Hamilton Thunder

Infobox Football club
clubname = Hamilton Thunder


current =
fullname = Hamilton Thunder Soccer Club
nickname = The Thunder, Thunder Bolts, Thunder Crew
formerly =
founded = 2001
dissolved = 2005
ground = Brian Timmis Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario
capacity = 5000+
coach = Marco Maschke
chairman = Italo Ferrari
manager = Salvator DeSimone
league = Canadian Professional Soccer League
season =
position =
pattern_la1=_shoulder stripes white shirt
pattern_b1=_shoulder stripes white shirt
pattern_ra1=_shoulder stripes white shirt
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pattern_la2=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b2=_adidas_geist_bw|pattern_ra2=_whiteshoulders
leftarm2=DD0000|body2=DD0000|rightarm2=DD0000|shorts2=DD0000|socks2=DD0000

The Hamilton Thunder were a soccer team located in Hamilton, Ontario, playing in the Western Conference of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

The team was founded in 2001 and played its home fixtures at Brian Timmis Stadium until a rent dispute with the city caused home games to be moved to Vaughan midway through the 2005 season. The Thunder won the regular season Western Conference championship each season from 2003 to 2005, but lost in the Rogers Cup semifinal each of those years. During the 2005 playoffs, the Hamilton Spectator revealed that Italo Ferrari, thought to be the owner of the team, was involved in personal bankruptcy proceedings with no assets, and debts of $2 million; Ferrari claimed to in fact "not" be the owner. Two weeks after the semifinal loss, the league announced the revocation of the franchise.

External links

* [http://www.hamiltonthunder.com Hamilton Thunder Official website]
* [http://www.thundercrew.com Bhoys of the Hamilton Thunder Crew - supporters' club website]