Leon Thompson

Leon Thompson
Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Club(s)
Years	Club
?-present	Naomh Conaill
Club titles
Donegal titles	3
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2006-present	Donegal
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles	1
NFL	1

Leon Thompson (born 1986) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He plays with Naomh Conaill and the Donegal senior inter-county team.

Thompson played in the final of the 2005 Donegal Senior Football Championship as Naomh Conaill won their first ever title.^[1] His club also won the 2010 County Final and went on to reach the final of the 2010 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, knocking out Cavan champions Kingscourt, Monaghan champions Clontibret and Tyrone champions Coalisland along the way.^[2]^[3] He then played for his club in the final of the 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship. They won.^[4]

Thompson is a veteran of Donegal's 2007 National Football League-winning campaign. When recalled to the senior inter-county panel by Jim McGuinness for winter training in September 2013, he had not played for Donegal since 2009.^[5] He maintained his place with the team for their 2014 Ulster Senior Football Championship and the year's All-Ireland Final.

Honours

1 Ulster Senior Football Championship (2014)
1 National Football League (2007)

References

↑ "Historic first title for Naomh Conaill". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2005.
↑ "Naomh Conaill's adventure continues with Coalisland test". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
↑ Keys, Colm (13 December 2010). "Kernan red card spurs on Cross'". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
↑ Foley, Alan (19 October 2015). "Gutsy Naomh Conaill edge to glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
↑ McNulty, Chris (29 September 2013). "Ciaran Bonner, Leon Thompson and Christy Toye among 'new' faces for Donegal". Donegal News. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

C.L.C.G. Naomh Conaill – current squad

Stephen McGrath Stephen Molloy Johnny Bonner Jason Campbell Eoin Waide Cathal Ellis Marty Boyle Anthony Thompson Thomas Donoghue Brendan McDyer Leo McLoone Dara Gallagher Dermot Brick Molloy Johnny McLoone Leon Thompson Seamus Corcoran Martin Regan John O'Malley Manager: Cathal Corey

Donegal Football Squads

Donegal – 2007 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 P. Durcan 2 N. McGee 3 K. Lacey 4 P. Campbell 5 B. Dunnion 6 B. Monaghan 7 P. McConigley 8 N. Gallagher (c) 9 K. Cassidy 10 B. Roper 11 C. Bonner 12 C. Toye 13 C. McFadden 14 B. Devenney 15 M. Hegarty Substitutes used K. McMenamin E. McGee T. Donoghue R. Kavanagh A. Sweeney Substitutes not used M. Boyle R. Bradley C. Dunne A. Thompson L. Thompson Please expand to include the other bench-warmers. Manager B. McIver

(Team versus Mayo in the NFL Final)

Donegal – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

Subs used: 10 C. Toye for O'Connor; 13 P. McBrearty for McHugh; 24 M. McElhinney for Mac Niallais; 18 David Walsh for McLoone; 20 D. Molloy for Kavanagh

Subs not used: 16 M. Boyle; 19 Declan Walsh; 21 H. McFadden; 22 L. Thompson; 23 L. Keaney; 25 M. O'Reilly

Manager: J. McGuinness

Selectors: D. Diver; J. Duffy; P. McGonigle

Naomh Conaill Football Squads

Naomh Conaill – 2005 Donegal Senior Football Champions (1st title)

1 M. Molloy 2 J. McKenna 3 P. Campbell (c) 4 J. Bonner 5 J. Timoney 6 T. Donoghue 7 E. Waide 8 A. Thompson 9 J. Gildea 10 B. McDyre 11 L. Thompson 12 M. Boyle 13 D. Gallagher 14 J. McLoone 15 D. Bonner Subs used L. McDyre for B. McDyre M. McLoone for L. McDyre J. McGuinness for M. McLoone A. Thompson for D. Bonner Manager Hughie Molloy, J. McGuinness

Naomh Conaill – 2010 Donegal Senior Football Champions (2nd title)

1 S. McGrath 2 T. Donoghue 3 J. Bonner 4 C. Boyle 5 M. Boyle 6 A. Thompson 7 E. Waide 8 M. Regan 9 J. McLoone 10 B. McDyre 11 L. McLoone 12 D. Gallagher 13 J. O'Malley 14 Brick Molloy 15 L. Thompson Subs used S. Corcoran for McDyre (47') C. Ellis for Waide (58') H. McDevitt for Regan (59') C. McNelis for L. Thompson (59') Manager Cathal Corey

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