taker. On 6 August 2011, Thompson would score his first goal for the club, in a 1–1 draw against former club, Dundee United. Three weeks later, on 23 August 2011, Thompson scored twice, in the second round of Scottish League Cup, in a 4–3 win over Morton. He ended his eight games without scoring, on 15 October 2011, when he scored against his former club, Rangers, as both sides drew 1–1. After the match, Thompson says scoring against his former side at Ibrox stadium is "brilliant" and a "great feeling" to equalise. Thompson since a regular first team member and scoring form shortly became very slow. Thompson then scored his first hat-trick for St Mirren against Dunfermline Athletic in April 2012 to take his tally for the season to 15. After the match, Thompson spoke about his hat-trick and revealed he hadn't scored a hat-trick over a decade ago. In the 2012–13 season, Thompson starts his season when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 2–1 loss against Hibernian on 18 August 2012. Soon, that was followed up, on 29 September 2012, when he scored a brace, including an overhead kick and winning the penalty, allowing Lewis Guy to score, in a 5–4 thrilling victory against Ross County. From 21 December 2012 to 30 December 2012, Thompson scored four goals in three consecutive matches. Thompson scored in a 3–2 win over Celtic to send the club through to the final of the Scottish League Cup. In February 2013 he agreed a new one-year contract with St Mirren. He went on to score the second goal in a 3–2 victory against the Edinburgh team Heart of Midlothian which led to the Paisley team winning the League Cup Final. Following the win, Thompson described winning the Scottish League Cup as "bursting with pride" and amazing feeling. Thompson scored his first goal of the 2013/14 season in a 1–1 draw against Aberdeen on 30 September 2013. He then followed up with a brace in a 3–0 win over Partick Thistle on 9 November 2013, and another came in the next game, as St Mirren win 2–1 over Ross County. Thompson would score another brace, in a 3–2 win over Motherwell on 5 April 2014, which relegated Hearts to the Scottish Championship and helped St Mirren stay in the Scottish Premiership for another season. Thompson finished the season on high, becoming