Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neil Thompson [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 October 1963||
Place of birth | Beverley, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sheffield Wednesday (U21 manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1981 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
1981–1983 | Hull City | 31 | (0) |
1983–1989 | Scarborough | 242 | (34) |
1989–1996 | Ipswich Town | 206 | (19) |
1996–1998 | Barnsley | 27 | (5) |
1997–1998 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 8 | (0) |
1998 | → York City (loan) | 12 | (2) |
1998–2000 | York City | 30 | (6) |
2000–2001 | Scarborough | 27 | (3) |
2001–2004 | Boston United | 7 | (0) |
Total | 590 | (69) | |
Managerial career | |||
1999–2000 | York City | ||
2000–2001 | Scarborough | ||
2002–2004 | Boston United | ||
2020–2021 | Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker) | ||
2023 | Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Neil Thompson (born 2 October 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Scarborough, Ipswich Town and Barnsley amongst others.
Thompson was born in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. [1] Whilst at Barnsley he played in the 1997–98 Premier League with the South Yorkshire club, appearing in three matches as a starter. [2]
Thompson subsequently became a football coach and had spells at York City, Scarborough and Boston United as player-manager. He also worked for Leeds United Reserves team. [3] Following the termination of Tony Pulis as Sheffield Wednesday manager, he would take on the role of caretaker manager on 28 December 2020 [4] which would last for thirteen games until 1 March 2021, when Darren Moore was appointed permanent manager. [5] On 13 January 2022, Thompson would take on the roll of manager for Wednesday's U23 side, following Lee Bullen taking the managers job at Ayr United. [6] He would be made caretaker manager of Sheffield Wednesday again following the dismissal of Xisco Muñoz on 4 October 2023. [7] He would be in charge of just one game, a 0-0 draw against former manager Darren Moore's new club, Huddersfield Town before stepping down once Danny Röhl was appointed the new manager of the club. [8]
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
York City | 16 March 1999 | 9 February 2000 | 45 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 24.4 | [9] |
Scarborough | 1 October 2000 | 21 September 2001 | 45 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 22.2 | [9] |
Boston United | 8 July 2002 | 13 February 2004 | 83 | 26 | 21 | 36 | 31.3 | [9] |
Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker) | 28 December 2020 | 1 March 2021 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 46.2 | [9] |
Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker) | 4 October 2023 | 13 October 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | [9] |
Total | 187 | 53 | 53 | 81 | 28.3 |
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