Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Akuhata 1985, i muri i te takaro i nga keemu 150 mo Lincoln, ka neke a Thompson ki Charlton Athletic. I roto i tona kēmu whakamutunga mo Lincoln i ia ki te whakaatu i te moemoea ka 56 kaitākaro i patua i roto i te
he patu whakamataku i a ia 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.