Neil Howarth

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Neil Howarth
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth Bolton, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Burnley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1994 Burnley 1 (0)
1993–1994Macclesfield Town (Loan) 23 (3)
1994–1999 Macclesfield Town 176 (19)
1999–2003 Cheltenham Town 120 (7)
2003–2006 Telford United 68 (4)
2006 Kidderminster Harriers 1 (0)
Total389(33)
International career
1995–1997 England C 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Kidderminster Harriers (assistant manager)
2009–2014 Cheltenham Town (assistant manager)
2018 Macclesfield Town (assistant manager)
2018 Macclesfield Town (caretaker)
2020– Stourbridge (assistant manager)
2021– Solihull Moors (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Howarth (born 15 November 1971) is an English football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a defender in the Football League with Macclesfield Town and Cheltenham Town.

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Career

Howarth is a former Burnley, Macclesfield Town and cheltenham town player, [1] who as captain led Macclesfield Town to two Conference National titles, in 1995 and 1997, to FA Trophy winners in 1996, and to the runner-up spot in Division Three in 1998. [2] [3] He joined Cheltenham Town in February 1999 for a fee of £10,000 [3] and made over 140 appearances for the club in four-and-a-half seasons. [4] helping them to the National Conference title in 1998–99. [5] He left Cheltenham in 2003 when his contract was not renewed [6] and joined Conference side Telford United [7] where he spent two-and-a-half seasons.

In January 2006, he joined Kidderminster Harriers as assistant manager to Mark Yates [8] [9] and helped revive the club after relegation from the Football League in 2005. [10] He signed a new two-year contract in June 2007, [10] and a further one-year contract in May 2009. [11] He left Kidderminster Harriers the same day as boss Mark Yates and joined Cheltenham Town firstly as first team coach before becoming Assistant Manager. He left the club in 2014. [12]

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References

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  2. "#5 - Neil Howarth". Top Ten Best Macclesfield Town Players. Top 10 Land. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  3. 1 2 Stoner, Colin (27 February 1999). "Robins snap-up Howarth know how". Sports Argus (Birmingham, England). Retrieved 3 June 2008.[ dead link ]
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  6. "Trio to leave Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 22 April 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  7. "Telford sign Howarth". BBC Sport. 13 June 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  8. "Yates handed Harriers post". The Citizen. 7 January 2006.
  9. "Neil Howarth - Assistant Manager". Kidderminster Harriers FC. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  10. 1 2 "Management duo pen Harriers deals". BBC Sport. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  11. "Yates signs new deal at Harriers". BBC Sport. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  12. "Yates' Backroom Team Confirmed". www.mtfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2018.[ dead link ]