Neil Banfield

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Neil Banfield
Personnel
Surname Neil Anthony Banfield
birthday January 20, 1962
place of birth Poplar , LondonEngland
position Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1979-1981 Crystal Palace 3 (0)
1981-1983 Adelaide City 50 (2)
1983-1984 Leyton Orient 31 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1997-2004 Arsenal FC youth
2004-2018 Arsenal FC reserve
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

Neil Anthony Banfield (born January 20, 1962 in Poplar , London ) is a former English football player and current coach .

life and career

As a player, Banfield had little success. He played three games at Crystal Palace and a year at Leyton Orient . He also had a layover in Australia when he was under contract with Adelaide City for three years. In 1997 he moved to Arsenal as a coach from Charlton Athletic and took over the youth team there. With the Junggunners he won two FA Youth Cups , the English U-17 championship in 2000 and the English U-19 championship in 2004. In 2004, Banfield took over the second team of Arsenal FC. Between 2004 and 2005 he also worked as an assistant coach for the Irish U-21 team .

successes

as a trainer

  • 2 × the FA Youth Cup with Arsenal FC
  • 1 × English U-17 champions with Arsenal FC (2000)
  • 1 × English U-19 champions with Arsenal FC (2004)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Australian Player Database" (www.ozfootball.net)