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Sean Thornton



ATFC Seagull

ATFC Seagull

Aberystwyth Town FC
Jul 27, 2004
5,350
(North) Portslade
Remember him? Think he scored an injury time winner against us Brisbane Rd once.

Aberystwyth Town FC: News

Aberystwyth Town Football Club have arguably pulled off the biggest signing in Welsh Premier League history this evening after capturing former English Premier League midfielder Sean Thornton until January.

The midfielder, 28, who hails from Drogheda, made 11 appearances in the Premier League for Sunderland in the 2002/03 season and has made over 175 appearances in the football league, mostly for the Black Cats, Doncaster Rovers and Leyton Orient.

Sean began his career with Tranmere Rovers in 2001, for whom he made 13 appearances. Sunderland paid a fee of £225,000 for his services in July 2002 after a tribunal .

Thornton did not feature in the Sunderland first team at the beginning of the 2002/03 season and joined Blackpool on a one month loan in November 2002. He then returned to the North East and made his Black Cats debut in a third round replay against Bolton in January 2003. He went on to make a further fourteen appearances for Sunderland in the 2002/03 season, despite being called up to the Irish Under 20 squad for a tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In April 2003, he scored a truly memorable goal for Sunderland against Chelsea at the Stadium of Light, although they went on to lose the game. However, he was unable to prevent Sunderland from being relegated that year.

The Irishman made 13 appearances at the start of the 2003/04 season before suffering an ankle injury in a reserve game in October 2003. He recovered, and helped Sunderland on their way to the semi-final of the FA Cup and the Division 1 play-off semi-final. From here on, Thornton was unable to command a regular place in the team and sought a move away from the club in 2004, and was transfer listed at the end of the 2004/05 season.

He joined Doncaster Rovers for a club record fee of £175,000 in July 2005, and made 36 appearances for the Dons. He helped the Yorkshire side to the quarter finals of the League Cup, putting in a fine performance and scoring the third goal as they went on to the beat Premier League side Aston Villa 3-0. In the 2006/7 season he made 41 appearances, and helped Doncaster to victory over Bristol Rovers in the Football League Trophy final in April 2007.

After being released by Doncaster at the end of the season, he then joined Leyton Orient in 2007. He scored on his debut for the club against Southend United, with a spectacular free kick from thirty yards, and went on to make 34 appearances in the 2007/08 season. He also made a total of 34 appearances in the 2008/09 season, but was released at the end of the campaign under new manager Russell Slade.

The club are absolutely delighted to be able to welcome Sean to Aberystwyth, and hope he thoroughly enjoys his time with the team
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Blimey :ohmy:
 








ATFC Seagull

ATFC Seagull

Aberystwyth Town FC
Jul 27, 2004
5,350
(North) Portslade
First CMS. Then Vicente. Now this - is anything impossible?
 


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gjh1971

New member
May 7, 2007
2,251
The biggest signing in Welsh League history? I would argue that would be Lee Trundle who plays for Neath
 








drew

drew

Drew
NSC Patron
Oct 3, 2006
23,629
Burgess Hill
Has he fallen that low? Is it perhaps in indication of the alleged problem he and his brother have with drink?
 




hans kraay fan club

hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
62,763
Chandlers Ford
Not certain, but I'm PRETTY SURE that his goal against us was an EQUALISER rather than a winner?
 


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BensGrandad

New member
Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
Apparently Sean Thorntons biggest problem was 'coke' a strong drink that stuff. Thought that he was a good player and am surprised that somebody in Div 2 at least like MA at Port Vale didnt snap him up. Would have been good enough still for many Div 1 sides.
 










hans kraay fan club

hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
62,763
Chandlers Ford
Simon Morgan said:
Wrong. It was Slade's first game in charge. Heath scored and they equalised through McGleish (I think?) before Thornton's late winner.
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You're right, you know. The game with all the debut loanees - Bangura, Heath, Andersson...
 






Djmiles

Djmiles

Barndoor Holroyd
Dec 1, 2005
12,064
Kitchener, Canada
Come on Aber! They could have at least signed some decent players while we were there!
 


Easy 10

Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,426
Location Location
Kevin Thornton (his brother) spent the night on my settee once when he was on loan here from Coventry, after he came back in my cab from a 21st birthday party for Adam El Abds missus. After he showed me some of his goals on YouTube, we got progressivley more drunk as we watched my recording of Match of the Day and the Football League show.

I'll not mince words, the main reason he came back was quite clearly because he fancied my daughter. She was tired and went straight up to bed after the party, and I THINK he thought I'd fall asleep and leave him to make his move, but that was NEVER. GONNA. HAPPEN. She wasn't even remotely interested in the gingerist anyway.

So we stayed up till stupid-o-clock watching football and talking shit. He actually sent an ordered cab AWAY at about 2am, I couldn't get rid of him. Eventually he got the message and got his cab back to the Jurys Inn, but he struck me as a rather lonely chap, a bit alienated down here. Didn't seem to be mixing much with the other Albion players at the party. Nice enough bloke, but a complete pisshead and certainly not someone Gus would tolerate.

True story, that.
 


Simon Morgan

Simon Morgan

New member
Oct 30, 2004
6,065
Oxford
Easy 10 said:
Sean Thornton spent the night on my settee once when he was on loan here from Coventry, after he came back in my cab from a 21st birthday party for Adam El Abds missus. After he showed me some of his goals on YouTube, we got progressivley more drunk as we watched my recording of Match of the Day and the Football League show.

I'll not mince words, the main reason he came back was quite clearly because he fancied my daughter. She was tired and went straight up to be after the party, and I THINK he thought I'd fall asleep and leave him to make his move, but that was NEVER. GONNA. HAPPEN. She wasn't even remotely interested in the gingerist anyway.

So we stayed up till stupid-o-clock watching football and talking shit. He actually sent an ordered cab AWAY at about 2am, I couldn't get rid of him. Eventually he got the message and got his cab back to the Jurys Inn, but he struck me as a rather lonely chap, a bit alienated down here. Didn't seem to be mixing much with the other Albion players at the party. Nice enough bloke, but a complete pisshead and certainly not someone Gus would tolerate.

True story, that.
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That's amazing!
 








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