Neil McDonald

Neil McDonald
	Neil McDonald
Personal information
Full name:	Neil Raymond McDonald
Date of birth:	2 November 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth:	Wallsend, England
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position:	Right Back, Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Barrow (caretaker manager)
Youth clubs
	Wallsend Boys Club; Carlisle United
Senior clubs
National team
Teams managed
2006–2007; 2007; 2009; 2015–2016; 2016–2017; 2017–2018; 2025–	Carlisle United; Östersunds FK; Blackburn Rovers (caretaker); Blackpool; Hull City (assistant); Limerick; Barrow (caretaker)

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Neil Raymond McDonald (born 2 November 1965) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He is currently the caretaker manager of EFL League Two club Barrow.

During his career he played for the England under 21 team. As a manager, he has been in charge at Carlisle United and Östersunds FK. On 18 December 2008 he was appointed Assistant Manager of Blackburn Rovers, and was sacked on 13 December 2010 along with manager Sam Allardyce. On 1 June 2011, Allardyce announced McDonald as his assistant manager at West Ham United. On 2 June 2015, McDonald was appointed as manager of Blackpool on a rolling one-year contract, leaving the post on 18 May 2016.

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Barrow A.F.C. squad - 2025–26
1 Stanway · 3 Shipley · 4 Williams · 5 Raglan · 6 Canavan · 7 Jackson · 8 S. Smith · 9 Healey · 10 Walker · 11 Newby · 14 McCann · 15 Hemmings · 16 Foley · 17 Kouyaté · 18 Cameron · 19 Adu-Poku · 20 Fletcher · 21 Earing · 23 Mahoney · 25 Gordon · 27 Worrall · 29 Barkhuizen · 31 Winterbottom · 34 Whitfield · 43 K. Smith · 45 Harper · Manager: Paul Gallagher

Current EFL League Two managers
Doolan (Accrington Stanley) · Brennan (Barnet) · Vacant (Barrow) · Evans (Bristol Rovers) · Woodman (Bromley) · Harris (Cambridge Utd) · Cotterill (Cheltenham) · Cook (Chesterfield) · Cowley (Colchester) · Lindsey (Crawley) · Bell (Crewe) · Wild (Fleetwood) · Ainsworth (Gillingham) · Artell (Grimsby) · Weaver (Harrogate) · Warne (MK Dons) · Fuchs (Newport) · Paterson (Notts Co.) · Mellon (Oldham) · Robinson (Salford) · Appleton (Shrewsbury) · Holloway (Swindon) · Crosby (Tranmere) · Sadler (Walsall)

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Blackpool Football Club - Managers
Barcroft (1903–09) • Cox (1909–11) • Norman (1918–23) • Buckley (1923–27) • Beaumont (1927–28) • Evans (1928–33) • MacFarlane (1933–35) • Smith (1935–58) • Suart (1958–67) • Mortensen (1967–69) • Shannon (1969–70) • Stokoe (1970–72) • Potts (1972–76) • Brown (1976–78) • Stokoe (1978 to 79) • Ternent (1979–80) • Ball (1980–81) • Brown (1981–82) • Ellis (1982–89) • Mullen (1989–90) • Carr (1990) • Ayre (1990–94) • Allardyce (1994–96) • Megson (1996–97) • Worthington (1997–99) • McMahon (2000–04) • Hendry (2004–05) • Grayson (2005–08) • Holloway (2009–12) • Appleton (2012–13) • Ince (2013–14) • Riga (2014) • Clark (2014–15) • McDonald (2015–16) • Bowyer (2016–18) • McPhillips (2018–19) • Grayson (2019–20) • Dunn^c (2020) • Critchley^h (2020–) c = caretaker; h = head coach

Barrow Football Club - Managers
Fletcher (1901–04) · Freeland (1904–?) · Smith (?–?) · Craig (?–?) · Charnley (1907–?) · Fletcher (?–1909) · Phillips (1909–?) · Parker (1913–20) · Dickinson (1920–22) · Atkinson (1922–23) · Moralee (1923–26) · Greenhalgh (1926) · Dickinson (1926–27) · Maconnachie (1927–28) · Walker (1929–30) · Miller (1930) · Commins (1930–32) · Lowes (1932–37) · Bissett (1937) · Pentland (1938–40) · Commins (1945–47) · Beattie (1947–49) · Hacking (1949–55) · Harvey (1955–57) · Dodgin (1957–58) · W. Brown (1958–59) · Rogers (1959) · Staniforth (1959–64) · McEvoy (1964–67) · Appleton (1967–69) · Else (1969) · Bodell (1969–70) · McEvoy (1970–71) · Rogers (1971) · Crompton (1971–72) · Kane (1972–74) · Arrowsmith (1974–75) · Yeats (1975–77) · Coglan and McAdams (1977) · Hughes (1977) · McManus (1977–79) · Taylor (1979–83) · Halom (1983–84) · McDonnell (1984) · Wojciechowicz (1984) · Kidd (1984–85) · Cooke (1985) · Murphy (1985) · Whittle (1985) · Johnson (1985–86) · McDonald and Skivington (1986) · Wilkie (1986–91) · McDonald (1991) · King (1991–92) · Heathcote (1992) · Dinnis (1992–93) · Cloudsdale (1993–94) · Hesketh (1994–96) · McDonald and Ventre (1996) · Walsh (1996) · O. Brown (1996–99) · Westley (1999) · Challender (1999) · K. Lowe (1999–2003) · Turnbull (2003–05) · Edmondson (2005) · Wilson (2005–07) · Bayliss and Sheridan (2007–12) · Bayliss (2012–13) · Edmondson (2013–)

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Personal information
Neil McDonald

Full name:	Neil Raymond McDonald
Date of birth:	2 November 1965 (1965-11-02) (age 60)
Place of birth:	Wallsend, England
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position:	Right Back, Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Barrow (caretaker manager)
Youth clubs
	Wallsend Boys Club Carlisle United
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1983–1988 1988–1991 1991–1994 1994–1995 1995–1998 Total	Newcastle United Everton Oldham Athletic Bolton Wanderers Preston North End	180 0(24) 090 00(4) 021 00(1) 006 00(0) 034 00(0) 331 0(29)
National team
1983–1984 1986–1987	England Youth England U21	005 00(1) 005 00(0)
Teams managed
2006–2007 2007 2009 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2025–	Carlisle United Östersunds FK Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) Blackpool Hull City (assistant) Limerick Barrow (caretaker)