Alan Knill

Football player infobox


playername = Alan Knill
fullname = Alan Richard Knill
nickname = Knilly
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|10|8|df=y
cityofbirth = Slough
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=6|in=4
currentclub = Bury
clubnumber =
position = Central defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1982–1984
1984–1987
1987–1989
1989–1993
1993
1993–1997
1997–2001
clubs = Southampton
Halifax Town
Swansea City
Bury
→ Cardiff City (loan)
Scunthorpe United
Rotherham United
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
118 (6)
089 (3)
144 (8)
004 (0)
130 (8)
077 (6)
nationalyears = 1988
nationalteam = Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 (0)
manageryears = 2005–2007
2008–
managerclubs = Rotherham United
Bury

Alan Richard Knill (born 8 October 1964 in Slough) is an English former footballer. He is presently manager of League Two side Bury. Between February 2006 and March 2007 he was manager of Rotherham United.

As a player, Knill was a central defender for Southampton (1982-84), Halifax Town (1984-87), Swansea City (1987-89), Bury (1989-93), Cardiff City (1993, on loan), Scunthorpe United (1993-97) and Rotherham United (1997-99).

He also played once for Wales, in a World Cup qualifier against Holland in Amsterdam in September 1988, where he impressively marked Marco van Basten out of the match.fact|date=February 2008

Knill was appointed manager of Rotherham United in February 2006, when predecessor Mick Harford was sacked. On 1 March 2007, Knill was sacked as manager of Rotherham, leaving the club bottom of League One and without a win in his final 14 games. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/6407379.stm Knill sacked as Rotherham manager] ]

On 17 March 2007, he was appointed to Chesterfield's backroom staff to help newly appointed caretaker manager Lee Richardson save the Spireites from relegation from League One. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/6471169.stm Knill joins Chesterfield backroom] ]

On 4 February 2008 he was appointed manager of League Two side Bury. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/7226316.stm Bury appoint Knill as new manager] ]

Managerial stats

"Lasy updated" 8 May 2008

References

External links

*soccerbase|4255|Alan Knill
*soccerbase (manager)|id=1992|name=Alan Knill

Persondata
NAME = Alan Knill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = football player and manager
DATE OF BIRTH = 8 October 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH = Slough, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =