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Mick
McNeil |
Middlesbrough FC
9 appearances, 0 goals
P 9 W 8 D
1 L 0 F 48: A 12
94% successful
1960-62
captain: none
minutes played: 810 |
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Timeline |
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Michael McNeil |
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Birth |
Wednesday, 7 February 1940 at 33 Warren
Street in Gresham, Middlesbrough, North
Riding of Yorkshire. To John Edward and Florence Blodwen (née
Hill) |
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registered in Middlesbrough, January-March 1940 |
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Education |
Attended Middlesbrough Technical School for Boys. |
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Marriage |
to Doris McCoy, on Monday, 30 April 1962 at
St. Francis RC Church, Acklam, in Middlesbrough,
North Riding. Doris is a school teacher. |
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registered in Middlesbrough April-June 1962 |
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Children |
Mick and Doris McNeil have two children
together. Emma and Michael |
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Death |
Wednesday, 22 October 2025 in Bury St.
Edmunds, Suffolk |
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aged 85 years 257 days |
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Funeral |
Monday, 1 December 2025 at St. Giles'
Church in Risby, Bury St. Edmonds |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
Club(s)
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Played
cricket and football at school in Middlesbrough before turning out for his
works team, Cargo Fleet FC. He was signed by his local club, Middlesbrough
FC, on amateur forms in June 1954, turning professional in February 1957.
Ipswich Town FC paid £15,000 on 20 June 1964 for the England left-back. He ended his career at Cambridge
City FC from June 1972. He did however, play one half of a match for
Bennetts United FC of the Licensed Trades League, in November 1982. |
League honours
319+5 appearances, 7 goals |
Middlesbrough FC 1958-64 178 appearances, three goals
debut
(division two): 20 December 1958 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 4 Middlesbrough
FC 6.
Ipswich Town FC 1964-73 141+five appearances,
four goals
debut (division two): 22 August 1964 Cardiff City FC 0
Ipswich Town FC 0.
last: 8 January 1972 Leeds United AFC 2 Ipswich Town
FC 2. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two fouth place 1962-63 (32ᵃ 1ᵍ),
winners 1967-68 (13ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11", 12st.
2lbs [1962]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became the 793rd
players (793) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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First match |
No. 342, 8
October 1960, Northern
Ireland 2 England 5, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 20 years
244 days. |
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Last match |
No. 351, 28 September 1961,
England 4 Luxembourg 1,
a World Cup qualification match at Arsenal
Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 21 years 233 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1962 (provisional squad);
British Championship 1960-61; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1960-61; |
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Individual honours |
England U23
(nine appearances, 1959-62) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Before being signed by
Middlesbrough, McNeil was a trainee analytical chemist at Cargo Fleet
works. Became proprietor of a number of
sports shops in Bury St. Edmunds and others in East Anglia. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.165. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
 |
captain |
| 10+ |
9 |
6 |
0 |
810 |
0 |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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9 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
48 |
12 |
+36 |
0 |
2 |
5.333 |
1.333 |
94.4 |
+8 |
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all matches were played in a white shirt |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
7 |
+23 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
1.40 |
100.0 |
+5 |
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Away |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
5 |
+13 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
1.25 |
87.5 |
+3 |
Competition Record
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Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP
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3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
+12 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
+12 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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British Championship |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.333 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
| Friendly |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
4 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
5.00 |
1.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Preliminary Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP 1960-62 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
+12 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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WCP
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
+12 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1960-61 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.333 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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BC
All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.333 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
+12 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
6.333 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
33 |
8 |
+23 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
1.333 |
91.7 |
+5 |
Match History
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Club: Middlesbrough F.C. -
nine full appearances (810 min) |
manager:
Walter
Winterbottom -
nine full appearances (810 min)x
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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Age 21 |
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McNeil was also a member at the last of the two get-togethers,
at Anfield on 6-8
February 1961 (which
he missed because of injury) and at
Upton Park on 13-15 March 1961. |
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FIFA set a deadline of 10 April 1962
for preliminary lists of forty players to be submitted. England's selectors
produced theirs, two days early. Following England's defeat by Scotland at
Hampden Park, the squad was whittled down to 22 names on 15 April, with 18 names
excluded, including Mick McNeil. |
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under 23 |
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two appearancesᶜ -
Belgium & Greece November 1962 |
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