Steven Thompson (English footballer)
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| Steve Thompson | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Steven John Thompson | |
| Date of birth | January 12, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Plymouth, England | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-1983 1983 1983 1983-1987 1987-1992 1992-1996 1996-1998 1998-2008 |
Bristol City Torquay Falmouth Town Saltash United Slough Town Wycombe Wanderers Woking Yeovil Town |
12 (1) 1 (0) 62 (3) 2 (2) 69 (7) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1999-2000 2005-2006 2009 |
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town Yeovil Town (caretaker) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Steven John Thompson (born 12 January 1963 in Plymouth) is an English football manager and former player currently without a club. He played for England at semi-professional level and also played for the RAF and Combined Services sides.
Thompson joined the Royal Air Force from school and played for Saltash United in the Western League. He progressed to be a Fitness Instructor in the RAF, but continued his football career, joining Bristol City in July 1981 and making his League debut the following season.
He joined Torquay United in February 1983 on a free transfer, but made just one appearance, as a substitute, before being released and rejoining Saltash United. In 1987 he was on the verge of joining Yeovil Town, but the RAF posted him to West London and he joined Slough Town instead.
He joined Martin O'Neill’s Wycombe Wanderers in February 1992 for a fee of £15,000 and was part of the Conference and FA Trophy double-winning side. The following season, Wycombe’s first as Football League side, Thompson played in the victorious Division Three Play-Off final at Wembley in 1994. He moved to Woking in August 1996, winning a second FA Trophy winners medal against Dagenham and Redbridge in 1997 and scored the last minute equaliser in Woking’s surprise 1-1 draw with Premiership side Coventry City in the FA Cup.
He joined Yeovil Town in March 1998, playing in the side while also acting as the club’s fitness coach and working part time in the postal service. When Yeovil manager Colin Lippiatt resigned at the end of September 1999, Thompson took over, initially as caretaker, but was awarded the job permanently on November 10, 1999.
In March 2000, David Webb took over as manager, with Thompson becoming player-assistant manager. He remained as assistant manager after Webb left, working under Colin Addison and Gary Johnson. Johnson left to manage Bristol City in September 2005 and Thompson was appointed as manager for a second time the following month.
In May 2006, Thompson reverted to his first team coaching role at Yeovil [1] and was replaced as manager by Russell Slade, and enjoyed a successful spell as assistant to Slade, the highlight of which was reaching the League 1 Play-off Final at Wembley Stadium in 2007.
Thompson returned yet again to the caretaker role for just 1 game after the resignation of Russell Slade on 16 February 2009[2]. Two days later he was released from the club after nearly 11 years. He was replaced by new player-manager Terry Skiverton[3].
After leaving Yeovil Town F.C. he started playing again at the age of 46 on non-contract basis for Bridgewater Town F.C..
[edit] Return to the first team
Since leaving the first team at Yeovil Thompson took up positions as coach, assistant manager and eventually manager. However during his time on the coaching staff Thompson had appeared in some friendlies and reserve team games. Despite being 45 years old and believed to be retired from first team football on the 12th August 2008 Thompson was selected as a substitute for the first teams League Cup win over Charlton due to a lack of players but never made it onto the pitch.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Steven Thompson profile at the League Managers Association
- Steven Thompson managerial statistics at soccerbase.com
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