Neil Banfield

Neil Banfield

Personal information
Full name	Neil Anthony Banfield
Date of birth	20 January 1962 (1962-01-20) (age 49)
Place of birth	Poplar, London, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Arsenal (Reserves coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979–1981	Crystal Palace	3	(0)
1981–1983	Adelaide City	50	(2)
1983–1984	Leyton Orient	31	(0)
Teams managed
1997–2004	Arsenal Youth
2004–	Arsenal Reserves
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Neil Banfield (born 20 January 1962 in Poplar, London) is an English football player and coach. He is currently the coach of Arsenal Reserves.

As a player, Banfield had a fairly undistinguished career as a centre half, playing for Crystal Palace (1979–80) and Leyton Orient (1983–84), with a spell at Australian side Adelaide City in between. He represented Grays Athletic before his stint in the Football League.

After retiring from playing he entered coaching, and joined Arsenal in 1997. Until 2004, he coached and managed various youth teams at Arsenal, winning two FA Youth Cups, an FA Premier Academy League U17 title in 1999-00 and an Academy League U19 title in 2003-04. He succeeded Eddie Niedzwiecki as Arsenal Reserves coach after the former's departure for Blackburn Rovers in September 2004. He was also Republic of Ireland U21 assistant manager under Don Givens between April 2004 and May 2005.

References

• "Neil Banfield". Arsenal.com. http://www.arsenal.com/staffarticle.asp?article=350605&title=Neil+Banfield&lid=reserves+coaching+staff&thisNav=Reserves+and+Youth. Retrieved 2007-01-23. ^{[dead link]}

Sporting positions
Preceded by Eddie Niedzwiecki	Arsenal Reserves Coach 2004–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Banfield, Neil
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	20 January 1962
Place of birth	Poplar, London, England
Date of death
Place of death