NPL Division One East Round-Up (2) Scott Ruthven’s 50th league goal for Stocksbridge Park Steels gave Lee Thompson his first win as interim boss and the club’s first three points of the campaign. The strike on stroke of half-time secured the 3-2 victory over Pickering Town at Bracken Moor. The Steels had to show huge read more→
NPL Division One East Stocksbridge Park Steels interim manager Lee Thompson has paid tribute to departed boss Chris Hilton. Hilton brought the curtain down on seven years in charge of Stocksbridge straight after the club’s FA Cup defeat at Handsworth – leaving assistant manager Thompson to take the helm. The news of his departure sent read more→
Stocksbridge Park Steels have started accepting applications as they search for Chris Hilton’s successor. Hilton resigned after the final whistle following the 5-2 FA Cup Preliminary Round defeat at Handsworth on Saturday – ending a seven-year rule. His assistant Lee Thompson has taken over as interim manager and is in the hot-seat for the first read more→
NPL Division One East Chris Hilton has resigned as Stocksbridge Park Steels manager, bringing his seven-year reign to an end. Hilton, who was one of the longest-serving bosses in the league, stepped down following the 5-2 FA Cup Preliminary Round defeat at Handsworth. Assistant Lee Thompson takes charge in the interim while Stocksbridge search for read more→
Proud dad Lee Thompson says playing against his son Declan Eratt-Thompson is something he could never have imagined when the young Sheffield Wednesday defender was five. Stocksbridge Park Steels assistant manager Thompson went head-to-head with his son in the last 15 minutes of the pre-season clash with an Owls X1 at Bracken Moor on Tuesday read more→
First team coach Ryan Laight is able to fully commit to Stocksbridge Park Steels this season. The former defender returned to Bracken Moor last year, but only on a semi-regular basis. Now he is able to be alongside Chris Hilton and assistant manager Lee Thompson in the Stocksbridge dugout every week. Laight was previously Hilton’s read more→
Ryan Laight has returned to Stocksbridge Park Steels as first team coach after nearly three years away. Laight will be back working alongside assistant manager Lee Thompson and manager Chris Hilton. The former defender signed as player/joined at the beginning of Hilton’s reign in 2014. He then became assistant manager the following year and he read more→
Proud dad Lee Thompson says his son Declan Thompson signing a professional contract with Sheffield Wednesday is an amazing achievement as he was told at the age of five that he would never be able to play football. Young Thompson spent his early life in a wheelchair after being diagnosed with Perthes Disease – a read more→
Lee Thompson is fondly remembered by Boston United fans for his numerous important contributions during their Football League days. The now Stocksbridge Park Steels assistant manager was the first player to score a hat-trick in the Football League for Boston (against Darlington in 2002). But it is his double in the shock 4-3 League Cup read more→
Evo Stik South Boston United legend Lee Thompson has been promoted to assistant manager at Stocksbridge Park Steels. Thompson, who has served as first team coach for three years under Chris Hilton, will fulfil the role previously held by Ryan Laight. Former defender Laight will now hold the title of first team coach. Thompson said: read more→
