Thompson was the great schoolboy star of his day and was pursued by almost every top club in the country when the time came to leave school. He became a regular first division player at 17 for Preston, making his debut against Arsenal on 30 August 1960 after Tom Finney's retirement. Bill Shankly had been impressed by the speed and trickery of the young winger during a marathon fifth round FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Preston in February 1962 which went to a second replay at Old Trafford. After two goalless draws the deadlock was finally...
| Season | League | FA | LC | Europe | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 322 | 38 | 9 | 44 | 3 | 416 |
| 1963-1964 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 1964-1965 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 55 |
| 1965-1966 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 50 |
| 1966-1967 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 52 |
| 1967-1968 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 58 |
| 1968-1969 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| 1969-1970 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 49 |
| 1970-1971 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 39 |
| 1971-1972 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | League | FA | LC | Europe | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 54 |
| 1963-1964 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1964-1965 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1965-1966 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1966-1967 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 1967-1968 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1968-1969 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1969-1970 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1970-1971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971-1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972-1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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