Neil Tolson

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Neil Tolson
Neil Tolson, Hyde.jpg
Tolson playing for Hyde
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-10-25) 25 October 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Walsall 9 (1)
1992–1993 Oldham Athletic 3 (0)
1993–1996 Bradford City 63 (12)
1995 → Chester City (loan) 4 (0)
1996–1999 York City 72 (13)
1999–2001 Southend United 36 (11)
2002–2003 Leigh RMI 10 (1)
2003 Kettering Town 1 (0)
2003 Halifax Town 3 (0)
2003–2011 Hyde United 124 (54)
Total325(92)
Managerial career
2008–2011 Hyde United
2016 Altrincham(Caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Tolson (born 25 October 1973) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a striker. He later moved onto a coaching career with Hyde, Altrincham and Stalybridge Celtic.

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Career

Born in Dudley, Worcestershire, Tolson began his career with Oldham Athletic. He joined Bradford City in 1993, where he stayed for four years. He helped them win promotion though was an unused substitute in their play-off final. He left that summer and joined York City and was their top scorer for the 1996–97 season, with 17 goals in all competitions, [1] including one as York beat Premier League side Everton 3–2 in the second round second leg of the League Cup.

He was released by Leigh RMI in January 2003 and joined Kettering Town in February. [2] [3] He signed for Halifax Town a month later. [4]

Tolson joined Hyde United in July 2003 and then played six matches for Mossley after joining them the following month. [5] He then joined Stalybridge Celtic in October 2003, staying with them until January 2004. [6] He returned to Hyde, and was appointed Assistant Manager of the club in July 2007 before becoming player-manager in September 2008. After eight years at the club playing roles of manager, player and assistant manager, on 4 April 2011 he was relieved of his duties by the new board of directors. [7] He left having scored 82 goals in 176 appearances for the club in all competitions. [8]

In June 2011 he joined Altrincham as assistant manager to Lee Sinnott. [9] In this role, he helped the club achieve promotion via the playoffs to the Conference National. Following Sinnott's departure, Tolson served as caretaker manager from March 2016 until the end of the season. [10]

He later took the role of assistant manager at Stalybridge Celtic F.C. during the 2016/17 season. [11]

In 2018, he took a full-time coaching job in with American club FC Wisconsin. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "York 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "Leigh let Tolson go". BBC Sport. 15 January 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tolson joins Kettering". BBC Sport. 13 February 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Shaymen swoop for Tolson". BBC Sport. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Complete A-Z of Mossley Players". Mossley Web. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Stalybridge Celtic - Official Site - Player Profile Lee Todd".
  7. ↑ "Statement from the Board". Hyde F.C. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Player Statistics: Neil Tolson". Hyde Football Club: Database. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Altrincham role for ex-Hyde boss Neil Tolson". 13 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Altrincham FC First Team Management".
  11. ↑ "Tameside Reporter".
  12. ↑ "Former English Premier League Footballer Neil Tolson Joins FC Wisconsin Coaching Staff". 6 June 2018.
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