Billy Thomson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Billy Thomson
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 10, 1958(1958-02-10)
Age	66
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Linwood, Renfrewshire
Horoscope	Aquarius

Billy Thomson Biography

Billy Thomson is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 10, 1958 in Linwood, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. William Marshall Thomson (born 10 February 1958) is an Scottish former professional footballer who was goalkeeper. On the club side, Thomson played for Partick Thistle, St Mirren, Dundee United, Clydebank, Motherwell, Rangers and Dundee. He was a part of Dundee United in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final and two Scottish Cup finals. He won seven international caps in full for Scotland between the years 1980 and 1983.

With Scotland already qualified for 1982’s FIFA World Cup, Thomson participated in the final qualifying match in the final qualifier against Portugal to Lisbon. Scotland fell 2-1, even with Paul Sturrock scoring the opening goal. Thomson was not selected for the finals and Jock Stein deciding to select Rough, George Wood and an not-capped Jim Leighton.

He signed for Jim McLean at Dundee United in 1984 and spent the first season as cover for Hamish McAlpine. Thomson began the 1984-85 season as first choice. However McAlpine had re-established himself in the team by the end of September. After injury to McAlpine in October 1985, Thomson took over in goal in October 1985 and was first choice until the early 1990s.

United made it to the final of the 1986–87 UEFA Cup. En route they defeated Terry Venables’ F.C. Barcelona side featuring Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes home and away in the quarter-final, and in the return leg of the semi-final against Borussia Mönchengladbach they inflicted a first home defeat on the opposition in Europe in 55 games, going back to 1970. In the final against Göteborg, Thomson was injured after five minutes of the first leg diving at the feet of Lennart Nilsson and needed five stitches for a blow just behind his left ear. Some reports said Thomson almost lost his ear. Thomson though repelled attack after attack and was beaten only once when Stefan Pettersson scored. McLean described Thomson’s performance as “magnificent”. Despite Clark scoring in the final in the 1-1 second leg draw at Tannadice, United lost 2-1 on aggregate.

Thomson completed his world debut with Scotland in the match with Scotland playing Northern Ireland in Belfast on 16 May 1980. Scotland fell 1-0 to the goal of Billy Hamilton. Thomson was mostly second choice goalkeeper to Alan Rough, during this time. His two subsequent caps were also played against Northern Ireland (the middle of three was an 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier and not the home Internationals). Hamilton scored Northern Ireland Irish victory in the second half of the game. John Wark equalised in a 1-1 draw.

Billy Thomson Net Worth

Billy Thomson is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billy Thomson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jim Clunie signed the 20 year old from St Mirren for PS50,000 in August 1978. He was a player with the Paisley club for six seasons, and made 317 appearances in the first team. His debut came with Dumbarton at the League Cup. Thomson was promoted to the Scotland squad and went on to win seven full caps while playing for the Saints. Thomson was in good form at club level, and was popularly remembered for his UEFA Cup saves from AS Saint-Etienne’s Johnny Rep and Laurent Roussey.

Thomson began his professional career with Partick Thistle. Thomson was highly regarded and was given first-team experience during League Cup and Glasgow Cup games. He also won the initial two Scotland Under 21 cap. In August 1978, a bid was offered to him of PS50,000 , which was thought to be amazing for a twenty year reserve from an non-fashionable club in the moment. Thistle was willing to accept the offer. He was only on league duty as the understudy for Alan Rough.

In season 1983-84 he was fined by St Mirren for critical remarks regarding wages and conditions. Alex Miller was manager and said Thomson would never play for Saints again. Thomson was sold for £75,000 in June 1984.

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Billy Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Billy Thomson celebrates birthday on February 10 of every year.