| General |
| Alex Neil | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Francis Neil | |
| Date of birth | 9 June 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Bellshill,  Scotland
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| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | 
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| Youth clubs | ||
| –1999 | Dunfermline Athletic
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 2000–2004 2004–2005 2005–2015 Total |
Airdrieonians Barnsley Mansfield Town Hamilton Academical
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16 (5) 121 (4) 41 (1) 211 (4) 389 (14) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2013–2015 2015–2017 2017–2021 2022 2022–2023 |
Hamilton Academical Norwich City Preston North End Sunderland Stoke City
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Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008.
He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014. In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football League at the time. Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, by winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off Final. Norwich suffered relegation the following season, and in March 2017, Neil was sacked. He was appointed Preston North End's manager on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship. On 11 February 2022 Neil was appointed manager of Sunderland. They were promoted from League One to the Championship, winning 2–0 in the play-off final. He left later that year to become the manager of Stoke City.
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| Norwich City Football Club - Managers |
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Bowman (1905–07) • McEwen (1907–08) • Turner (1909–10) • Stansfield (1910–15) • Buckley (1919–20) • O'Hagan (1920–21) • Gosnell (1921–26) • Stansfield (1926) • Potter (1926–29) • Kerr (1929–33) • Parker (1933–37) • Young (1937–38) • Jewell (1939) • Young (1939–45) • Lochhead (1945–46) • Spiers (1946–47) • Lochhead (1947–50) • Low (1950–55) • Parker (1955–57) • Macaulay (1957–61) • Reid (1961–62) • Swindin (1962) • Ashman (1962–1966) • Morgan (1966–69) • Saunders (1969–73) • Bond (1973–80) • Brown (1980–87) • Stringer (1987–92) • Williams (1992) • Walker (1992–94) • Deehan (1994–95) • O'Neill (1995) • Franklin (1995) • Megson (1995–96) • Walker (1996–98) • Faulkner (1998) • Rioch (1998–2000) • Hamilton (2000) • Worthington (2000–06) • Hunter (2006) • Grant (2006–07) • Duffy (2007) • Roeder (2007–09) • Gunn (2009) • Butterworth (2009) • Lambert (2009–12) • Hughton (2012–14) • Adams (2014–15) • Neil (2015–2017) • Irvine (17) • Farke (2017–2021) • Smith (2021–22) • Wagner (2023–24) • Thorup (2024–) |
| Preston North End Football Club - Managers |
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Sudell (1881–95) · Parker (1906–15) · Hayes (1919–23) · Lawrence (1923–25) · Richards (1925–27) · Gibson (1927–31) · Hayes (1931–32) · Muirhead (1936–37) · Taylorc (1938) · Scott (1949–53) · Symon (1953–54) · Milnec (1954) · Hill (1954–56) · Britton (1956–61) · Milne (1961–68) · Seith (1968–70) · Nicholsonc (1970) · Ball (1970–73) · Lordc (1973) · Charlton (1973–75) · Stilesc (1975) · A. Kellyc (1975) · Catterick (1975–77) · Stiles (1977–81) · Docherty (1981) · A. Kelly (1981) · Lee (1981–83) · A. Kelly (1983–85) · Booth (1985–86) · Kidd (1986) · Clarkc (1986) · McGrath (1986–90) · Chapman (1990–92) · Allardycec (1992) · Beck (1992–94) · Peters (1994–98) · Moyes (1998–2002) · O'Hanlonc (2002) · C. Brown (2002–04) · Davies (2004–06) · Simpson (2006–07) · R. Kellyc (2007) · Irvine (2007–09) · R. Kellyc (2009–10) · Ferguson (2010) · Unsworthc (2010–11) · P. Brown (2011) · Alexander & Unsworthc (2011–12) · Westley (2012–13) · Grayson (2013–17) · Thompson (2017) · Neil (2017–21) · McAvoy (2021) · Lowe 2021 to (2024) · Marsh c (2024) · Heckingbottom (2024–) |
| Sunderland Football Club - Managers |
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Watson (1888–96) • Campbell (1896–99) • Mackie (1899–1905) • Kyle (1905–28) • Cochrane (1928–39) • Murray (1939–57) • Brown (1957–64) • Hardwick (1964–65c) • McColl (1965–68) • Brown (1968–72) • Elliott (1972c) • Stokoe (1972–76) • MacFarlane (1976c) • Adamson (1976–78) • Merrington (1978c) • Elliott (1978–79) • Knighton (1979–81) • Docherty (1981c) • Durban (1981–84) • Robson (1984c) • Ashurst (1984–85) • McMenemy (1985–87) • Stokoe (1987c) • Smith (1987–91) • Crosby (1991–93) • Butcher (1993) • Buxton (1993–95) • Reid (1995–2002) • Wilkinson (2002–03) • McCarthy (2003–06) • Ball (2006c) • Quinn (2006) • Keane (2006–08) • Sbragia (2008–09) • Bruce (2009–11) • Black (2011c) • O'Neill (2011–13) • Di Canio (2013) • Ball (2013c) • Poyet (2013–15) • Advocaat (2015) • Allardyce (2015–16) • Moyes (2016–17) • Grayson (2017) • Stockdalec (17) • Coleman (2018–2018) • Stockdalec (2018) • Ross (2018–19) • Fowler c (2019) • Parkinson (2019–20) • Taylor c (2020) • Johnson (2020–22) • Neil (2022) • Canningc (2022) • Mowbray (2022–23) • Beale (2023–24) • Doddsc (2024) • Le Bris (2024–) |
| Stoke City Football Club - Managers |
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Slaney (1874–83) • Cox (1883–84) • Lockett (1884–90) • Bradshaw (1890–92) • Reeves (1892–95) • Rowley (1895–97) • Austerberry (1897–1908) • A. Barker (1908–14) • Hodge (1914–15) • Schofield (1915–19) • Shallcross (1919–23) • Rutherford (1923) • Mather (1923–35) • McGrory (1935–52) • Taylor (1952–60) • Waddington (1960–77) • Eastham (1977–78) • A'Court (1978) • Durban (1978–81) • R. Barker (1981–83) • Asprey (1983–85) • Lacey (1985) • Mills (1985–89) • Ball (1989–91) • Paddon (1991) • Macari (1991–93) • Jordan (1993–94) • Hartford (1994) • Macari (1994–97) • Bates (1997–98) • Kamara (1998) • Durban (1998) • Little (1998–99) • Megson (1999) • Thordarson (1999–2002) • Cotterill (2002) • Kevan (2002) • Pulis (2002–05) • Boskamp (2005–06) • Pulis (2006–13) • Hughes (2013–18) • Niedzwiecki (2018c) • Lambert (2018) • Rowett (2018–19) • Jones (2019) • Delapc (2019) • O'Neill (2019–22) • Holdenc (2022) • Neil (2022–23) • Schumacher (2023–24) • Morris & Shawcrossc (2024) • Pèlach (2024–) |
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