Giant-killing boss who knocked Linfield out of Irish Cup takes assistant role at Carrick Rangers
Thompson spent a decade in charge of Queen's and famously masterminded them to one of the most memorable shocks in Irish Cup history when his Students knocked David Healy's Linfield out of the Irish Cup in January 2020.
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