Conor Thomas

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Conor Thomas
File:Kidsgrove Athletic v Crewe Alexandra - 5 July 2025 - Conor Thomas 2.jpg
Thomas playing for Crewe Alexandra in 2025
Personal information
Full name Conor Thomas[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
Number 8
Youth career
–2010 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Coventry City 100 (1)
2011 → Liverpool (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2017 Swindon Town 35 (1)
2017–2018 ATK 18 (0)
2018–2022 Cheltenham Town 120 (18)
2022– Crewe Alexandra 101 (4)
International career
2009 England U17 6 (0)
2011 England U18 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:43, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Conor Thomas (born 29 October 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Crewe Alexandra. He has previously played for Coventry City, Swindon Town, former Indian Super League club ATK and Cheltenham Town.

Club career

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Coventry City

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Thomas joined the Coventry City Academy after being spotted playing for local side Christ The King FC. He was approached by scouts from the likes of Aston Villa and Birmingham too, but decided to start his career with the Sky Blues. He made his professional debut as a substitute on 8 January 2011 in a 2–1 FA Cup win over Crystal Palace, coming on to replace Gary McSheffrey after 72 minutes[3] and made his full debut for the club on 25 January, again during an FA Cup tie, against Birmingham City.

He joined Premier League club Liverpool initially on loan on 31 January 2011, with a view to a permanent move[4] but after playing and training with Liverpool's reserves and training with the first team on seven occasions he returned to Coventry after a hamstring injury and the mutual decision to end the loan.[5] Thomas scored his first senior goal on 31 January 2012 in a 2–1 defeat away to Blackpool, opening the scoring in the 59th minute.[6]

After a six-year spell at Coventry, Thomas was released by the club in June 2016.[7]

Swindon Town

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On 4 July 2016, following his release from Coventry City, Thomas joined fellow League One side Swindon Town on a three-year deal.[8] On 6 August 2016, Thomas made his Swindon Town debut in a 1–0 victory against his former side, Coventry City, featuring for the entire 90 minutes.[9] On 25 March 2017, Thomas scored his first goal for Swindon, netting the winner in their 1–0 victory over Millwall in the 90th minute.[10]

ATK

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On 23 August 2017, Thomas joined Indian Super League side ATK.[11]

Cheltenham Town

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On 25 May 2018, Thomas returned to England to join League Two side Cheltenham Town on a two-year deal.[12] He helped Cheltenham to the 2019–20 League Two play-off semi-finals, only to lose 3–2 on aggregate against Northampton Town.[13] After four seasons, on 6 May 2022, Thomas left the club after not being able to reach an agreement with the club on new terms.[14]

Crewe Alexandra

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Thomas playing for Crewe Alexandra in 2023.

On 19 May 2022, he joined Crewe Alexandra.[15] He started in Crewe's opening game of the 2022–23 season, a 2–1 victory over Rochdale at Spotland.[16] and he scored his first Crewe goal in the side's 2–1 win over former club Swindon Town at Gresty Road on 29 April 2023.[17]

In May 2024, Thomas signed a new two-year deal, keeping him at Crewe until the summer of 2026.[18] In late October, Thomas sustained a freak knee injury as a result of a teammate taking an ill-timed shot in training, ruling him out of action until early 2025.[19] He eventually made a substitute appearance in Crewe's 3–1 win at Chesterfield on 1 March 2025.[20] He started his fourth season with Crewe by scoring twice in the side's 3–1 victory at Salford City on 2 August 2025.[21]

International career

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Thomas was an England under-17 international. He played in the final of the 2009 Nordic Tournament and was awarded a winner's medal following the side's victory over Scotland.[22]

Coaching career

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In March 2023, Thomas launched the Conor Thomas Academy, offering one-on-one and small group football coaching sessions to young players in the Crewe, Sandbach, and Stoke areas. The academy aims to bridge the gap between amateur and academy-level football.[23]

Media involvement

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Conor Thomas has undertaken football commentary work with BBC Radio Stoke. He participated in studio discussions with presenter Samantha Fletcher-Goodwin and contributed to live match commentary at Crewe Alexandra home games alongside Graham McGarry and Peter Morse.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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As of match played on 22 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coventry City 2010–11[24] Championship 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2011–12[25] Championship 27 1 1 0 1 0 — 29 1
2012–13[26] League One 11 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 13 0
2013–14[27] League One 43 0 4 0 1 0 1[a] 0 49 0
2014–15[28] League One 16 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 19 0
2015–16[29] League One 3 0 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 5 0
Total 100 1 9 0 2 0 6 0 117 1
Liverpool (loan) 2010–11[24] Premier League 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Swindon Town 2016–17[30] League One 33 1 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 37 1
2017–18[31] League Two 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Total 35 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 40 1
ATK 2017–18[32][33] Indian Super League 18 0 2 0 — — 20 0
Cheltenham Town 2018–19[34] League Two 32 6 3 0 2 1 4[a] 0 41 7
2019–20[35] League Two 26 6 2 0 1 0 3[b] 1 32 7
2020–21[36] League Two 38 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 43 5
2021–22[37] League One 24 1 2 0 2 0 2[a] 0 30 1
Total 120 18 10 0 7 1 9 1 146 20
Crewe Alexandra 2022–23[38] League Two 44 1 2 0 0 0 1[a] 0 47 1
2023–24[39] League Two 25 1 3 0 1 0 5[c] 0 34 1
2024–25[40] League Two 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
2025–26[41] League Two 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
Total 101 4 6 0 1 0 6 0 114 4
Career total 374 24 28 0 12 1 23 1 437 26
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ One appearance in EFL Trophy, two appearances and one goal in League Two play-offs
  3. ^ Two appearances in EFL Trophy and three appearances in League Two play-offs

Honours

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Cheltenham Town

References

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