Despite what Soccerbase says, I seem to remember Mr Thomson being the referee for the last ever Renfrewshire derby at Love Street in 2005. We knocked Morton out of the League Challenge Cup on penalties and there were a few questionable decisions in our favour that night!
So far, Mr Thomson has done just one Motherwell game this season, a 4-2 defeat to Celtic without the obligatory dodgy penalty. Last season he did five. One was a draw with Rangers (dodgy penalty awarded to the opposition when trailing), there was a win and a defeat to Hearts and a draw with Falkirk. There was also a win over Aberdeen, which I seem to remember being controversial as the Dons feel they had scored but the officials decided the ball hadn't crossed the line.
In 2006/07 he refereed two Motherwell wins, one a big victory over Falkirk in which Anthony Stokes was sent off. There were two games in 2005/06 as well, both 2-1 defeats at the hands of Hearts and Celtic.
There were only two Steelmen games for Mr Thomson in 2004/05 as well, a defeat to Kilmarnock and a narrow win over Livingston. There were a number of games in the couple of seasons before that, but nothing noteworthy happened.
Interestingly, Mr Thomson has only shown one red card so far this season. I wonder if that will still be the case after tomorrow?