Neil Tolson (born 25 October 1973) is an English former

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who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

as a striker. He later moved onto a coaching career with Hyde,

Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...

and Stalybridge Celtic.

Career

Born in

Dudley Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the ...

, Worcestershire, Tolson began his career with

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ...

. He later joined

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

and was their top scorer for the 1996–97 season, with 17 goals in all competitions, including one as York beat

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

side Everton 3–2 in the second round second leg of the

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. He was released by

Leigh RMI Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Horwich RMI) and Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Leigh RMI), is an English amateur association football club that currently plays in the South Lancas ...

in January 2003 and joined

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts ...

in February. He signed for

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration (law), administration in ...

a month later. Tolson joined

Hyde United Hyde United Football Club is a semi-professional Association football, football club in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1919, they were renamed Hyde F.C. between 2010 and 2015 as part of a sponsorship deal with Manchester City F.C. ...

in July 2003 and then played six matches for

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire ...

after joining them the following month. He then joined Stalybridge Celtic in October 2003, staying with them until January 2004. He returned to Hyde, and was appointed Assistant Manager of the club in July 2007 before becoming

player-manager A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the sq ...

in September 2008. After eight years at the club playing roles of

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, player and

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, on 4 April 2011 he was relieved of his duties by the new board of directors. He left having scored 82 goals in 176 appearances for the club in all competitions. In June 2011 he joined

as assistant manager to

Lee Sinnott Lee Sinnott (born 12 July 1965) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Gainsborough Trinity. As a player, he was a defender for Walsall, Watford, Bradford City, Crystal Palace, Huddersf ...

. In this role, he helped the club achieve promotion via the playoffs to the

Conference National The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...

. Following Sinnott's departure, Tolson served as caretaker manager from March 2016 until the end of the season. He later took the role of assistant manager at

Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

during the 2016/17 season. In 2018, he took a full-time coaching job in with American club FC Wisconsin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tolson, Neil 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Walsall English footballers Association football forwards Walsall F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Chester City F.C. players York City F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Leigh Genesis F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players National League (English football) players English football managers Hyde United F.C. managers National League (English football) managers Mossley A.F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players