davies
		2 - 2	54' Kevin Davies
			56' Ľ. Michalík
Lassana Diarra 60'
Joe Cole 60'
			77' I. Tal
			77' James Sinclair
			90' Nicolas Anelka
			90' César Martín
21/04/2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 3	Reading	0-0	H2H	+
			9' Nicky Shorey
N. Hunt 21'
Ľ. Michalík 21'
El-Hadji Diouf 31'
David Thompson 31'
Kevin Nolan 46'
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 46'
			57' Noel Hunt
Nicky Shorey 64'		1 - 0
			73' John Oster
			73' Ki-Hyeon Seol
			74' Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo
			74' James Harper
			77' Dave Kitson
			77' Ingo Goetze
		1 - 1	84' Kevin Doyle
		1 - 2	89' Kevin Doyle
		1 - 3	90+2' Noel Hunt
14/04/2007	Arsenal	2 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	10' Nicolas Anelka
Tomáš Rosický 31'		1 - 1
			35' Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé
Cesc Fàbregas 46'		2 - 1
William Gallas 50'
			56' Ricardo Gardner
			56' Andranik Timotian-Samarani
Fredrik Ljungberg 60'
Abou Diaby 60'
			61' El-Hadji Diouf
			61' Ricardo Vaz Té
			68' Iván Campo
			71' N. Hunt
			76' Kevin Nolan
			76' David Thompson
Alexander Hleb 81'
Júlio Baptista 81'
			82' Iván Campo
Jens Lehmann 90+1'
09/04/2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 1	Everton	1-1	H2H	+
Kevin Davies 18'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	33' James Vaughan
G. Speed 34'
			41' Mikel Arteta
			62' James Vaughan
			62' James Beattie
Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé 79'
El-Hadji Diouf 87'
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 87'
Iván Campo 87'
Andranik Timotian-Samarani 90'
David Thompson 90'
07/04/2007	Wigan Athletic	1 - 3	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	H2H	+
Emile Heskey 32'		1 - 0
			35' Tal Ben Haim
			35' Ricardo Gardner
		1 - 1	45' Nicolas Anelka
			57' David Thompson
Caleb Folan 63'
Henri Camara 63'
			63' Kevin Davies
		1 - 2	68' Andranik Timotian-Samarani
		1 - 3	73' Andranik Timotian-Samarani
			74' David Thompson
			74' I. Tal
Josip Skoko 75'
David Cotterill 75'
			80' Jussi Jaaskelainen
			88' Nicolas Anelka
			88' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
31/03/2007	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 0	Sheffield United	0-0	H2H	+
Kevin Nolan 7'
			55' Colin Kazim-Richards
			60' Nick Montgomery
			64' Christian Nadé
			64' Jon Stead
Kevin Davies 80'		1 - 0
			82' Keith Gillespie
			82' Luton Shelton
El-Hadji Diouf 86'
Andranik Timotian-Samarani 86'
			87' Paddy Kenny
17/03/2007	Manchester United	4 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	3-0	H2H	+
Gary Neville 11'
Wes Brown 11'
Park Ji-Sung 14'		1 - 0
Wayne Rooney 17'		2 - 0
Park Ji-Sung 25'		3 - 0
			28' Henrik Pedersen
			28' El-Hadji Diouf
			52' Kevin Davies
			52' Andranik Timotian-Samarani
Ryan Giggs 56'
Kieran Richardson 56'
			66' Iván Campo
			68' Ricardo Gardner
Cristiano Ronaldo 70'
Alan Smith 70'
Wayne Rooney 74'		4 - 0
			78' Iván Campo
			78' David Thompson
		4 - 1	87' G. Speed
11/02/2007	Bolton Wanderers	2 - 1	Fulham	1-0	H2H	+
G. Speed 23'		1 - 0
			23' Michael Brown
			28' Heidar Helguson
			37' Simon Davies
Kevin Nolan 50'		2 - 0
			62' Michael Brown
			62' Alexei Smertin
		2 - 1	62' Zat Knight
			63' Moritz Volz
			63' Tomasz Radzinski
			67' Heidar Helguson
			67' Vincenzo Montella
G. Speed 68'
David Thompson 68'
David Thompson 70'
Andranik Timotian-Samarani 81'
I. Tal 81'
El-Hadji Diouf 86'
Henrik Pedersen 86'
			90+1' Franck Queudrue
20/01/2007	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Charlton Athletic	0-0	H2H	+
Sean Davis 53'
Roudolphe Douala 53'
Nwankwo Kanu 73'
Benjamin Mwaruwari 73'
		0 - 1	79' Amdy Faye
			82' Dennis Rommedahl
			82' Radostin Kishishev
			85' Osei Sankofa
			89' Amdy Faye
			90+1' Jerome Thomas
			90+1' Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
			90+2' Amdy Faye
			90+2' Souleymane Diawara
			90+4' Scott Carson
30/12/2006	Bolton Wanderers	3 - 2	Portsmouth	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	2' Matthew Taylor
Abdoulaye Diagne-Fayé 30'		1 - 1
Iván Campo 40'		2 - 1
Nicolas Anelka 62'		3 - 1
			66' Gary O'Neil
		3 - 2	89' Andy Cole
26/12/2006	West Ham United	1 - 2	Portsmouth	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	16' Linvoy Primus
		0 - 2	37' Linvoy Primus
Anton Ferdinand 40'
Matthew Etherington 46'
C. Tevez 46'
Jonathan Spector 69'
Christian Dailly 69'
			80' Nwankwo Kanu
Teddy Sheringham 80'		1 - 2
Nigel Reo-Coker 83'
			87' Nwankwo Kanu
			87' Andy Cole
16/12/2006	Arsenal	2 - 2	Portsmouth	0-1	H2H	+
Fredrik Ljungberg 6'
T. Walcott 6'
		0 - 1	45' Noé Pamarot
		0 - 2	47' Matthew Taylor
Jérémie Aliadière 55'
Emmanuel Adebayor 55'
Emmanuel Adebayor 58'		1 - 2
Gilberto Silva 60'		2 - 2
			71' David Thompson
			71' Niko Kranjčar
Emmanuel Eboué 78'
Mathieu Flamini 78'
			83' Glen Johnson
			85' Nwankwo Kanu
			85' Richard Hughes
			90+3' Gary O'Neil
09/12/2006	Portsmouth	2 - 0	Everton	2-0	H2H	+
Matthew Taylor 14'		1 - 0
Nwankwo Kanu 26'		2 - 0
			41' James Beattie
Glen Johnson 45'
			46' James Beattie
			46' Victor Anichebe
			46' D. Weir
			46' James McFadden
Sean Davis 60'
Benjamin Mwaruwari 62'
Roudolphe Douala 62'
			63' Andy van der Meyde
			69' Andy Johnson
			80' Andy van der Meyde
			80' James Vaughan
Nwankwo Kanu 81'
Niko Kranjčar 81'
Sean Davis 90'
Richard Hughes 90'
			90+3' Alan Stubbs
02/12/2006	Portsmouth	2 - 2	Aston Villa	0-1	H2H	+
Trésor Lomana LuaLua 34'
Benjamin Mwaruwari 34'
David James 36'
		0 - 1	37' Gareth Barry
			45' Liam Ridgewell
Pedro Mendes 51'
Matthew Taylor 52'		1 - 1
			73' I. Osbourne
			74' Milan Baros
			78' Milan Baros
			78' Juan Ángel Arango
			79' Gareth Barry
Matthew Taylor 80'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	82' Juan Ángel Arango
Pedro Mendes 86'
Nwankwo Kanu 86'
Richard Hughes 86'
			90' Steven Davis
			90' A. Hughes
29/11/2006	Liverpool	0 - 0	Portsmouth	0-0	H2H	+
Peter Crouch 61'
Robbie Fowler 61'
			69' Pedro Mendes
			69' Manuel Fernandes
Jermaine Pennant 70'
Luis García 72'
N. El Zhar 72'
			75' Richard Hughes
			76' David Thompson
			82' Benjamin Mwaruwari
			82' Nwankwo Kanu
Jermaine Pennant 84'
Danny Guthrie 84'
			90' Niko Kranjčar
			90' Andrew O'Brien
			90+1' Noé Pamarot
26/11/2006	Newcastle United	1 - 0	Portsmouth	0-0	H2H	+
Scott Parker 24'
Nicky Butt 24'
			37' David Thompson
			43' Dejan Stefanovic
James Milner 45'
A. Sibierski 45'
			46' Dejan Stefanovic
			46' Matthew Taylor
			59' Benjamin Mwaruwari
			59' Roudolphe Douala
Titus Bramble 63'
A. Sibierski 69'		1 - 0
			71' Pedro Mendes
			71' Niko Kranjčar
N. Solano 81'
Charles N'Zogbia 90'
Albert Luque 90'
18/11/2006	Portsmouth	2 - 1	Watford	1-1	H2H	+
David Thompson 14'
		0 - 1	32' Jay DeMerit
			34' Hameur Bouazza
			34' T. Priskin
Nwankwo Kanu 44'		1 - 1
			46' Ben Foster
			46' Richard Lee
			46' Jordan Stewart
David Thompson 63'
Andy Cole 63'
			78' Darius Henderson
			78' J. Chambers
Trésor Lomana LuaLua 89'		2 - 1
			89' Jay DeMerit
			90+1' T. Priskin
11/11/2006	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Fulham	0-0	H2H	+
			45' Zat Knight
		0 - 1	57' Zat Knight
			64' Antti Niemi
Matthew Taylor 66'
Andy Cole 66'
Andy Cole 74'		1 - 1
			79' Moritz Volz
			79' Wayne Routledge
Nwankwo Kanu 83'
Benjamin Mwaruwari 83'
			85' Franck Queudrue
			86' C. Jensen
			86' Papa Diop
Gary O'Neil 87'
David Thompson 87'
			90' Brian McBride
			90' Collins John
21/10/2006	Chelsea	2 - 1	Portsmouth	0-0	H2H	+
			43' Noé Pamarot
			46' Nwankwo Kanu
			46' Sean Davis
			51' Pedro Mendes
Andriy Shevchenko 55'		1 - 0
Andriy Shevchenko 56'
Michael Ballack 57'		2 - 0
			58' Manuel Fernandes
			58' Andy Cole
Michael Ballack 58'
Arjen Robben 66'
Joe Cole 66'
		2 - 1	69' Benjamin Mwaruwari
Andriy Shevchenko 76'
Claude Makélélé 76'
			83' Pedro Mendes
			83' David Thompson
Joe Cole 90'
Michael Ballack 90'
Khalid Boulahrouz 90'
25/09/2006	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	0-1	H2H	+
			8' Iván Campo
		0 - 1	22' Kevin Nolan
			54' Tal Ben Haim
Matthew Taylor 56'
Matthew Taylor 57'
Trésor Lomana LuaLua 57'
			74' Iván Campo
			74' I. Tal
Benjamin Mwaruwari 75'
Manuel Fernandes 75'
Pedro Mendes 75'
David Thompson 75'
Dejan Stefanovic 78'
			87' Nicolas Anelka
			87' Ricardo Vaz Té
			90' El-Hadji Diouf
			90' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
16/09/2006	Charlton Athletic	0 - 1	Portsmouth	0-0	H2H	+
			45' Gary O'Neil
Marcus Bent 46'
Jonathan Fortune 46'
Omar Pouso Osores 57'
Matt Holland 57'
			64' Benjamin Mwaruwari
			64' Trésor Lomana LuaLua
		0 - 1	75' Trésor Lomana LuaLua
Radostin Kishishev 80'
Kevin Lisbie 80'
			89' Gary O'Neil
			89' David Thompson
			90' Nwankwo Kanu
09/09/2006	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Wigan Athletic	0-0	H2H	+
Benjamin Mwaruwari 49'		1 - 0
Dejan Stefanovic 66'
Noé Pamarot 66'
			76' Fitz Hall
Nwankwo Kanu 76'
Trésor Lomana LuaLua 76'
			78' Gary Teale
			78' David Cotterill
Pedro Mendes 86'
David Thompson 86'
			90' Henri Camara
			90' Andreas Johansson
28/08/2006	Middlesbrough	0 - 4	Portsmouth	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	6' Nwankwo Kanu
		0 - 2	50' Benjamin Mwaruwari
		0 - 3	57' Nwankwo Kanu
Mark Viduka 70'
Malcolm Christie 70'
L. Cattermole 70'
James Morrison 70'
Gaizka Mendieta 70'
Fábio Rochemback 70'
			73' David Thompson
			73' Omar Koroma
			83' Nwankwo Kanu
			83' Svetoslav Todorov
			86' Matthew Taylor
			86' Richard Hughes
			89' Svetoslav Todorov
Stewart Downing 90'
Stuart Parnaby 90'
		0 - 4	90' Svetoslav Todorov
23/08/2006	Manchester City	0 - 0	Portsmouth	0-0	H2H	+
			0' Sean Davis
Trevor Sinclair 41'
Ben Thatcher 49'
			52' Pedro Mendes
			52' Richard Hughes
			65' Benjamin Mwaruwari
			65' Svetoslav Todorov
Claudio Reyna 66'
Stephen Ireland 66'
Georgios Samaras 71'
Ishmael Miller 71'
19/08/2006	Portsmouth	3 - 0	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	H2H	+
Matthew Taylor 11'
Svetoslav Todorov 26'		1 - 0
			27' Lucas Neill
Dejan Stefanovic 45'
Svetoslav Todorov 59'
Nwankwo Kanu 59'
Nwankwo Kanu 62'		2 - 0
			65' Lucas Neill
			69' Daniel Bentley
			69' Brett Emerton
			82' Benni McCarthy
			82' Shefki Kuqi
Nwankwo Kanu 84'		3 - 0
Benjamin Mwaruwari 87'
David Thompson 87'
Nwankwo Kanu 90'
			90' Andy Todd
07/05/2006	Arsenal	4 - 2	Wigan Athletic	2-2	H2H	+
Robert Pirès 8'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	10' Paul Scharner
			16' Matt Jackson
Cesc Fàbregas 32'
		1 - 2	33' David Thompson
Thierry Henry 35'		2 - 2
Thierry Henry 56'		3 - 2
			66' Reto Ziegler
			66' Damien Francis
			73' David Thompson
			73' Andreas Johansson
Robert Pirès 74'
Fredrik Ljungberg 74'
			76' Andreas Johansson
Thierry Henry 76'		4 - 2
José Antonio Reyes 79'
Dennis Bergkamp 79'
Alexander Hleb 79'
Robin van Persie 79'
			82' Henri Camara
			82' David Connolly
29/04/2006	Wigan Athletic	1 - 2	Portsmouth	1-0	H2H	+
Henri Camara 34'		1 - 0
			46' Sean Davis
			46' Noé Pamarot
L. Baines 57'
		1 - 1	63' Benjamin Mwaruwari
			68' Pedro Mendes
			68' Richard Hughes
Gary Teale 70'
		1 - 2	71' Matthew Taylor
Stephane Henchoz 72'
David Thompson 72'
Paul Scharner 72'
Henri Camara 80'
David Connolly 80'
Lee McCulloch 84'
G. Kavanagh 84'
Andreas Johansson 84'
			90' Richard Hughes
			90' Svetoslav Todorov
			90' Wayne Routledge
24/04/2006	Fulham	1 - 0	Wigan Athletic	1-0	H2H	+
S. Malbranque 45'		1 - 0
			57' Lee McCulloch
Papa Diop 63'
Heidar Helguson 72'
Tomasz Radzinski 72'
Boa Morte 76'
Tomasz Radzinski 84'
Simon Elliott 85'
Philippe Christanval 85'
Brian McBride 85'
			87' Gary Teale
			87' David Connolly
			90' Pascal Chimbonda
15/04/2006	Newcastle United	3 - 1	Wigan Athletic	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	5' Jimmy Bullard
Lee Bowyer 8'
Amdy Faye 8'
			17' Arjan de Zeeuw
			17' Paul Scharner
Shola Ameobi 18'
Michael Chopra 18'
Robbie Elliott 19'
			20' Matt Jackson
			20' L. Baines
			27' L. Baines
A. Shearer 28'		1 - 1
Titus Bramble 36'		2 - 1
			44' Lee McCulloch
			44' Henri Camara
			60' G. Kavanagh
			63' Paul Scharner
A. Shearer 66'		3 - 1
Craig Moore 67'
Kieron Dyer 75'
Jordan Archer 75'
08/04/2006	Wigan Athletic	1 - 1	Birmingham City	0-0	H2H	+
L. Baines 42'
Reto Ziegler 42'
Andreas Johansson 49'		1 - 0
			57' Olivier Tebily
			65' Mustafa Izzet
			65' David Dunn
			65' Chris Sutton
			65' Mikael Forssell
		1 - 1	77' David Dunn
Andreas Johansson 79'
Henri Camara 79'
			90' Jermaine Pennant
03/04/2006	Blackburn Rovers	1 - 1	Wigan Athletic	0-0	H2H	+
			11' Paul Scharner
			46' Paul Scharner
			46' Matt Jackson
		0 - 1	53' Jason Roberts
Daniel Bentley 59'
Tugay Kerimoglu 59'
P. Dickov 59'
Shefki Kuqi 59'
			60' Jason Roberts
Shefki Kuqi 84'		1 - 1
25/03/2006	Wigan Athletic	1 - 2	West Ham United	1-0	H2H	+
G. Kavanagh 19'
Lee McCulloch 45'		1 - 0
John Filan 46'
Mike Pollitt 46'
		1 - 1	52' Marlon Harewood
Lee McCulloch 62'
Gary Teale 70'
David Thompson 70'
			71' Matthew Etherington
			71' Bobby Zamora
G. Kavanagh 75'
Reto Ziegler 75'
David Thompson 88'
		1 - 2	90' Nigel Reo-Coker
			90' Yossi Benayoun
			90' Shaun Newton
11/03/2006	Sunderland	0 - 1	Wigan Athletic	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	8' Henri Camara
Julio Arca 46'
Liam Lawrence 46'
			58' Gary Teale
			58' David Thompson
Rory Delap 63'
Anthony Le Tallec 63'
			63' G. Kavanagh
			63' Reto Ziegler
			82' Henri Camara
			82' Andreas Johansson
Kevin Kyle 83'
Stephen Elliott 86'
Jon Stead 86'
06/03/2006	Wigan Athletic	1 - 2	Manchester United	0-0	H2H	+
Arjan de Zeeuw 5'
G. Kavanagh 19'
Paul Scharner 55'
Paul Scharner 60'		1 - 0
			70' Ryan Giggs
			71' Park Ji-Sung
			71' Ruud van Nistelrooy
		1 - 1	74' Cristiano Ronaldo
Lee McCulloch 81'
			83' John O'Shea
			85' Mikaël Silvestre
			85' Patrice Evra
			87' Gary Neville
Lee McCulloch 89'
Reto Ziegler 89'
		1 - 2	90' Pascal Chimbonda
L. Baines 90'
19/02/2006	Tottenham Hotspur	2 - 2	Wigan Athletic	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	10' Andreas Johansson
Mido 23'		1 - 1
Mido 38'
			46' Stephane Henchoz
			46' Matt Jackson
		1 - 2	67' Andreas Johansson
Jermain Defoe 68'		2 - 2
Danny Murphy 74'
Robbie Keane 74'
			84' G. Kavanagh
Edgar Davids 85'
T. Huddlestone 85'
			90' Henri Camara
			90' Lee McCulloch
11/02/2006	Wigan Athletic	0 - 1	Liverpool	0-1	H2H	+
David Thompson 25'
Stephane Henchoz 28'
		0 - 1	30' Sami Hyypia
			66' Robbie Fowler
			66' Jan Kromkamp
			71' Morientes
			71' Djibril Cissé
Andreas Johansson 84'
L. Baines 84'
04/02/2006	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 1	Wigan Athletic	0-0	H2H	+
			16' Neil Mellor
Khalilou Fadiga 23'
N. Hunt 23'
Matt Jansen 46'
Ricardo Vaz Té 46'
Kevin Davies 53'
Jared Borgetti Echavarria 53'
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 63'		1 - 0
			65' L. Baines
			65' David Thompson
			66' Neil Mellor
			66' Andreas Johansson
		1 - 1	77' Andreas Johansson
			80' Pascal Chimbonda
			82' Stephane Henchoz
			85' David Thompson
31/01/2006	Wigan Athletic	1 - 1	Everton	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' David Thompson
Paul Scharner 20'
Paul Scharner 45'		1 - 1
David Thompson 46'
Reto Ziegler 46'
			73' Mikel Arteta
			73' Duncan Ferguson
			80' Duncan Ferguson
			82' James McFadden
Jason Roberts 83'
31/01/2006	Wigan Athletic	1 - 1	Everton	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	9' David Thompson
Paul Scharner 20'
Paul Scharner 45'		1 - 1
David Thompson 46'
Reto Ziegler 46'
			73' Mikel Arteta
			73' Duncan Ferguson
			80' Duncan Ferguson
			82' James McFadden
Jason Roberts 83'

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