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Matty McNeil Personal information Full name Matthew McNeil Date of birth 14 July 1976 Place of birth Manchester, England Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Chester Youth career Woodley Sports Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999–2002 Stalybridge Celtic 11 (2) 2002–2003 Runcorn 30 (7) 2003–2006 Hyde United 142 (47) 2006 → Macclesfield Town (loan) 12 (1) 2006–2007 Macclesfield Town 35 (4) 2007–2010 Stockport County 41 (5) 2010–2011 Southport 19 (5) 2011– Chester 0 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:25, 19 August 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Matthew "Matty" McNeil (born 14 July 1976) is an English footballer who plays for Chester as a striker.
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Career
Non-League
Born in Manchester, McNeil began his career with non-league club Woodley Sports before signing for Stalybridge Celtic in 1999 and also played for Runcorn and Hyde United, where he was Hyde's supporters player of the year for two years in succession.[1]
The Football League
Following a successful two-month loan spell, he signed a permanent contract with League Two side Macclesfield Town in June 2006,[2] and made 35 league appearances in the 2006–07 season, scoring four goals. He was offered a new contract at Macclesfield but joined Stockport County in July 2007, where manager Jim Gannon said of him, "He has all the qualities we want. He's very strong, hard working and well equipped for his role."
He made 22 appearances for Stockport, scoring six goals, before injury interrupted his 2007–08 season.[3][4] He returned to feature briefly in Stockport's final game of the season, coming on as a substitute for the final few minutes of their Wembley play-off victory.
He was offered a new twelve-month contract by Stockport, but the first half of his 2008–09 season also turned out to be plagued by injury. After being sent off shortly into the second match of the season, McNeil suffered a knee injury in training and missed the remainder of August, all of September and the first half of October. He returned to face Colchester on 18 October, scoring in the first half but being hospitalised with a head injury by a clumsy challenge in the second half.[5] After a further month out through injury, McNeil returned to the first team for a spell of games in November, before a recurrence of a back problem forced him to limp out of the pre-match warmup for an FA Cup tie against Gillingham on 9 December, and spend the next six weeks on the sidelines.[6]
Return to non-League
McNeil signed for Southport on 12 May 2010 after being released from Stockport County earlier on in the year.[7] He signed for Northern Premier League outfit Chester in June 2011, after his release from Southport the previous month.[8]
References
- ^ "McNeil seals Macclesfield loan". BBC Sport. 2006-03-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/macclesfield_town/4768234.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ^ "Stockport sign up striker McNeil". BBC Sport. 2007-06-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/6749805.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ^ "McNeil suffers setback". Football.co.uk. 2007-06-13. http://www.football.co.uk/stockport_county/mcneil_suffers_setback_260907.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ^ "Hernia operation for McNeil". Stockport Express. 2008-01-16. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/sport/football/stockport_county/s/1032203_hernia_operation_for_mcneil. Retrieved 2008-03-29.
- ^ McNeil out of Dons clash StockportCounty.com. Retrieved 6 June 2011
- ^ Stockport vs Gillingham StockportCounty.com. Retrieved 6 June 2011
- ^ Kirkbride, Phil (12 May 2010). "Southport FC sign Matty McNeil". Southport Visiter. http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-sport/2010/05/12/southport-fc-sign-matty-mcneil-101022-26435113/. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ Banks, Jeff. "McNeil signs for the Blues". chesterfc.com. http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/chesterfootballclub/news/mcneil-signs-for-the-blues-319452.html. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
External links
Chester F.C. – current squad GK Danby · GK Judge · DF Aspin · DF Brownhill · DF Horan · DF Ruffer · DF Stones · DF Taylor · DF C. Williams · MF Barnes · MF Booth · MF Brown · MF Connolly · MF Foulkes · MF Howard · MF Smith · MF Sharrock · MF A. Williams · FW Wright · FW McNeil · FW Rainford · FW Reed · FW Simm · FW Wilde · Manager: Young
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Manchester
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Woodley Sports F.C. players
- Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players
- Runcorn F.C. Halton players
- Hyde F.C. players
- Macclesfield Town F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Southport F.C. players
- Chester F.C. players
- Conference National players
- The Football League players
- Northern Premier League players
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