BANTAMS history-maker Garry Thompson has officially hung up his boots at the age of 39.

The winger, who was part of the City team who reached the League Cup final and earned promotion to League One in 2012-13, announced his retirement on social media.

He wrote: "The time has come, I've made the hardest decision I think I'll ever make in my life and that's to retire from playing football."

In a career spanning 780 games, Thompson spent over a decade with Morecambe, helping them gain promotion to the Football League in 2007.

He joined Scunthorpe United in 2008, for whom he made over 100 appearances and enjoyed promotion again as the Iron reached the Championship.

Thompson joined the Bantams in 2012 and played an important role in one of the club's most successful seasons - scoring against Arsenal in their famous giant-killing run to Wembley in the Capital One Cup.

He made 102 appearances in all competitions for City, netting 11 goals, before joining Notts County in 2014.

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After one season with County, Thompson went on to enjoy two seasons with Wycombe Wanderers, scoring a header to put them 3-2 up at Tottenham in the FA Cup in January 2017 before Spurs recovered to win 4-3.

Thompson ended his Football League career back at Morecambe before spells with Workington and Penrith in non-league.

He also had an ill-fated spell at Bradford (Park Avenue) when he was appointed successor to Mark Bower during the summer.

But the player-manager was sacked after just two league games, having lost both of them 5-0.

Thompson is now set to focus his efforts on running his youth academy and finishing his A licence coaching qualification.