Neil Thompson

English footballer (born 1963)

Neil Thompson
Personal information
Full name	Neil Thompson^[1]
Date of birth	(1963-10-02) 2 October 1963 (age 60)^[1]
Place of birth	Beverley, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Sheffield Wednesday (First-team coach)
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.

Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 7 October 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record					Ref
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %	Ref
York City	16 March 1999	9 February 2000	45	11	11	23	024.4	^[9]
Scarborough	1 October 2000	21 September 2001	45	10	20	15	022.2	^[9]
Boston United	8 July 2002	13 February 2004	83	26	21	36	031.3	^[9]
Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)	28 December 2020	1 March 2021	13	6	0	7	046.2	^[9]
Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)	4 October 2023	13 October 2023	1	0	1	0	000.0	^[9]
Total			187	53	53	81	028.3

Honours

Scarborough

Football Conference: 1986–87^[1]

Ipswich Town

Football League Second Division: 1991–92^[1]

Individual

Scarborough Player of the Year: 1985–86
PFA Team of the Year: 1988–89 Fourth Division^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-85291-651-0.
^ "Games played by Neil Thompson in 1997/1998". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
^ "Leeds United | News | News | News | MANAGERIAL DEPARTURES AT ACADEMY". www.leedsunited.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010.
^ "Club statement". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Owls appoint Darren Moore as new manager". www.swfc.co.uk. 1 March 2021.
^ "Neil Thompson appointed Under-23s manager". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Club statement". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ "Owls appoint Danny Röhl". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Managers: Neil Thompson". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 147.

External links

Neil Thompson at Soccerbase

Awards
v t e Scarborough F.C. – Player of the Year
1969–70: Dunn 1970–71: Barmby 1971–72: Smethurst 1972–73: Appleton 1973–74: Dunn 1974–75: Aveyard 1975–76: Woodall 1976–77: Ayre 1977–78: Chapman 1978–79: Donoghue 1979–80: Sellers 1980–81: Sellers 1981–82: Smith 1982–83: Dennis 1983–84: Magee 1984–85: Burke 1985–86: Thompson 1986–87: Blackwell 1987–88: Kamara 1988–89: Brook 1989–90: Kamara 1990–91: Ironside 1991–92: Mooney 1992–93: Foreman 1993–94: Murray 1994–95: White 1995–96: Hicks 1996–97: Rockett 1997–98: Bennett 1998–99: Hoyland 1999–2000: Brodie 2000–01: Ellender 2001–02: Woods 2002–03: Pounder 2003–04: Hotte 2004–05: Senior 2005–06: Coulson 2006–07: Cartwright

Awards

Scarborough F.C. – Player of the Year

1969–70: Dunn
1970–71: Barmby
1971–72: Smethurst
1972–73: Appleton
1973–74: Dunn
1974–75: Aveyard
1975–76: Woodall
1976–77: Ayre
1977–78: Chapman
1978–79: Donoghue
1979–80: Sellers
1980–81: Sellers
1981–82: Smith
1982–83: Dennis
1983–84: Magee
1984–85: Burke
1985–86: Thompson
1986–87: Blackwell
1987–88: Kamara
1988–89: Brook
1989–90: Kamara
1990–91: Ironside
1991–92: Mooney
1992–93: Foreman
1993–94: Murray
1994–95: White
1995–96: Hicks
1996–97: Rockett
1997–98: Bennett
1998–99: Hoyland
1999–2000: Brodie
2000–01: Ellender
2001–02: Woods
2002–03: Pounder
2003–04: Hotte
2004–05: Senior
2005–06: Coulson
2006–07: Cartwright

v t e 1988–89 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year
GK: Nixon DF: B. Russell DF: Taylor DF: Thompson DF: Jones MF: Harvey MF: Grealish MF: Ward FW: Stant FW: Muir FW: K. Russell

Managerial positions

York City F.C. – managers

Collier (1928–1930)
Sherrington (1930–1933)
Collier (1933–1937)
Mitchell (1937–1950)
Duckworth (1950–1952)
Spencer (1952–1953)
McCormick (1953–1954)
Bartram (1956–1960)
Lockie (1960–1967)
Shaw (1967–1968)
Johnston (1968–1975)
Baker^c (1975)
McGuinness (1975–1977)
Simpson^c (1977)
Wright (1977–1980)
Lyons (1980–1981)
Randall^c (1981–1982)
Swallow^c (1982)
Smith (1982–1987)
Saxton (1987–1988)
Swallow^c (1988)
Bird (1988–1991)
Ward (1991–1993)
Little (1993–1999)
Thompson (1999–2000)
Dolan (2000–2003)
Brass (2003–2004)
Busby^c (2004–2005)
McEwan (2005–2007)
Walker (2007–2008)
Redfearn^c (2008)
Foyle (2008–2010)
Porter^c (2010)
Torpey^c (2010)
Mills (2010–2013)
Worthington (2013–2014)
Torpey^c (2014)
Wilcox (2014–2015)
Cresswell^c (2015)
McNamara (2015–2016)
Mills (2016–2017)
Gray (2017–2018)
Collins (2018–2019)
Watson (2019–2021)
Askey (2021–2022)
Ryan^c (2022)
Webb (2022–2023)
Morton (2023)
McMahon^c (2023)
Ardley (2023–2024)
McMahon^c (2024)
Hinshelwood (2024–)

Scarborough F.C. – managers

Boyle (1935–36)
Chapman (1945–46)
Hall (1946–47)
H. Taylor (1947–48)
F. Taylor (1948–50)
Bell (1950–53)
Halton (1953–54)
Robson (1954–57)
Higgins (1957–58)
Smailes (1959–61)
Brown (1961–64)
Franks (1964–65)
Myers (1965–66)
Shaw (1968–69)
Appleton (1969–73)
Houghton (1974–75)
Appleton (1975–81)
McAnearney (1981–82)
Dunn (1982)
Cottam (1982–84)
Dunn (1984–86)
Warnock (1986–89)
Morris (1989)
McHale (1989–93)
Chambers (1993)
Wicks (1993–94)
Ayre (1994)
McHale (1994–96)
Cook (1996)
Wadsworth (1996–99)
Mountfield (1999)
McHale (1999)
Addison (1999–2000)
Thompson (2000–01)
McHale (2001)
Kerr (2001)
Slade (2001–04)
Henry (2004–05)
Redfearn (2005–06)
Patterson (2006–07)

Boston United F.C. – managers

Cringan (1934–35)
Vaughton (1935–36)
Greaves (1936–37)
Tunstall (1937–48)
McGrahan (1948–49)
Ithell (1950–52)
Tunstall (1952–54)
Middleton (1954–57)
King (1957–60)
Middleton (1960–61)
Todd (1961–64)
Tunstall (1964–65)
Donovan (1965–69)
Smith (1969–72)
Jobling (1972–75)
Wilkinson (1975–76)
F. Taylor & Bolland (1976–77)
Walker (1977–79)
Phelan (1979–81)
Froggatt (1981–84)
Mann (1984–86)
O'Brien (1986–87)
Kerr (1987–90)
Cusack (1990–92)
Morris (1992–94)
Sterland (1994–96)
Fee (1996–98)
Evans (1998–2002)
Thompson (2002–04)
Rodwell^c (2004)
Evans (2004–07)
T. Taylor (2007–08)
Welsh (2008–09)
Hurst & Scott (2009–11)
Lee & Canoville (2011–12)
Lee (2012)
Drury (2012–13)
Greene (2013–16)
Murray (2016–2017)
Elliott (2017–22)
Cox (2022)
Culverhouse (2022–)

Sheffield Wednesday F.C. – managers

Dickinson (1891–1920)
R. Brown (1920–33)
Walker (1933–37)
McMullan (1937–42)
Taylor (1942–58)
Catterick (1958–61)
Buckingham (1961–64)
A. Brown (1964–68)
Marshall (1968–69)
Williams (1969–71)
Dooley (1971–73)
Burtenshaw (1974–75)
McAnearney^c (1975)
Ashurst (1975–77)
Charlton (1977–83)
Setters^c (1983)
Wilkinson (1983–88)
Eustace (1988–89)
Atkinson (1989–91)
Francis (1991–95)
Pleat (1995–97)
Shreeves^c (1997)
Atkinson (1997–98)
Wilson (1998–2000)
Shreeves^c (2000)
Jewell (2000–01)
Shreeves (2001)
Yorath (2001–02)
Green^c (2002)
Turner (2002–04)
Smith^c (2004)
Sturrock (2004–06)
McAuley^c (2006)
Laws (2006–09)
McAuley^c (2009–10)
Irvine (2010–11)
Megson (2011–12)
Jones (2012–13)
Gray (2013–15)
Carvalhal (2015–17)
Bullen^c (2017–18)
Luhukay (2018)
Bullen^c (2018–19)
Agnew & Clemence^c (2019)
Bruce (2019)
Bullen^c (2019)
Monk (2019–20)
Pulis (2020)
Thompson^c (2020–2021)
Moore (2021–23)
Muñoz (2023)
Thompson^c (2023)
Röhl (2023–)

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