He signed for Stockton Town in May 2022 and helped the club to win promotion out of the Northern Premier League Division One East play-offs in 2024.
Born in Peterlee, County Durham, Thompson began his career at Middlesbrough in the academy and youth team, and he signed for the club at the start of the 2007–08 season.
During a 2009–10 pre-season friendly with Nantwich Town, Thompson was dismissed for violent conduct, shoulder-barging an opposition player in an off the ball incident.
[12][13] Early the next month local Conference North side Stafford Rangers enquired about Thompson's availability, after fellow Vale youngster Ross Davidson performed well in his loan spell.
[18] Thompson subsequently joined Northern Premier League Division One North side Durham City, and was described by the club's website as "a quick thinking classic playmaker who has pace, good feet and excellent passing ability which mean he is equally at home both scoring and making goals for others.
The "Quakers" reached the play-offs in the Northern Premier League Division One North in 2013–14, where they were knocked out by Ramsbottom United; Thompson scored 27 goals during the campaign.
[21] Darlington finished fifth in the National League North in 2016–17 but were denied a place in the play-offs due to Blackwell Meadows's lack of seating.
[21] On 26 December 2019, Thompson's 72nd-minute penalty gave his side a 2–1 win at home to Spennymoor Town and completed his century of goals for Darlington, equalling Alan Walsh's club record that had stood for 35 years.
[29] In his second season, he made 14 appearances before joining Northern Premier League Division One East club Marske United in February 2022 on loan for a month.
Thompson produced a man of the match performance in the semi-final to help Marske reach and win promotion via the play-off final.