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Neil Thomson

Biography

Neil spent time with Arbroath Sporting Club, Brechin City and Keith before spending the second half of the 1996-97 season with Montrose, where we signed him from in early August 1997 in a swap deal which saw Craig Reynolds move to Links Park. He was a regular starter during his first season at Gayfield, helping the club win promotion from the Thid Division, before featuring less during the following year. During the 1999-00 campaign, with game time having become less and less, Neil left the club midway through the season. He returned to the club around 12 years later, taking…Read moreRead less
Neil spent time with Arbroath Sporting Club, Brechin City and Keith before spending the second half of the 1996-97 season with Montrose, where we signed him from in early August 1997 in a swap deal which saw Craig Reynolds move to Links Park. He was a regular starter during his first season at Gayfield, helping the club win promotion from the Thid Division, before featuring less during the following year. During the 1999-00 campaign, with game time having become less and less, Neil left the club midway through the season. He returned to the club around 12 years later, taking up a position coaching our youth team.

Statistics

Apps
50 (18)
Goals
4
Yellow cards
7
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.06
Minutes
4522
Seasons
3
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1999-001 (5)000
1998-9916 (9)030
1997-9833 (4)440

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 9 Aug 1997 · Left: 15 Oct 1999

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Dave Baikie9 Aug 199720 Nov 199950 (18)

Timeline

  1. Born

    East Kilbride

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance · First competitive goal

    Stranraer 4–4 Arbroath

    · Scottish Challenge Cup · Stair Park

  5. Recorded contract end

Appearances (68)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
20 Nov 1999 Arbroath 0–1 Ross County Second Division1999-00 L
25 Sep 1999 Arbroath 1–2 Stranraer Second Division1999-00 L
28 Aug 1999 Ross County 2–0 Arbroath Second Division1999-00 L
24 Aug 1999 Stirling 1–1 4–3 pens Arbroath Scottish Challenge Cup1999-00 L
10 Aug 1999 Arbroath 3–2 East Fife Scottish Challenge Cup1999-00 W
7 Aug 1999 Queen of South 2–3 Arbroath Second Division1999-00 W
8 May 1999 Stirling 2–1 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 L
24 Apr 1999 East Fife 1–2 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 W
20 Mar 1999 Clyde 1–1 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 D
27 Feb 1999 Queen of South 3–0 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 L
30 Jan 1999 Arbroath 0–3 Clyde Second Division1998-99 L
19 Jan 1999 Arbroath 2–2 Forfar Second Division1998-99 D
16 Jan 1999 Partick Thistle 0–0 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 D
19 Dec 1998 Arbroath 2–1 East Fife Second Division1998-99 W
12 Dec 1998 Stirling 0–1 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 W
28 Nov 1998 Clyde 3–0 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 L
14 Nov 1998 Arbroath 2–2 Livingston Second Division1998-99 D
7 Nov 1998 Alloa 1–1 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 D
26 Oct 1998 Forfar 1–3 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 W
17 Oct 1998 East Fife 0–3 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 W
10 Oct 1998 Arbroath 2–1 Queen of South Second Division1998-99 W
3 Oct 1998 Arbroath 0–0 Clyde Second Division1998-99 D
26 Sep 1998 Partick Thistle 2–0 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 L
19 Sep 1998 Arbroath 0–2 Alloa Second Division1998-99 L
12 Sep 1998 Livingston 2–1 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 L
5 Sep 1998 Inverness CT 2–1 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 L
22 Aug 1998 Arbroath 0–3 Stirling Second Division1998-99 L
15 Aug 1998 Queen of South 0–0 Arbroath Second Division1998-99 D
8 Aug 1998 Arbroath 1–1 3–4 pens Brechin City Forfarshire Cup1998-99 L
4 Aug 1998 Arbroath 0–2 East Fife Second Division1998-99 L

Goals scored (4)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
3 Feb 1998 Alloa 3–1 Arbroath Third Division1997-98 L 66′
22 Nov 1997 Arbroath 2–3 Alloa Third Division1997-98 L 71′
1 Nov 1997 East Stirling 1–2 Arbroath Third Division1997-98 W 16′
9 Aug 1997 Stranraer 4–4 4–2 pens Arbroath Scottish Challenge Cup1997-98 L 3′