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Terry Neill

Preceded by
Succeeded by
1964 – 1971
1973

Danny Blanchflower’s long-term successor as Northern Ireland captain, the ‘sixties and ‘seventies proved a difficult stewardship for Terry Neill…

Name: William John Terence Neill
Name: 8 May 1942, Belfast
Died: July 2022 (aged 80)
Height: 5.10½ ft
Weight: 12.08 st
Position: Centre-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 59 Full Caps / 2 Goals (1961-1973), 4 Under-23 Caps (1962-1965); Youth, 3 Schoolboy Caps (1956-1957).

Club Career:
Clubs
Seasons
Signed
Fee
League
FA Cup
FL Cup
Europe
Bangor
58/59-59/60
-
Youth
-
-
-
-
Arsenal
59/60-69/70
Dec-59
£2,500
240(1)/ 8
12(1)/0
15(1)/2
5(0)/0
Hull City
70/71-72/73
Jul-70
£44,000
103(0)/ 4
11(0)/0
2(0)/0
-
TOTALS
£46,500
343(1)/12
23(1)/0
17(1)/2
5(0)/0

Managerial Career:
Hull City Jul/70 – Sep/74
Northern Ireland Sep/71 – Oct/74
Tottenham Hotspur Sep/74 – Jun/76
Arsenal Jun/76 – Dec/83


Biography:To follow.

Wikipedia

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
25-04-1961 Italy....... A L 2-3 FR
03-05-1961 Greece...... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-05-1961 West Germany A L 1-2 WCQ
07-10-1961 Scotland.... H L 1-6 BC

17-10-1961 Greece...... H W 2-0 WCQ
22-11-1961 England..... A D 1-1 BC
11-04-1962 Wales....... A L 0-4 BC
20-10-1962 England..... H L 1-3 BC
28-11-1962 Poland...... H W 2-0 ENC
03-04-1963 Wales....... H L 1-4 BC
30-05-1963 Spain....... A D 1-1 ENC
12-10-1963 Scotland.... H W 2-1 BC
30-10-1963 Spain....... H L 0-1 ENC
20-11-1963 England..... A L 3-8 BC
15-04-1964 Wales....... A W 3-2 BC
29-04-1964 Uruguay..... H W 3-0 FR
03-10-1964 England..... H L 3-4 BC
14-10-1964 Switzerland. H W 1-0 WCQ
25-11-1964 Scotland.... A L 2-3 BC
17-03-1965 Netherlands. H W 2-1 WCQ 1 Goal
31-03-1965 Wales....... H L 0-5 BC
07-04-1965 Netherlands. A D 0-0 WCQ
07-05-1965 Albania..... H W 4-1 WCQ
02-10-1965 Scotland.... H W 3-2 BC
10-11-1965 England..... A L 1-2 BC
24-11-1965 Albania..... A D 1-1 WCQ
30-03-1966 Wales....... A W 4-1 BC
07-05-1966 West Germany H L 0-2 FR
22-06-1966 Mexico...... H W 4-1 FR
16-11-1966 Scotland.... A L 1-2 ECQ
12-04-1967 Wales....... H D 0-0 ECQ
21-10-1967 Scotland.... H W 1-0 ECQ
22-11-1967 England..... A L 0-2 ECQ
10-09-1968 Israel...... A W 3-2 FR
23-10-1968 Turkey...... H W 4-1 WCQ

11-12-1968 Turkey...... A W 3-0 WCQ
03-05-1969 England..... H L 1-3 BC
06-05-1969 Scotland.... A D 1-1 BC
10-05-1969 Wales....... H D 0-0 BC
10-09-1969 USSR........ H D 0-0 WCQ
22-10-1969 USSR........ A L 0-2 WCQ
18-04-1970 Scotland.... H L 0-1 BC
21-04-1970 England..... A L 1-3 BC
25-04-1970 Wales....... A L 0-1 BC
11-11-1970 Spain....... A L 0-3 ECQ

03-02-1971 Cyprus...... A W 3-0 ECQ
22-09-1971 USSR........ A L 0-1 ECQ
13-10-1971 USSR........ H D 1-1 ECQ
16-02-1972 Spain....... H D 1-1 ECQ
20-05-1972 Scotland.... H L 0-2 BC
23-05-1972 England..... A W 1-0 BC 1 Goal
27-05-1972 Wales....... A D 0-0 BC
18-10-1972 Bulgaria.... A L 0-3 WCQ
14-02-1973 Cyprus...... A L 0-1 WCQ
28-03-1973 Portugal.... H D 1-1 WCQ
08-05-1973 Cyprus...... H W 3-0 WCQ
12-05-1973 England..... H L 1-2 BC
16-05-1973 Scotland.... A W 2-1 BC
19-05-1973 Wales....... H W 1-0 BC

Summary: 59/2. Won 20, Drew 12, Lost 27.


Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
07-02-1962 Wales....... H D 0-0 FR
27-02-1963 Wales....... A L 1-5 FR
05-02-1964 Wales....... H D 3-3 FR
10-02-1965 Wales....... A D 2-2 FR

Summary: 4/0. Won 0, Drew 3, Lost 1.

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