26-02-2026, 20:53
Quickly arriving at the last chance saloon, play a surprisingly upwards and mobie Millwall under the guise of Alex Neil, think we may know a bit about him.
Probably should have won down there bit Big Dan missed kick provided them with an equaliser.
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www.millwallfc.co.uk/
MANAGER
Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981)[2] is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently head coach of EFL Championship club Millwall.
Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008.
He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014. In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football League at the time. Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, by winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off final. Norwich suffered relegation the following season, and in March 2017, Neil was sacked. He was appointed Preston North End's manager on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship. On 11 February 2022 Neil was appointed manager of Sunderland. They were promoted from League One to the Championship, winning 2–0 in the play-off final. He left later that year to become the manager of Stoke City.
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PHOTO CREATIVE COMMONS
Bit unlucky at Deepdale given a lot of his games were played in empty stadiumsbut once he said he didn't know what his best side was, he was toast
FORM GUIDE
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RATINGS
PNE 8 MILLWALL 14
They are in better nick than us
Tough game this against a side with some big lads, Coburn and Cooper, well managed and my provide a surprise come May
On this day memory almost![[Image: wall-3.png]](https://i.ibb.co/20yKx4qf/wall-3.png)
This was one of those games you don't forget, coach of budding alcoholics from Leyland arrived at Hereford on possibly one of the coldest days in thousands of years and a pitch that could be described as rock hard and nowadays it would have been called off.
We were excessively crap that season but this was one of those small triumphs of sorts.
Had a keeper on loan from Blackpool called Phil Harrington can't quite remenber whether it was his debut or not, anyway he lasted about 10 minutes before breaking his ankle. Wayne Foster our centre forward went in goal, soon one down.
The blocks of ice in the away end were getting ready to salute yet another away defeat when out of the gloom we score. A point away from home in that season getting a point was a miracle.
On the way home stopped at a hotel of ale in Wolverhampton, we were not in it long due to one of our slightly inebriated fellow coach dwellers takin a horn from the wall and blowing it in the pub.
Happy days
Probably should have won down there bit Big Dan missed kick provided them with an equaliser.
www.millwallfc.co.uk/
MANAGER
Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981)[2] is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently head coach of EFL Championship club Millwall.
Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008.
He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014. In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football League at the time. Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, by winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off final. Norwich suffered relegation the following season, and in March 2017, Neil was sacked. He was appointed Preston North End's manager on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship. On 11 February 2022 Neil was appointed manager of Sunderland. They were promoted from League One to the Championship, winning 2–0 in the play-off final. He left later that year to become the manager of Stoke City.
PHOTO CREATIVE COMMONS
Bit unlucky at Deepdale given a lot of his games were played in empty stadiumsbut once he said he didn't know what his best side was, he was toast
FORM GUIDE
RATINGS
PNE 8 MILLWALL 14
They are in better nick than us
Tough game this against a side with some big lads, Coburn and Cooper, well managed and my provide a surprise come May
On this day memory almost
This was one of those games you don't forget, coach of budding alcoholics from Leyland arrived at Hereford on possibly one of the coldest days in thousands of years and a pitch that could be described as rock hard and nowadays it would have been called off.
We were excessively crap that season but this was one of those small triumphs of sorts.
Had a keeper on loan from Blackpool called Phil Harrington can't quite remenber whether it was his debut or not, anyway he lasted about 10 minutes before breaking his ankle. Wayne Foster our centre forward went in goal, soon one down.
The blocks of ice in the away end were getting ready to salute yet another away defeat when out of the gloom we score. A point away from home in that season getting a point was a miracle.
On the way home stopped at a hotel of ale in Wolverhampton, we were not in it long due to one of our slightly inebriated fellow coach dwellers takin a horn from the wall and blowing it in the pub.
Happy days
Why should a man go to work, if he has the health and strength to stay in bed?