Steve Thompson (footballer born 1964)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven James Thompson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Oldham, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Preston North End (First Team Coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1991 | Bolton Wanderers | 335 | (49) |
| 1991 | Luton Town | 5 | (0) |
| 1991–1995 | Leicester City | 127 | (18) |
| 1995–1997 | Burnley | 49 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Rotherham United | 106 | (14) |
| 2000–2001 | Halifax Town | 36 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Leigh RMI | 8 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Blackpool (caretaker) | ||
| 2013 | Blackpool (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Steven James "Steve" Thompson (born 2 November 1964) is an English retired footballer who played as a Midfielder. He is currently the first-team coach of Football League Championship side Preston North End.
Thompson started his playing career as an apprentice at Bolton Wanderers before signing his first contract in 1982, and was at the club until 1991 playing in a total of 410 games, and scoring 57 goals in all competitions. On 13 August 1991 he signed for Luton Town for £180,000. However, his stay with the Hatters was short-lived, he made just five league appearances before moving to Leicester City two months later on 22 October where he played in 121 league games scoring six goals. He won the Player of the Season award twice while with the Foxes and would later describe his time with the club as probably the best three years as a footballer there.
On 24 February 1995 he moved to Burnley for a £200,000 transfer fee where he made 49 league appearances, scoring one goal before leaving at the end of the 1996–97 season. On 1 August 1997 he signed for Rotherham United where he made 106 league appearances, and scored fourteen goals. In the 2000–01 season he joined Halifax Town where he spent one season, playing 36 games and scoring two goals. He then spent a season with Leigh RMI before retiring from football.
Thompson started coaching with the Centre of Excellence at Blackpool before becoming Head of the Youth Department in 2005. Following the appointment of Simon Grayson as Blackpool's manager Thompson was promoted to first team coach in 2006, and he coached the team in the 2006–07 season as the Seasiders were promoted to the Championship, making their first return to the second tier of English football for 29 years. In March 2008 he signed a new two-year extension to his contract at Bloomfield Road. In December 2008 following the departure of the Seasiders manager Simon Grayson to Leeds United, Thompson became the assistant manager on a caretaker basis, with Tony Parkes as the caretaker manager. After Parkes' first game in charge, a 1–1 Boxing Day draw against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, Parkes revealed that the Blackpool board was willing to give him the job full-time, with Thompson as his assistant, if the team continue to perform as they did under Grayson. Speaking of his role as assistant manager at what he considers to be his hometown club, Thompson said, "I am enjoying the responsibility and myself and Tony have been bouncing ideas off each other. Tony will probably make the major decisions but I am enjoying it because it is the club that I love. I am a local lad and I am just as excited doing what I'm doing now as Simon Grayson probably is at Leeds." When Ian Holloway became Blackpool manager in summer 2009, Thompson stayed on as his assistant.
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