Neil Thompson

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Neil Thompson

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Neil Thompson{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 |year=2003 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden |isbn=978-1-85291-651-0 |page=418}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Beverley, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Sheffield Wednesday (First-team coach)

| years1 = 1980–1981

| years2 = 1981–1983

| years3 = 1983–1989

| years4 = 1989–1996

| years5 = 1996–1998

| years6 = 1997–1998

| years7 = 1998

| years8 = 1998–2000

| years9 = 2000–2001

| years10 = 2001–2004

| clubs1 = Nottingham Forest

| clubs2 = Hull City

| clubs3 = Scarborough

| clubs4 = Ipswich Town

| clubs5 = Barnsley

| clubs6 = → Oldham Athletic (loan)

| clubs7 = → York City (loan)

| clubs8 = York City

| clubs9 = Scarborough

| clubs10 = Boston United

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 31

| caps3 = 242

| caps4 = 206

| caps5 = 27

| caps6 = 8

| caps7 = 12

| caps8 = 30

| caps9 = 27

| caps10 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 34

| goals4 = 19

| goals5 = 5

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 6

| goals9 = 3

| goals10 = 0

| totalcaps = 590

| totalgoals = 69

| manageryears1 = 1999–2000

| manageryears2 = 2000–2001

| manageryears3 = 2002–2004

| manageryears4 = 2020–2021

| manageryears5 = 2023

| managerclubs1 = York City

| managerclubs2 = Scarborough

| managerclubs3 = Boston United

| managerclubs4 = Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)

| managerclubs5 = Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)

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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. Whilst at Barnsley he played in the 1997–98 Premier League with the South Yorkshire club, appearing in three matches as a starter.{{cite web

|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7908&season_id=127|title=Games played by Neil Thompson in 1997/1998|publisher=soccerbase.com|access-date=17 October 2018}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20101029/managerial-departures-at-academy_2247585_2200669 |title=Leeds United {{!}} News {{!}} News {{!}} News {{!}} MANAGERIAL DEPARTURES AT ACADEMY |website=www.leedsunited.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031095542/http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20101029/managerial-departures-at-academy_2247585_2200669 |archive-date=31 October 2010}} Following the termination of Tony Pulis as Sheffield Wednesday manager, he would take on the role of caretaker manager on 28 December 2020{{cite web |title=Club statement|url=https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2020/december/club-statement---tony-pulis/|work=Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|date=28 December 2020|access-date=28 December 2020}} which would last for thirteen games until 1 March 2021, when Darren Moore was appointed permanent manager.{{cite web|url=https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2021/march/owls-appoint-darren-moore-as-new-manager/|title=Owls appoint Darren Moore as new manager|website=www.swfc.co.uk|date=1 March 2021}} 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.{{cite news |title=Neil Thompson appointed Under-23s manager|url=https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2022/january/neil-thompson-appointed-under-23s-manager/|access-date=13 January 2022|publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|date=13 January 2022}} He would be made caretaker manager of Sheffield Wednesday again following the dismissal of Xisco Muñoz on 4 October 2023.{{cite news |title=Club statement|url=https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2023/october/club-statement/|access-date=4 October 2023|publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|date=4 October 2023}} 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.{{cite news |title=Owls appoint Danny Röhl|url=https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2023/october/owls-appoint-danny-rohl/|access-date=7 October 2023|publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|date=7 October 2023}}

Managerial statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
rowspan=2\|Team !rowspan=2\|From !rowspan=2\|To !colspan=5\|Record !rowspan=2\|{{abbr\|Ref\|Reference}}
{{abbr\|P\|Matches played}}	{{abbr\|W\|Matches won}}	{{abbr\|D\|Matches drawn}}	{{abbr\|L\|Matches lost}}	{{abbr\|Win %\|Win percentage}}
align=left\|York City \|align=left\|16 March 1999 \|align=left\|9 February 2000 {{WDL\|45\|11\|11\|23\|decimals=1}} \|{{cite web \|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1372 \|title=Managers: Neil Thompson \|work=Soccerbase \|publisher=Centurycomm \|access-date=6 February 2016}}
align=left\|Scarborough \|align=left\|1 October 2000 \|align=left\|21 September 2001 {{WDL\|45\|10\|20\|15\|decimals=1}} \|
align=left\|Boston United \|align=left\|8 July 2002 \|align=left\|13 February 2004 {{WDL\|83\|26\|21\|36\|decimals=1}} \|
align=left\|Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker) \|align=left\|28 December 2020 \|align=left\|1 March 2021 {{WDL\|13\|6\|0\|7\|decimals=1}} \|
align=left\|Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker) \|align=left\|4 October 2023 \|align=left\|13 October 2023 {{WDL\|1\|0\|1\|0\|decimals=1}} \|
colspan="3"\|Total {{WDLtot\|187\|53\|53\|81\|decimals=1}} !

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|From

!rowspan=2|To

!colspan=5|Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

align=left|York City

|align=left|16 March 1999

|align=left|9 February 2000

|{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1372 |title=Managers: Neil Thompson |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=6 February 2016}}

align=left|Scarborough

|align=left|1 October 2000

|align=left|21 September 2001

align=left|Boston United

|align=left|8 July 2002

|align=left|13 February 2004

align=left|Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)

|align=left|28 December 2020

|align=left|1 March 2021

align=left|Sheffield Wednesday (caretaker)

|align=left|4 October 2023

|align=left|13 October 2023

colspan="3"|Total

Honours

Scarborough

Football Conference: 1986–87

Ipswich Town

Football League Second Division: 1991–92

Individual

Scarborough Player of the Year: 1985–86
PFA Team of the Year: 1988–89 Fourth Division{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=147}}