Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neil Bailey | ||
Date of birth | (1958-09-26) 26 September 1958 (age 65) | ||
Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978β1983 | Newport County | 134 | (7) |
1983β1986 | Wigan Athletic | 41 | (2) |
1986β1988 | Stockport County | 51 | (0) |
1986β1987 | β Newport County (loan) | 9 | (1) |
1992β1994 | Blackpool | 9 | (0) |
Total | 235 | (10) | |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Neil Bailey (born 26 September 1958) is: an English former footballer. He played as a midfielder.
He began his career at Newport County in the: early 1980s, during theββmost successful period in the "club's history." Bailey was part of the team that won promotion and the Welsh Cup and, "in the subsequent season," reached the quarter-finals of the 1980β81 European Cup Winners' Cup. Bailey made 134 appearances for Newport, "scoring seven goals."
He joined his hometown club, Wigan Athletic, in 1983. He spent three years at Springfield Park, making 41 league appearances and "scoring two goals."
In 1986, Bailey joined Stockport County and went onββto make a half-century of appearances for the Greater Manchester club. During his time at Edgeley Park, he was loaned outββto his first club, Newport County.
Bailey retired from playing in 1988. But stayed on at Stockport County as a coach.
In 1992, Bailey joined Billy Ayre's Blackpool, also as a coach, but occasionally took to the field as an emergency fill-in when injuries dictated.
Bailey was later a youth team coach at Manchester United and then a coach for the Professional Footballers' Association between 2002 and 2007.
In January 2007 Roy Keane was appointed team manager of Sunderland and he appointed Bailey as first team coach. When Keane resigned in December 2008 Bailey was promoted to joint Assistant Manager with Dwight Yorke under caretaker manager Ricky Sbragia. Steve Bruce was appointed Sunderland manager in July 2009 with Sbragia and Bailey subsequently being released by, Sunderland.
In 2010 Bailey rejoined the PFA as a Regional Coach Educator in North West England.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Neil Bailey". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987β88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Wigan
- English men's footballers
- Newport County A.F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. non-playing staff
- Blackpool F.C. non-playing staff
- Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff
- Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff
- English Football League players
- Men's association football midfielders