Steve Lomas

Steve Lomas

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Lomas
Date of birth	18 January 1974 (1974-01-18)
Place of birth	Hanover, Germany
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1997	Manchester City	111	(8)
1997–2005	West Ham United	187	(10)
2005–2007	Queens Park Rangers	55	(2)
2007–2008	Gillingham	8	(0)
2009–2010	St Neots Town	?	(?)
National team‡
1994–2003	Northern Ireland	45	(3)
Teams managed
2009–2010	St Neots Town
2011	West Ham Reserves
2011–	St. Johnstone
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Stephen "Steve" Lomas (born 18 January 1974) is the football manager of St Johnstone and a former Northern Ireland international player. He played for Manchester City, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Gillingham, finishing his playing career at United Counties Football League Premier Division club St Neots Town as the player/manager. He has also worked as the reserve team manager at West Ham United.

Club career

Lomas, a midfielder, first made his name with Manchester City after joining them in 1991. He soon broke into the first team but will often be remembered at the club for his misfortune of scoring an own goal on the last day of the 1995-96 season, which meant that City could only manage a 2-2 draw at home to Liverpool and were relegated from the Premier League on goal difference.

He then moved to West Ham United in 1997 for a fee of £2.5m. He made his West Ham debut on 9 April 1997 in a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough; his first goal coming on 3 December 1997 in a 4-1 defeat of Crystal Palace. He made 227 competitive appearances, scoring 13 goals, became club captain and was a member of the West Ham team which won the Intertoto Cup in 1999.

On 31 August 2005, he was released on a free transfer and joined Queens Park Rangers.

He left QPR in May 2007, and joined Gillingham on 31 July 2007. On 9 January 2008, Gillingham manager Mark Stimson revealed that Lomas had been placed on the transfer list. On 31 January it was announced that Lomas had been released from his contract.

International career

He earned 46 caps for the Northern Ireland national team, scoring three goals.

Managerial career

After leaving Gillingham, Lomas took up a coaching role at Norwich City before managing St Neots Town. from 23 March 2009, until July 2010, leading the club to their most successful season for 40 years. He left the club briefly in January 2010, following the departure of chairman John Delaney, but returned after Delaney had been reinstated as Chairman. Lomas resigned from St Neots in July 2010 to pursue his ambition to manage at a league club. At the end of February 2011 he accepted the position of reserve team manager at West Ham United.

St Johnstone

In November 2011 Lomas signed a two-and-a-half year deal to manage Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone following the departure of Derek McInnes to English Championship team Bristol City. Shortly after signing the deal to become first team manager he was joined by former Northern Ireland goalkeeper and Lisburn Distillery manager Tommy Wright who had agreed to join the club as an assistant to Lomas.

Managerial statistics

As at 09:11, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
St Johnstone	3 November 2011	Present	&1000000000000001100000011	&100000000000000060000006	&100000000000000010000001	&100000000000000040000004	&1000000000000005454999954.55
Total			&1000000000000001100000011	&100000000000000060000006	&100000000000000010000001	&100000000000000040000004	&1000000000000005454999954.55

External links

• Steve Lomas career stats at Soccerbase
• Steve Lomas management career stats at Soccerbase