Steven Thompson (English footballer)

Football player infobox
playername= Steve Thompson


fullname = Steven John Thompson
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|1|12
cityofbirth = Plymouth
countryofbirth = England
height =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1981-1983
1983
1983
1983-1987
1987-1992
1992-1996
1996-1998
1998-2008
clubs = Bristol City
Torquay
Falmouth Town
Saltash United
Slough Town
Wycombe Wanderers
Woking
Yeovil Town
caps(goals)= 12 (1)
1 (0)
62 (3)
02 (2)
69 (7)
manageryears = 1999-2000
2005-2006
managerclubs = Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
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Steven John Thompson (born 12 January, 1963 in Plymouth) is an English football manager and former player. He was until recently the manager of Yeovil Town. 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 WembleyHe moved to Woking in August 1996, winning a second FA Trophy winners medal and scored in Woking’s surprise 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 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2006/05/17/john_fry_interview_feature.shtml BBC - Somerset - Sport - Manager change at Yeovil Town ] ] and was replaced as manager by Russell Slade.

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.leaguemanagers.com/manager/profile-1555.html Steven Thompson profile] at the League Managers Association
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=2010 Steven Thompson managerial statistics] at soccerbase.com