Thomas James Wright (born 29 August 1963) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who currently is the manager of Northern Ireland's under 21 team. As a player, he was a goalkeeper who notably played in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Manchester City. He also played in the Football League with Hull City, Reading, Wrexham and Bolton Wanderers, as well as in his native country with Linfield. He was capped 31 times by Northern Ireland. Since retiring as a player he has worked as a coach or manager for Limavady United, Ballymena United, Shamrock Rovers and St Johnstone. He guided St Johnstone to their win in the 2014 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. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Post your comment herePost Comment --- Today Top Games --- AC Milan - Genoa Al-Hilal - Al-Hazm Al-Nassr - Al-Qadisiya Arsenal - Liverpool --- Tomorrow Top Games --- Cameroon - Morocco Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund Getafe - Real Sociedad NEC Nijmegen - FC Utrecht Preston North End - Wigan Athletic Ross County - Partick Thistle Wrexham - Nottingham Forest --- Recent games --- England - FA Premier LeagueEngland - League OneEngland - League TwoEngland - The ChampionshipFrance - Ligue 1France - Ligue 2Italy - Serie AItaly - Serie CScotland - Scottish PremiershipSpain - La LigaSpain - Segunda DivisiónWales - Adran PremierWales - Welsh Premier League------ - Africa Cup of Nations------ - Club Friendlies select match 04-Jan --- Leeds 1:1 Man.Utd04-Jan --- Newcastle 2:0 C Palace04-Jan --- Everton 2:4 Brentford04-Jan --- Tottenham 1:1 Sunderland04-Jan --- Fulham 2:2 Liverpool04-Jan --- Man.City 1:1 Chelsea06-Jan --- West Ham 1:2 Not.Forest07-Jan --- Bournemth 3:2 Tottenham07-Jan --- Fulham 2:1 Chelsea07-Jan --- Everton 1:1 Wolves07-Jan --- Man.City 1:1 Brighton07-Jan --- C Palace 0:0 A.Villa07-Jan --- Brentford 3:0 Sunderland07-Jan --- Newcastle 4:3 Leeds07-Jan --- Burnley 2:2 Man.Utd select match 04-Jan --- Bolton 0:0 Northmptn04-Jan --- Lincoln C 5:2 Peterboro04-Jan --- Blackpool 1:2 Bradford04-Jan --- Cardiff 1:0 Wigan04-Jan --- Huddersfd 2:2 Exeter04-Jan --- Plymouth 3:0 Burton04-Jan --- Reading 1:0 Stockport04-Jan --- Wycombe 2:0 Wimbledon select match 04-Jan --- MK Dons 2:2 Chesterfd04-Jan --- Cheltnham 3:0 Crawley select match 04-Jan --- Birminghm 3:2 Coventry04-Jan --- QPR 3:0 Sheff.Wed04-Jan --- Bristol.C 0:2 Preston04-Jan --- Millwall 2:1 Swansea04-Jan --- Blackburn 2:2 Charlton04-Jan --- Derby 1:2 Wrexham04-Jan --- Middlsbro 4:0 Southmptn04-Jan --- Norwich C 0:2 Stoke City05-Jan --- Leicester 2:1 West Brom select match 04-Jan --- Marseille 0:2 Nantes04-Jan --- Lorient 1:1 Metz04-Jan --- Brest 2:0 Auxerre04-Jan --- Le Havre 2:1 Angers04-Jan --- PSG 2:1 Paris FC select match 05-Jan --- Montpelr 1:3 Dunkerque select match 04-Jan --- Lazio 0:2 Napoli04-Jan --- Fiorentina 1:0 Cremonese04-Jan --- H.Verona 0:3 Torino04-Jan --- Inter 3:1 Bologna06-Jan --- Pisa 0:3 Como06-Jan --- Lecce 0:2 Roma06-Jan --- Sassuolo 0:3 Juventus07-Jan --- Napoli 2:2 H.Verona07-Jan --- Bologna 0:2 Atalanta07-Jan --- Lazio 2:2 Fiorentina07-Jan --- Torino 1:2 Udinese07-Jan --- Parma 0:2 Inter select match 04-Jan --- Atal. U23 1:2 Latina04-Jan --- Foggia 1:1 Catania04-Jan --- Arzignano 1:2 U.Brescia04-Jan --- Inter U23 0:0 Novara04-Jan --- Lumezzane 1:1 LRVicenza04-Jan --- Cmpobasso 2:1 Ravenna04-Jan --- Potenza 0:0 Giugliano04-Jan --- Siracusa 3:1 Salerntna04-Jan --- Dolomiti 2:0 Albinolef04-Jan --- Bra 2:2 Samb04-Jan --- Guidonia 1:2 Perugia04-Jan --- Trapani 1:0 Casarano04-Jan --- Ternana 2:1 Livorno05-Jan --- Triestina 1:2 Alcione05-Jan --- Benevento 2:1 Crotone05-Jan --- Cosenza 0:2 Monopoli05-Jan --- Altamura 0:2 Casertana select match 06-Jan --- Rangers 2:0 Aberdeen select match 04-Jan --- Sevilla 0:3 Levante04-Jan --- R. Madrid 5:1 Betis04-Jan --- Alaves 1:1 R. Oviedo04-Jan --- Mallorca 1:2 Girona04-Jan --- R.Sociedad 1:1 A. Madrid select match 04-Jan --- Depor 2:2 Cádiz select match 04-Jan --- Barry 4:1 Pontyprdd04-Jan --- Cardiff 2:1 Wrexham select match 06-Jan --- TNS 2:1 Bala Town select match 04-Jan --- Morocco 1:0 Tanzania04-Jan --- S. Africa 1:2 Cameroon05-Jan --- Egypt 3:1 Benin05-Jan --- Nigeria 4:0 Mozambique06-Jan --- Algeria 1:0 DR Congo06-Jan --- Ivory C. 3:0 Burkina F select match 06-Jan --- Salzburg 0:5 Bayern Stories Potential Bruno Fernandes exit Celebrate the World Cup 2026 EPL promoted clubs Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games