Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te marama o Akuhata 1985, i muri i te takaro neke atu i te 150 nga kemu mo Lincoln, ka neke a Thompson ki Charlton Athletic. I tana kēmu whakamutunga mō Lincoln ka kite ia i tētahi moemoea kino i te 56 o ngā kaimātakitaki i mate i roto i tētahi ahi whakamataku
i a rātou e tākaro ana ki Bradford City. I riro ia hei rangatira mo Charlton a ka arahi ia ia ki te whakatairanga ki te Rōpū Tuatahi me te whakamutunga o te Simod Cup.