Neil Tolson

Neil Tolson
	Tolson playing for Hyde
Personal information
Date of birth	25 October 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1992	Walsall
1992–1993	Oldham Athletic
1993–1996	Bradford City
1995	→ Chester City (loan)
1996–1999	York City
1999–2001	Southend United
2002–2003	Leigh RMI
2003	Kettering Town
2003	Halifax Town
2003–2011	Hyde United
Total
Managerial career
2008–2011	Hyde United
2016	Altrincham(Caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Tolson (born 25 October 1973) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a striker. He later moved onto a coaching career with Hyde, Altrincham and Stalybridge Celtic.

Career

Born in Dudley, Worcestershire, Tolson began his career with Oldham Athletic. He later joined York City and was their top scorer for the 1996–97 season, with 17 goals in all competitions,^[1] including one as York beat Premier League side Everton 3–2 in the second round second leg of the League Cup.

He was released by Leigh RMI in January 2003 and joined Kettering Town in February.^[2]^[3] He signed for Halifax Town a month later.^[4]

Tolson joined Hyde United in July 2003 and then played six matches for Mossley after joining them the following month.^[5] He then joined Stalybridge Celtic in October 2003, staying with them until January 2004.^[6] He returned to Hyde, and was appointed Assistant Manager of the club in July 2007 before becoming player-manager in September 2008. After eight years at the club playing roles of manager, player and assistant manager, on 4 April 2011 he was relieved of his duties by the new board of directors.^[7] He left having scored 82 goals in 176 appearances for the club in all competitions.^[8]

In June 2011 he joined Altrincham as assistant manager to Lee Sinnott.^[9] In this role, he helped the club achieve promotion via the playoffs to the Conference National. Following Sinnott's departure, Tolson served as caretaker manager from March 2016 until the end of the season.^[10]

He later took the role of assistant manager at Stalybridge Celtic F.C. during the 2016/17 season.^[11]

In 2018, he took a full-time coaching job in with American club FC Wisconsin.^[12]