Neil Wainwright

Neil Wainwright

Personal information
Full name	Neil Wainwright[1]
Date of birth	4 November 1977 (1977-11-04) (age 34)
Place of birth	Warrington, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1998	Wrexham	11	(0)
1998–2001	Sunderland	2	(0)
1999–2000	→ Darlington (loan)	17	(4)
2000–2001	→ Halifax Town (loan)	13	(0)
2001–2008	Darlington	235	(24)
2007	→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)	3	(0)
2008	→ Mansfield Town (loan)	5	(0)
2008–2011	Morecambe	59	(1)
2009	→ Barrow (loan)	5	(0)
2010	→ Barrow (loan)	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:43, 30 April 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Neil Wainwright (born 4 November 1977 in Warrington) is an English footballer. He plays most of his football on the wing or in more recent times at full back. His last club was Morecambe. His other former clubs include Wrexham and Sunderland and Darlington.

Career

Wainwright began his career as a trainee at Wrexham in July 1996, making 11 league appearances in two season before joining Sunderland for a fee of £100,000 in July 1998.^[2] He made only two substitute appearances in the league and 6 in the League Cup for Sunderland before being loaned to Darlington in February 2000 for the rest of the 2000–01 season.^[2] He joined Halifax Town on loan in October 2000 for three months and then returned to Darlington on a permanent transfer for a fee of £50,000 in August 2001,^[2] where he made over 270 appearances in all competitions and was the club's player of the year in the 2006–07 season, but after making only six first-team appearances for Darlington at the start of the 2007–08 season he joined Shrewsbury Town on a one-month loan in October 2007.^[3] He later joined Mansfield Town in March 2008 until the end of the 2007–08 season^[4] but was recalled by Darlington a month later having made five appearances for Mansfield.^[5] Following Darlington's failure to gain promotion from Football League Two in the 2007–08 season, Wainwright was one of several players surprisingly released by the club in May 2008.^[6] He joined Morecambe in June 2008 and excelled in a left wing-back role before his season was cut short by an achilles injury. In 2011, Wainwright was released by Morecambe.^[7]

Honours

As a player

Darlington

• Division Three Play-Off Final runner-up: 1999–00

References

1. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 425. ISBN 9781845964740. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Neil Wainwright". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9569. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
3. ^ "Shrews sign winger from Quakers". BBC Sport. 2007-10-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/7061751.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
4. ^ "Stags bag Horlock and Wainwright". BBC Sport. 2008-03-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/7307685.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-02. 
5. ^ "Darlington recall for Wainwright". BBC Sport. 2008-04-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/7346167.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-14. 
6. ^ "Nine players released by Quakers". BBC Sport. 2008-06-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/7412617.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
7. ^ "Wainwright and McEvilly set for new clubs". Chester Evening Leader. June 20, 2008. http://www.chestereveningleader.co.uk/wrexhamfc/Wainwright-and-McEvilly-set-for.4206954.jp. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 

External links

• Neil Wainwright career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Wainwright, Neil
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	4 November 1977
Place of birth	Warrington, England
Date of death
Place of death