Mickey Thomas (footballer)

Mickey Thomas (* July 7, 1954 in Mochdre ) is a former Welsh footballer. Thomas played in his career 51 games for the national team of Wales, in which he scored four goals.

Career

Mickey Thomas was one of the many players who came from the north west of Wales in the 1970s and 1980s in England. The former factory Quinton Hazell bought him a pair of soccer shoes so that he could play as a winger in the men's team at the age of 13 years. When he was 15 years old, he and sent his friend Joey Jones, who was younger than he was one year at Wrexham FC. In the first two years they were brushing together with shoes, cleaning the changing rooms and the whole stadium deals. Thomas finally celebrated in the 1971/72 season at the age of 17 years, his debut. Under John Neal succeeded in the Wrexham FC 1974 to advance to the quarter- finals of the FA Cup. 1976 you failed in the European Cup of Champions at the eventual winner RSC Anderlecht from Belgium. After the Wrexham FC champion in the Third Division was, Thomas moved to Manchester United. He played 110 games for the Red Devils, scoring 15 goals. In 1981, he moved for only three months to Everton. His contract was dissolved by the then manager Howard Kendall after Thomas had refused to play for the reserve team. In January 1984 he moved to Chelsea, where he played under John Neal, his former coach at FC Wrexham. Thomas played a strong season and had a great share in the profits of the Football League Second Division. In 1985 he was given for a transfer fee of £ 100,000 to West Bromwich Albion. After his time at West Bromwich Albion he played at other English clubs. He celebrated a major success in 1991 with Wrexham, his last professional station, when he scored in the FA Cup against Arsenal the 2-1 victory in a free kick. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for counterfeiting in 1993. After his imprisonment, he only played in unterklassigen clubs, such as FC Porthmadog FC Amlwch Town before finally in 1995 finally ended his career. At present, analyzed and commented Thomas the matches of Manchester United for the radio stations Key 103 and Piccadilly Magic 1152.