Alan Thompson

Alan Thompson

Although born in Goole, Alan was brought up in Luton and came to the attention of the Hatters when starring for West Park Juniors, a local youth side.

After initially signing on for the Town as an amateur, Alan signed professional forms in December 1949 but two years on National Service, a broken leg and severe competition for places meant that the quick-tackling left-back had to wait until March 1956 before making his League bow as a last minute call-up in a 2-1 home win over Aston Villa .

Playing at left back in a 0-2 defeat at Preston a year later turned out to be Alan’s only other first team game and he joined Bedford in July 1957 before working for many years at Whitbread.

Alan sadly passed away in April 2021.