Ashley Neal

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Ashley Neal
Born (1974-12-16) 16 December 1974 (age 50)
Northampton, England
Occupations
  • Former professional footballer
  • Driving Instructor
Known forDriver education videos on YouTube
Father Phil Neal
Ashley Neal
Personal information
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1996 Liverpool 0 (0)
1996Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 4 (0)
1996–1997 Huddersfield Town 0 (0)
1997–1998 Peterborough United 8 (0)
1999 Radcliffe Borough 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Website www.ashleyneal.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Ashley Neal (born 16 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the son of the former Liverpool player Phil Neal.

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Footballing career

On 26 September 1996, Neal was loaned to Brighton & Hove Albion. Two days later, he made his first league appearance in a 3–0 defeat to Northampton Town.

After a free transfer to Peterborough United, Neal made nine total appearances for the club. His first game for the club was in a 2–0 victory versus Preston North End. He made his first and only FA Cup appearance versus Dagenham & Redbridge on 6 December 1997. Major injury led Neal to an early retirement from the game after dropping into non-league football with Radcliffe Borough. [1]

Post-football

Retired from football, Neal now works as a driving instructor and an instructor trainer. [1] His YouTube channel, where he analyses dashcam footage and gives advice on driving, had over 170,000 subscribers as of 13 June 2025. [2]

On 18 April 2023, Neal started a second channel called "Ashley Neal - Just Cycling". His aim is to spread a positive message about cycling. It mostly uses body camera footage of him riding his bike and as of 12 June 2025 it has over 9,840 subscribers. [3]

Neal has appeared on television to discuss issues relating to driver education. He has been featured multiple times on BBC Breakfast ; such as on 9 October 2019, where he highlighted the poor treatment of learner drivers by other motorists, [4] and on 2 July 2023, when he discussed the problem of candidate impersonation at driving tests. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Neal, Ashley (6 January 2024). Why I became an ADI, how the qualification works and how much you can earn. Ashley Neal Driver Education (Video). Retrieved 8 January 2024 via YouTube.
  2. "Ashley Neal Driver Education". YouTube . Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. "Ashley Neal Just Cycling". YouTube . Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. Neal, Ashley (9 October 2019). The Treatment of Learner Drivers. Ashley Neal Driver Education (Video). Retrieved 12 June 2025 via YouTube.
  5. Neal, Ashley (2 July 2023). BBC Breakfast Interview: Fraudulent Driving Tests. Ashley Neal Driver Education (Video). Retrieved 12 June 2025 via YouTube.