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Neil Lyne Personal information Full name Neil Lyne Date of birth 4 April 1970 Place of birth Leicester, England Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Playing position Winger Youth career Leicester United F.C. Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1990–1991 Nottingham Forest 1 (0) 1990 → Walsall (loan) 7 (0) 1991 → Shrewsbury (loan) 16 (6) 1991–1993 Shrewsbury 64 (11) 1993–1994 Cambridge United 17 (0) 1993 → Chesterfield (loan) 3 (1) 1994 → Chesterfield (loan) 3 (0) 1994–1996 Hereford United 63 (2) 1996
1996–1998
1998–1999Northampton 1 (0) – Kettering Town ? (?) – Telford United 0 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Neil Lyne (born 4 April 1970) is an English former professional footballer born in Leicester[1] who played as a winger in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Shrewsbury Town, Cambridge United and Hereford United. Lyne later played non-league football for Kettering Town before ending his career with Telford United.
Club career
Lyne started his career with Leicester United before moving to Nottingham Forest with Tony Loughlan in 1990. Although Lyne would go on to make just one appearance for Forest[2] the transfer would later be highlighted in the 1997 Premier League report of Rick Parry, Robert Reid QC and Steve Coppell on bung culture in football. Brian Clough and Ron Fenton would later be charged with misconduct by the FA over the affair, though the charges against Clough were later dropped.[3][4]
In order to gain playing time, Lyne was loaned to Walsall and Shrewsbury. The spell at Shrewsbury was a success, with Lyne scoring six goals in sixteen appearances, prompting the club to sign him on 11 July 1991 on a free transfer. Lyne would go on to make a further sixty four appearances for the club, scoring eleven goals.
On January 1993, Cambridge United manager Ian Atkins swooped for Lyne in an effort to bolster a squad battling against relegation from Division 1, making his debut in a 2-0 win over Grimsby Town. Unfortunately Cambridge were relegated at the end of the season, and the following season under new manager Gary Johnson he was twice loaned to Chesterfield, with his last appearance for Cambridge being a sub appearance during a 1-0 home loss to Rotherham in September 1994.[5]
Lyne moved to Hereford in July 1994 on a free transfer, scoring five goals in eighty appearances. Neil was a favourite under manager Greg Downs, before leaving for Northampton Town.[6] in 1996.
Neil made his debut for Northampton in a 1-0 home defeat to Leyton Orient, being substituted in the 79th minute. This was Lyne's only appearance for the team.
Coaching and management
After spells with Kettering and Telford United, Neil began coaching at Leicester City as an academy coach. On 6 October 2008 Lyne was named as assistant manager to former Leicester Player Phil Gilchrist at Woking.[7] However on 2 April 2009 both Gilchrist and Lyne were sacked with immediate affect, with the club three points from safety in the Conference National[8]
References
- ^ "Soccerbase Stats". http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=4662.
- ^ "Nottingham Forest Players Archive". http://www.bridportred.co.uk/Players/Players%20L.htm.
- ^ Yorke, Tony (19 October 1997). "Mystery of the missing pounds". Sunday Mirror. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19971019/ai_n14471586/.
- ^ "Burtenshaw likely to appeal on 'bungs' fine". http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Burtenshaw+likely+to+appeal+on+'bungs'+fine-a061436190.
- ^ "Cambridge United News". http://www.cambridge-united.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10423~1606777,00.html.
- ^ "Hereford United Online". http://www.hayandbrecon.info/hufc/players/lyne.htm.
- ^ "New Assistant For Woking F.C". http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/news_article.asp?id=835.
- ^ "Gilchrist Sacked As Woking Boss". BBC News. 2 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/woking/7978786.stm.
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Hereford United F.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
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