Wigan, Portsmouth, Bolton Wanderers
Injuries and subsequent failure to return to form meant that Blackburn allowed him to leave on a free transfer to Wigan Athletic on January 19, 2006. After just ten appearances Wigan, too, released him in May 2006. On 28 July, he signed for Portsmouth on a one-year contract.
He voiced his unhappiness at not featuring more in the Portsmouth first team, and Bolton Wanderers signed him just two hours before the transfer window shut on January 31, 2007 on a short term deal. Thompson made his debut for Bolton as a substitute in the 2-1 victory against Fulham on 11 February, and subsequently made his first start for the club against his former employer Wigan Athletic on April 7. He played six more matches for the rest of the 2006-07 season before being released by Bolton in May 2007.
In November 2007 he started a trial with Sheffield United.
On November 28, 2007, he announced his retirement as a result of the chronic cartilage problem in his knee - an injury that first appeared whilst at Blackburn. It is reported that Thompson will seek to move into coaching.
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