Born: Beverley October 10, 1963 His brief reign as player-manager ended in February 2000 when he left the club by mutual consent in the wake of a string of disastrous results.The former Hull City, Scarborough, Ipswich and Barnsley left back had been recruited as player-coach by Alan Little and actually took over from Little in March 1999 on a caretaker basis. Despite being unable to prevent City from sliding into division three he was appointed by the board as manager on a full-time basis at the end of the 1998-99 season. However, City made a poor start to the season and never really recovered, Thompson paying the price for the poor run. He has since linked up with his former club, Scarborough.
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