Player #472
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Career Status:
1959-60
1962-63
Retired
John Neal
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1959-62 🕒 114 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #472 |
Season :
1959-60 | 1960-61 | 1961-62 | 1962-63 |
Age :
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Division :
D2 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # | # | # |
Appearances :
46 | 47 | 17 | 4 |
Starts :
46 | 47 | 17 | 4 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Involvements :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
John Neal
Birth Date
13 April 1932
Birth Place
Seaham
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Silksworth Colliery Welfare Juniors
1949-55 Hull City
Football League Second Division
🕒 60 | ⚽ 1 |
1956-57 King’s Lynn
Midland League
1957-58 Swindon Town
Football League Third Division South
🕒 91 | ⚽ 2 |
Original Transfer
Aged
27
From
Swindon Town
For
£6,000
On
July 1959
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
30
Southend United
Free
November 1962
Joe Mercer 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1962-65 Southend United
Football League Third Division
🕒 100 | ⚽ 1 | (League)
1965 Retired aged 33
Died
24 November 2014, Aged 82
John Neal
Villa Career
1959-62 | £6k |
1959-60 Football League Second Division, 1960-62 Football League First Division,
🕒 114 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #472 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Joe Mercer 🏴 1959-62
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Transfer In
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
First Squad
26 August 1959
Manager
Transfer In
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1959-60
26 August 1959
Sunderland (a), Division Two
17
Joe Mercer 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1962-63
20 October 1962
Orient (h), Division One
30
Joe Mercer 🏴
Final Squad
20 October 1962
Manager
Joe Mercer 🏴
Honours
1960-61 League Cup
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
John Neal
Player #471 for Aston Villa, John Neal, played as a full back for the club.
John played for Villa between 1959-60 and 1962-63 making 114 appearances.
John was born in Seaham, County Durham on 13 April 1932 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Wednesday, 26 August 1959 aged 27.
Villa had signed John from Swindon Town for a fee of £6,000 in July 1959 and he went on to make 41 appearances as Villa took the Second Division Championship and won promotion back to Division One at the first attempt.
As well as securing the second division championship, John also helped Villa to FA Cup Semi finals in 1959-60 and runners up in the League Cup final in 1962-63.
During Villa’s victorious League Cup campaign in 1960-61 John made 7 appearances as Villa went on to lift the trophy appearing in the final second leg against Rotherham United that was held over to the 1961-62 season due to fixture congestion.
John played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 20 October 1962 aged 30 before moving on to Southend United in November 1962.
John had played under manager Joe Mercer.
In his later career John went on to manage Wrexham, Middlesbrough and Chelsea.
John passed away in Rhosddu, Wrexham on 24 November 2014 aged 82.