Neil Young (soccer player, 1944)

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Neil Young
Personnel
Surname Neil James Young
birthday February 17, 1944
place of birth Fallowfield , Manchester ,  England
date of death February 3, 2011
Place of death Manchester ,  England
position striker
Juniors
Years station
1959-1961 Manchester City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1961-1972 Manchester City 334 (86)
1972-1974 Preston North End 68 (18)
1974-1975 Rochdale AFC 13 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.

Neil James Young (born February 17, 1944 in Fallowfield , Manchester , † February 3, 2011 in Manchester) was an English football player . The striker , who played over 400 games in English professional football, had his most successful period at Manchester City .

Athletic career

Young joined Manchester City as a junior player in 1959 . A year later he signed his first professional contract and made his debut in the First Division in November of the following year . He was quickly relegated to the second division with the team in 1963 , but remained loyal to the club. In 1966 he was promoted again, with 14 goals this season he made a decisive contribution. Just two years later, his club dueled with local rivals Manchester United for the championship title. Again a regular goalscorer with 19 goals this season, he led the club coached by Joe Mercer as the best internal scorer ahead of Francis Lee and Colin Bell in the Football League First Division in 1967/68 for the second championship in club history. The following year he stood with the team in the final of the FA Cup against Leicester City . In the 1-0 win, he scored the decisive goal. The team was thus qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup 1969/70 , where they moved into the final. In the 2-1 win against the Polish representative Górnik Zabrze , he was also one of the goalscorers.

After his brother died in 1970, Young's performance deteriorated. As a result, he lost his regular seat and was transferred to Preston North End in the Second Division in early 1972 . In 1974 he moved to Rochdale AFC in the Fourth Division , where he ended his career.

Young died in February 2011 of cancer .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary by the Guardian, February 3, 2011
  2. ^ Neil Young in the barryhugmansfootballers.com database. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ FA Cup Final 1969 ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (FA Cup Finals) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk
  4. ↑ 1969/70: City is waterproof ( memento of the original from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (UEFA) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.archive.uefa.com

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personal data
SURNAME Young, Neil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young, Neil James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Fallowfield , Manchester , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 2011
Place of death Manchester