Jamie Thomas

Jamie Carl Thomas (born 10 January 1997), is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays for Preston North End. He has also represented Wales internationally at under-19 level.

Club Career

Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Thomas started his career with local club Blackpool where he spent eight years before transferring to Bolton Wanderers to start his two-year scholarship. In his first year scholar, playing in the under 18 Premier League, Thomas scored 17 goals and in his second year scholar he scored 15 goals. After completing his two-year scholarship, he was rewarded with another one-year extension to his scholarship in May 2015. In April 2016, he was thrown into first-team action featuring as an unused substitute for Championship matches against Cardiff City and Hull City. At the end of the 2015–16 campaign he was released from the club as Bolton were relegated to League One.

Following his release from Bolton, he joined newly promoted Premier League side Burnley on a two-year contract to play for the Development Squad. In July 2016, he was sent out on loan to Scottish Championship side Ayr United on a six-month loan deal, however the loan was cut short in October after Ayr manager Ian McCall deemed that Thomas' game time would be limited. On 11 April 2018, Burnley announced the releasing of the forward to the end of the 2017–18 season.

On 6 October 2018 Thomas signed for Squires Gate. A year later he signed for A.F.C. Blackpool.

On 28 June 2021, he signed for Bamber Bridge. A month later he went on trial with EFL Championship team Preston North End after scoring against them twice for Bamber Bridge in a pre-season friendly. During the trial he scored for Preston in 1–1 pre-season draw against Accrington Stanley. The trial was successful and on 5 August he signed a one year contract with Preston, with Preston having the option to extend it for a further year.