Career
Born in Chesterfield in 1963, Thorpe started his career with Mansfield Town. He moved to non-league Heanor Town, before he returned to the Football League in July 1985 with Bradford City following their promotion to Division Two. He played 17 league games, scoring just once, and also had a loan spell with Tranmere Rovers, before he moved to N ottinghamshire County in November 1987 for £50,000.
He went on to play with Walsall and Northampton Town before he moved to Hong Kong with Instant-Dict.
He currently works as a firefighter in Nottingham where he was recently promoted to junior fire officer