Neil Howarth

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Neil Howarth
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Bolton, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Burnley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1994 Burnley 1 (0)
1993–1994 → Macclesfield 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]

Honours

Cheltenham Town

References

  1. ↑ "Telford close in on Howarth". BBC Sport. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  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 ]
  4. ↑ "Neil Howarth". Soccerbase. Racing Post . Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  5. ↑ "Final 1998/1999 Football Conference Table". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  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 ]
  13. ↑ "Cheltenham crack Diamonds". BBC Sport. 6 May 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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