Warrington Born in
Ince-in-Makerfield,
Wigan, Crompton initially played for
Warrington. Crompton played in
Warrington's 14–36 defeat by
Wigan in the
1990 Challenge Cup Final during the
1989–90 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 28 April 1990, in front of a crowd of 77,729.
Wigan Crompton moved to his hometown club
Wigan in 1992, following the sale of Andy Gregory. The transfer fee was decided via tribunal, with Wigan paying £65,000 to Warrington, plus an additional £20,000 if Crompton represented
Great Britain. However, coach John Monie chose to play Shaun Edwards and Frano Botica at half back, resulting in Crompton's first team starts being seldom. During the
1992–93 season, Crompton appeared as a
substitute (replacing
Martin Offiah) in
Wigan's 5–4 victory over
St Helens in the
1992 Lancashire Cup Final at
Knowsley Road,
St Helens on 18 October 1992. Crompton also played from the interchange bench in the
1992 World Club Challenge against the visiting
Brisbane Broncos on 30 October 1992.
Later career After a season with Wigan, Crompton went to
Oldham in September 1993, and became captain of the Roughyeds. When Oldham was relegated from
Super League, Crompton went to
Salford City Reds. After a few seasons with Salford, he moved to
Widnes Vikings, helping the club win promotion to the Super League. He retired from rugby league but was an assistant coach at
Widnes.
International career Crompton was named in
England's 40-man training squad in preparation for the
1995 Rugby League World Cup, but chose to represent
Ireland instead, and played for the team in the
1995 Emerging Nations Tournament. He was also selected for Ireland at the
2000 Rugby League World Cup. ==Coaching career==