Neil Franklin (footballer, born 1969)

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Neil Franklin
Personal information
Full name Neil John Franklin
Date of birth (1969-03-10) 10 March 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Lincoln, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1985–1987 Lincoln City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1988 Lincoln City 19 (0)
1988 Nyköpings BIS
1988 Lincoln City 1 (0)
1988 Gainsborough Trinity
Nyköpings BIS
Kalmar FF
Hargs BK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil John Franklin (born 10 March 1969) is an English football coach and former player who played for Lincoln City. He coaches Hargs BK ladies.

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Playing career

Franklin made his Football League debut for Lincoln City in the 1–1 home draw with Rochdale on 18 October 1986 whilst in the second year of his youth training scheme. He would go on to make 15 league appearances for the club as they became the first team to be automatically relegated to the Football Conference at the end of the season. He played a further four times for the club in the following season but left before the end of their Football Conference championship win to join the Swedish side Nyköpings BIS. He returned to England at the end of the Swedish season and rejoined Lincoln City where he made a single further league appearance as a substitute for Trevor Matthewson in the club's 4–1 victory at Burnley on 8 November 1988 before moving to Gainsborough Trinity. He returned to Sweden, spending eight seasons with Nyköpings BIS before moving to Kalmar FF. [2] In October 2001, he announced his retirement from playing following a season with Hargs BK. [3]

Coaching career

Franklin moved into coaching, helping Ferdinand Sipöcz coach Nyköpings BIS's youth team before, in November 2002, following Sipöcz to Tystberga GIF with Franklin taking the role of assistant coach. [4] He would spend two years there before returning to coach the U19 team at Nyköpings BIS alongside Jonathan Hansson. [2] He later coached both the men's and ladies teams at Hargs BK before, in October 2016, being appointed coach of IFK Nyköping's ladies team. [2] After just one season however, he returned to coach Harg BK's ladies in October 2017. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  218. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. 1 2 3 "Franklin tränar IFK-damerna". Södermanlands Nyheter. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Fotboll/Hargs veteraner lägger av". Södermanlands Nyheter. 4 October 2001. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sipöcz and Franklin to Tystberga". Södermanlands Nyheter. 21 November 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Franklin åter i Harg". Södermanlands Nyheter. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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