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Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1963)

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Northern Ireland footballer (born 1963)

Tommy Wright
Personal information
Full nameThomas James Wright[1]
Date of birth (1963-08-29)29 August 1963 (age 61)
Place of birthBallyclare,County Antrim,
Northern Ireland
Position(s)Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Northern Ireland U21 (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Linfield
1988–1993Newcastle United73(0)
1991Hull City (loan)6(0)
1993–1997Nottingham Forest11(0)
1996Reading (loan)17(0)
1997Manchester City (loan)5(0)
1997–2001Manchester City29(0)
1999Wrexham (loan)16(0)
1999Newcastle United (loan)3(0)
2001Bolton Wanderers (loan)4(0)
2001Bolton Wanderers0(0)
Total169(0)
International career
1989–1999Northern Ireland31(0)
Managerial career
2003–2005Limavady United
2005–2008Ballymena United
2009–2011Lisburn Distillery
2013–2020St Johnstone
2021Kilmarnock
2023–Northern Ireland U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas James Wright (born 29 August 1963) is a Northern Irishfootball coach and former player who currently is themanager of Northern Ireland's under 21 team.

As a player, he was agoalkeeper who notably played in thePremier League withNottingham Forest,Newcastle United andManchester City. He also played in theFootball League withHull City,Reading,Wrexham andBolton Wanderers, as well as in his native country withLinfield. He was capped 31 times byNorthern Ireland.

Since retiring as a player he has worked as a coach ormanager forLimavady United,Ballymena United,Shamrock Rovers andSt Johnstone. He guided St Johnstone to their win in the2014 Scottish Cup Final, which won the first major national trophy in their history; he left his role there in May 2020. Wright was appointed Kilmarnock manager in February 2021, but was sacked in December of that year. In September 2023 he was appointed as manager of Northern Ireland U21's.

Club career

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Wright was born inBallyclare. After playing in his native Northern Ireland until he was 25, he entered English football withNewcastle United in the1988–89 season and had a spell as first choice goalkeeper afterDave Beasant was sold toChelsea in January 1989, but Newcastle went down to the Second Division that season.

After losing his place toPavel Srnicek in the early 1990s, he eventually moved toNottingham Forest where he went straight into the starting line-up, however after an injury absence he failed to regain his place fromMark Crossley. He also saw relatively little first team action in later spells atManchester City and a number of clubs where he played on loan. Early in the1999–2000, he returned to Newcastle on a loan deal and played for them three times.

Injuries blighted his playing career, and he found dislodging other goalkeepers, once he regained fitness, difficult or impossible.

International career

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Wright won 31 caps forNorthern Ireland in a ten-year period from 1989 to 1999. The high point of his Northern Ireland career was his performance inNuremberg in 1996, as Northern Ireland earned a 1–1 draw againstreigning European champions,Germany, in a1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match. Wright had not played an international match in over two years prior to that point and had just returned to club action, on loan atReading, after a prolonged injury absence.

Managerial career

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Wright was first a goalkeeping coach forNorwich City but left whenGlenn Roeder resigned. He was then appointed Youth Development Officer atBallyclare Comrades. In November 2003 he made his first move into management atLimavady United[2] and stayed for a couple of years. Wright was then appointed manager ofBallymena United and reached theCounty Antrim Shield against Linfield at Seaview. Wright resigned at the end of the 2007–08 season.

He was a full-time goalkeeping coach atShamrock Rovers for the2009 League of Ireland season under his former teammateMichael O'Neill. In September 2009 he was appointed manager ofLisburn Distillery.[3] His first game was against his former club Ballymena United, which Lisburn won by a single goal.

St Johnstone

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Wright left Distillery in November 2011 to become assistant manager ofScottish Premier League clubSt Johnstone.[4]

AfterSteve Lomas left thePerth club to manageMillwall in June 2013, Wright was promoted to manager.[5] Wright's first game in charge was a UEFA Europa League tie in Norway againstRosenborg. St Johnstone won 1–0, their first-ever away victory in European competition.[6] The second leg ended in a 1–1 draw, putting St Johnstone through 2–1 on aggregate, and through to the third round of the qualifying stages for the first time.[7] Despite winning 1–0 win againstMinsk in the first leg of the next round, they went on to lose on penalties.[8] After the match, Wright criticised Minsk, believing they lacked class in victory.[9] After winning two games and drawing once in October, Wright won the Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month award.[10]

In March 2014, Wright was involved in a touchline incident withDundee United managerJackie McNamara.[11] This resulted a one-match ban for Wright.[12] A few days later, Wright was taken to hospital after suffering stomach pains.[13] Despite being in the hospital, Wright was still involved in the squad selection ahead of a match againstHibernian.[14] The operation was a success, and Wright made his return in a match againstPartick Thistle.[15][16]

After Wright led the club to a top-six position in the Premiership, he guided them to their first Scottish Cup Final after a 2–1 win overAberdeen.[17] They were victorious in the 17 May,Final meeting withDundee United atCeltic Park. It was St Johnstone's first major trophy win.[18] Wright signed a new contract with St Johnstone in August 2014.[19] He signed another contract with St Johnstone in October 2015, soon after the club had rejected an approach from Dundee United for Wright.[20]

He was votedPremiership Manager of the Season for the2015–16 season, leading St Johnstone to another fourth-place finish[21] and a third domestic cup semi-final, losing out toHibernian.[22]

St Johnstone secured a third successive fourth-place finish in the Premiership in2016–17 under Wright, with two games remaining, also qualifying forEurope again.[23]

Wright resigned as St Johnstone manager on 2 May 2020.[24]

Kilmarnock

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Wright was appointedKilmarnock manager on 8 February 2021.[25] Kilmarnock finished the2020–21 Scottish Premiership in 11th place, and were then relegated to theChampionship after they lost a play-off toDundee.[26] Wright was sacked by Kilmarnock in December 2021, with the club sitting in 5th place in theChampionship.[27]

Northern Ireland U21

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Wright was appointedNorthern Ireland U21 manager on 14 August 2023

Media work

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Wright from time to time does co-commentary work forBBC Northern Ireland's football coverage[28] as well as some punditry work forBT Sport's Scottish football coverage.[29]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 21 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %Ref.
Limavady UnitedNovember 2003May 200554231516042.59
Ballymena UnitedMay 2005April 2008117442944037.61
Lisburn DistillerySeptember 2009November 201197361645037.11
St Johnstone10 June 20132 May 202030912667116040.78
Kilmarnock8 February 202118 December 20214220715047.62
Northern Ireland U2114 August 2023Present5104020.00
Total625250134241040.00
  • Kilmarnock statistics include Scottish League Cup forfeit defeat to East Kilbride on 16 July 2021 (ineligible player in original tie in which Kilmarnock won).

Honours and achievements

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As a player

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Newcastle United

Bolton Wanderers

As a manager

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Lisburn Distillery

St Johnstone

References

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  1. ^"Tommy Wright".Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived fromthe original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved13 May 2017.
  2. ^uefa.com (14 November 2003)."Limavady make Wright move – UEFA.com".
  3. ^"Wright takes over at Whites".
  4. ^"Tommy Wright resigns as Lisburn Distillery manager". BBC Sport. 2 November 2011. Retrieved2 November 2011.
  5. ^"St Johnstone appoint Tommy Wright as new manager". BBC Sport. 10 June 2013. Retrieved10 June 2013.
  6. ^"Rosenborg 0–1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 18 July 2013. Retrieved25 July 2013.
  7. ^"St Johnstone 1–1 Rosenborg (agg 2–1)". BBC Sport. 25 July 2013. Retrieved25 July 2013.
  8. ^"St Johnstone 0 – 1 Minsk". UEFA. 8 August 2013. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  9. ^"St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright slams 'ungracious' Minsk". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  10. ^"St Johnstone: Stevie May and Tommy Wright win October awards". BBC Sport. 14 November 2013. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  11. ^"Jackie McNamara and Tommy Wright issued with notices of complaint".STV Sport. 14 March 2014. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  12. ^"Jackie McNamara receives three-match ban for Tommy Wright spat".BBC Sport. 10 April 2014. Retrieved7 October 2020.
  13. ^"St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright hospitalised".The Scotsman. 20 March 2014. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  14. ^"Tommy Wright picks St Johnstone team from hospital".The Scotsman. 21 March 2014. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  15. ^"St Johnstone's Tommy Wright misses game after op 'success'". BBC Sport. 21 March 2014. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  16. ^"Tommy Wright set for St Johnstone return".The Courier. DC Thomson. 27 March 2014. Archived fromthe original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  17. ^"Scottish Cup: Stevie May the hero in St Johnstone win over Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 14 April 2014. Retrieved13 April 2014.
  18. ^"St Johnstone 2–0 Dundee United".Daily Telegraph. 17 May 2014. Retrieved21 May 2014.
  19. ^"St Johnstone: Manager Tommy Wright signs three-year contract". BBC Sport. 11 August 2014. Retrieved11 August 2014.
  20. ^"St Johnstone: Tommy Wright signs new St Johnstone contract". BBC Sport. 12 October 2015. Retrieved12 October 2015.
  21. ^"Wright wins Premiership award".SPFL. 29 May 2016. Retrieved13 May 2017.
  22. ^"Hibernian 2:1 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 30 January 2016. Retrieved13 May 2017.
  23. ^"St Johnstone: Manager Tommy Wright so proud to finish above Hearts". BBC Sport. 13 May 2017. Retrieved13 May 2017.
  24. ^"St Johnstone: Tommy Wright quits as manager after seven years".BBC Sport. BBC. 2 May 2020. Retrieved2 May 2020.
  25. ^Barnes, John (8 February 2021)."Tommy Wright: Kilmarnock appoint Northern Irishman as Alex Dyer's successor".BBC Sport. Retrieved8 February 2021.
  26. ^"Tommy Wright: Kilmarnock manager to continue despite relegation".BBC Sport. 25 May 2021. Retrieved25 May 2021.
  27. ^"Kilmarnock sack Wright after game abandoned".BBC Sport.
  28. ^"Northern Ireland v Slovenia, 2015/2016, Match of the Day Northern Ireland – BBC One".
  29. ^https://twitter.com/BTSportSPFL/status/711561052136325120[permanent dead link]

External links

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Kilmarnock F.C.managers
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