William Vincent Tompkinson (18 June 1895 – 1968) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aberdare Athletic, Rochdale, Stockport County and Stoke.
Career Tompkinson was born in Stone, Staffordshire and started his career at First Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers whilst he was a regular for their reserve side he never was able to break into the first team and left in 1915 to join Stoke. The "Potters" were playing in the Southern Football League Division Two at the time and were well on their way to claiming the title. Due to the goalscoring form of Arthur Watkin, and the two Smith's Alf and Dick, Tompkinson only managed one appearance during the 1914–15 season which came in a 4–2 win away at Welsh side Mid Rhondda in April 1915. Due to the outbreak of World War I, Stoke entered war league football and Tompkinson joined the British Army, he returned to the club in 1919. He was again unable to break into Stoke's first team and made just one more appearance in a 1–0 defeat away at Bury in February 1920.
He was released by Stoke at the end of the season and joined new Welsh side Aberdare Athletic in 1921. At Aberdare Tompkinson was able to play regular football and managed to make 41 appearances during the 1921–22 season. He joined Rochdale in 1923 and stayed at Dale for four years making 162 league appearances and scoring 45 goals. He finished his career at Stockport County and then at Connah's Quay & Shotton United and finally Macclesfield.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsStoke1914–15Southern League Division Two1000101919–20Second Division100010Total200020Aberdare Athletic1921–22Third Division South264002641922–23Third Division South15050200Total41450464Rochdale1923–24Third Division North386204061924–25Third Division North36112038111925–26Third Division North168001681926–27Third Division North349003491927–28Third Division North3811204011Total162456016845Stockport County1928–29Third Division North39143042141929–30Third Division North3712314013Total7626618227Macclesfield1930–31Cheshire League21800218Career total3028317131984
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