| Neil McDonald | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Neil Raymond McDonald | |
| Date of birth | November 2, 1965 | |
| Place of birth | Wallsend, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Right Back, Midfielder | |
| Youth career | ||
| Wallsend BC Carlisle United |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1983–1988 1988–1991 1991–1994 1994–1995 1995–1998 |
Newcastle United Everton Oldham Athletic Bolton Wanderers Preston North End |
180 (24) 90 (4) 21 (1) 4 (0) 34 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1986–1987 | England U21 | 5 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2006–2007 2007 |
Carlisle United Östersunds FK |
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Neil Raymond McDonald (born on November 2, 1965 in Wallsend, Northumberland) is a former football player he played in the right back and midfield positions before becoming coach/manager. On 18th December 2008, he was appointed Assistant Manager of Blackburn Rovers FC.
He has managed Carlisle United, where he was sacked in August 2007, and Östersunds FK. During his playing career he played for the England under 21 team.
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Playing career
McDonald started his playing career at his local youth team Wallsend Boys Club, before joining Carlisle United as an apprentice. Then he joined Newcastle United after his Carlisle apprenticeship expired where, he went on to play over 200 league and cup games for "The Magpies", he also was an England under 21 international while at St. James'.
He then went on to join Everton, for £525,000 in the summer of 1988. At Everton he played in the 1989 FA Cup Final against local rivals Liverpool, Everton lost the game 3-2. McDonald's Everton career lasted 3 years with McDonald playing over 100 league and cup games scoring 4 goals.
In October 1991 he joined Oldham Athletic, newly promoted to the top tier, for £500,000. He stayed there for the next 3 season in the 1st Division and Premiership (both highest tier). After Oldham's relegation from the Premiership in 1994 he decided to join 1st Division (2nd tier) team Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer. He only played four league matches in 1½ seasons, and later moved to Preston North End for £40,000 in November 1995. He played in 35 league and cup games for Preston, scoring 1 goal in 3½ years. He retired in 1998.
Coaching career
McDonald was a coach at several teams. His first coaching job was with Preston North End he started this in 1997 as a player/coach and taking the coaching role on a full time basis in 1998. Then in the year 2000 he joined Sam Allardyce's backroom staff at Bolton Wanderers as first-team coach and earning his UEFA Pro Licence while at The Reebok. He joined Crystal Palace in 2005 to become Iain Dowie's assistant, replacing Kit Symons. After Palace's play-off defeat to Watford he was released from his contract, with Palace chairman Simon Jordan preferring to have an all-new backroom set-up (apart from Symons and Director of Football Bob Dowie, who stayed) to assist the new manager.
He subsequently became Carlisle United manager in summer 2006,[1] following Paul Simpson's departure to Preston North End. In the press conference unveiling McDonald as manager, Carlisle chairman Andrew Jenkins called McDonald Neale Cooper (the former Hartlepool United manager) by mistake.
McDonald had a winning start in his first competitive match as manager, beating Doncaster Rovers 1-0 on the 5 August 2006 at Brunton Park in League One, with the goal coming from Paul Murray, in the 3rd minute. The team finished the season in 8th place, Carlisle's highest league placing in 20 years. McDonald was sacked from his post as Carlisle United manager on 13 August 2007, a statement on the club's website read "The board of Carlisle United regret to say that they have lost confidence in Neil McDonald and are terminating his contract forthwith." His assistant Greg Abbott took over as caretaker manager.[2]
On September 11, 2007 he took over as manager of Swedish club Östersunds FK.[3] managing the team for a 5 week period, during which he saved the club from relegation.
In November 2007 he joined Lincoln City, where former Newcastle teammate Peter Jackson had previously been appointed manager, as his assistant.[4] This appointment didn't last long however, as a few months later in February 2008, McDonald was appointed as head coach under Gary McAllister at Leeds United.
On 18th December 2008 he joined Sam Allardyce at Blackburn Rovers, having been appointed as Assistant Manager.
Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Carlisle United |  |
June 17, 2006 | August 13, 2007 | 51 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 37.25 |
References
- ^ "McDonald appointed Carlisle boss"". BBC Sport. 2006-06-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/5129304.stm. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
- ^ "Carlisle dismiss manager McDonald". BBC Sport. 2007-08-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/6944015.stm. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ "Ex-Magpie Lands Swedish Post". Newcastle United official website. 2007-09-11. http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1109939,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ "McDonald is new Lincoln assistant". BBC Sport. 2007-11-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/lincoln_city/7080517.stm. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
External links
- Neil McDonald career stats at Soccerbase
- Neil McDonald management career stats at Soccerbase
- Everton Sporting heroes profile with a picture of McDonald
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| Preceded by Stefan Regebro |
Östersunds FK manager 2007 |
Succeeded by Karl-Gunnar Björklund |
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