Player Profile

Nomadic striker Thomas was heavily linked to Town long before he eventually joined on loan in September 2015, with Thomas’ then club Bournemouth turning down a bid of around £100k in January of 2014. Eighteen months on, Thomas was a Birmingham player and joined Swindon on loan on transfer deadline day.

Handed a debut at Gresty Road, Thomas finished from a tight angle for Town’s second in a 3-1 win over Crewe Alexandra, and then picked up his second Town goal in his fourth game, blasting home from inside the box as Colchester failed to deal with a corner. Unfortunately for him, he limped off injured after 27 minutes of that game and missed the next six weeks with a hamstring strain.

On his return to fitness, Thomas was a victim of the league’s loan rules - able to name only five loanees in a matchday squad, Town had contrived to have no fewer than eight in their squad, and with Lawrence Vigouroux, Jordan Turnbull and Ben Gladwin more or less guaranteed selections, Thomas had to fight hard for his last two Town appearances, both of which came in November. When his loan expired in January, he returned to Birmingham and later signed for Oxford United, before scoring a brace against Town for Grimsby in 2018.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

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Career details

Club	Details
Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	2003 (youth scholarship); released (2004/5)
Waltham Forest Waltham Forest	cs 2005
Thurrock Thurrock	cs 2006
Fisher Athletic London Fisher Athletic	cs 2007
Dagenham and Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge	September 1st, 2008
Grays Athletic Grays Athletic	rptd December 2nd, 2008 (loan); expired (January 2009)
Rushden and Diamonds Rushden	rptd March 25th, 2010 (loan); expired (2009/0)
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town	July 1st, 2010 ; released (2010/1)
Crawley Town Crawley Town	July 1st, 2011 (announced May 31st, 2011) (unattached); transferred out (January 1st, 2012)
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	September 9th, 2011 (loan)
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	January 1st, 2012 (transferred in, undisclosed fee "six-figure fee"); transferred out (January 14th, 2014)
Portsmouth Portsmouth	September 28th, 2012 (loan); expired (rptd October 26th, 2012)
Blackpool Blackpool	November 22nd, 2012 (loan); expired (January 1st, 2013)
Birmingham City Birmingham	January 31st, 2013 (loan); expired (2012/3)
Rotherham United Rotherham United	January 14th, 2014 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (2013/4)
Birmingham City Birmingham	July 1st, 2014 (announced June 11th, 2014) (unattached); released (rptd May 11th, 2016)
Swindon Town Swindon	September 1st, 2015 (loan); expired (January 7th, 2016)
Bradford City Bradford	January 29th, 2016 (loan); expired (May 1st, 2016)
Oxford United Oxford United	July 1st, 2016 (announced June 25th, 2016) (unattached); released (2017/8)
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	August 17th, 2018 (unattached); released (rptd May 5th, 2019)
Notts County Notts County	rptd August 12th, 2019 (unattached); released (rptd January 25th, 2021)