Neil Oliver (footballer)

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Neil Oliver
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-04-11) 11 April 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Coldstream
1985–1989 Berwick Rangers 93 (0)
1989–1991 Blackburn Rovers 6 (0)
1991–1999 Falkirk 170 (3)
1998–1999 Hamilton Academical 6 (0)
1999–2000 Clydebank 18 (0)
1999–2001 Berwick Rangers 10 (0)
2000–2001 Hamilton Academical 5 (0)
2001–2002 East Fife 15 (1)
Linlithgow Rose
Total323(4)
Managerial career
2009–2013 Duns
2014 Coldstream
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Oliver (born 11 April 1967) is an English former footballer [1] who played for Berwick Rangers, Blackburn Rovers, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Clydebank and East Fife.

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Following a spell as a coach of the Berwick Rangers reserve team, Oliver became manager of Duns in 2009, taking them from the Border Amateur League into the East of Scotland League in 2011–12. [2] [3] He parted company with Duns in August 2013, [4] and was appointed manager of East of Scotland League Premier Division side Coldstream on 21 January 2014. [2] On 15 October 2014, Neil resigned as manager of Coldstream. [5]

Honours

Falkirk

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References

  1. ↑ "Neil Oliver". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Neil Oliver relishing new challenge at Coldstream". berwickshirenews.co.uk. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Duns boss Oliver picks up coach of year award". berwick-advertiser.co.uk. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Statement from Neil Oliver". Duns Football Club. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Coldstream manager Neil Oliver resigns". berwickshirenews.co.uk. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. ↑ McKinney, David (13 December 1993). "Football: Falkirk find their fire" . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2021.


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