18 Facts About Steve Lomas

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Stephen Martin Lomas was born on 18 January 1974 and is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer.

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Steve Lomas had spells in the Premier League for both Manchester City and West Ham United before moving into the Football League with Queens Park Rangers and Gillingham.

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Steve Lomas was capped 45 times by Northern Ireland, scoring 3 goals.

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Steve Lomas was appointed manager of Scottish Premier League club St Johnstone in 2011.

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Steve Lomas moved to Championship club Millwall in June 2013.

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Steve Lomas 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.

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Steve Lomas left QPR in May 2007, and joined Gillingham on 31 July 2007.

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On 9 January 2008, Gillingham manager Mark Stimson revealed that Steve Lomas had been placed on the transfer list.

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Steve Lomas was born in Hanover, West Germany, his father was a soldier stationed there.

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

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Steve Lomas left the club briefly in January 2010, following the departure of chairman John Delaney, but returned after Delaney had been reinstated as Chairman.

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Steve Lomas resigned from St Neots in July 2010 to pursue his ambition to manage at a league club.

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On 4 October 2012, Steve Lomas was named SPL Manager of the month, the first time a St Johnstone manager had won the award.

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On beating the Manager of the Month "curse" in October to record 5th and 6th straight wins against St Mirren and Kilmarnock, Steve Lomas achieved the best run of results at St Johnstone since 1971, reaching second place in the SPL table behind Celtic.

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In October 2012, Steve Lomas' name began to be linked with vacant manager's positions in English clubs; first at Bournemouth, then Burnley, Fleetwood, Doncaster Rovers and Coventry City.

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Steve Lomas was sacked on 26 December 2013 after the ten men of Millwall lost to Watford.

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Steve Lomas had drawn six including QPR, Burnley, Reading and Nottingham Forest.

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Steve Lomas is a nephew of the former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg.