Andy Neil

Andy Neil
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Neil[1]
Date of birth	18 November 1892[1]
Place of birth	Crosshouse, Scotland
Date of death	14 August 1941 (aged 48)[2]
Place of death	Kilmarnock, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Inside forward, wing half
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Andrew Neil (18 November 1892 – 14 August 1941) was a Scottish professional footballer who made 328 Football League appearances playing as an inside forward or wing half for Brighton & Hove Albion (two spells), Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers.[1]

Life and career

Neil was born in Crosshouse, near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire.[2] He joined Kilmarnock of Division One from junior club Ardeer Thistle, and made his debut on 12 April 1913 away to Motherwell.[3] He played regularly in his second season, and in 1914–15, his 20 goals placed him sixth in the division's scoring charts.[3][4]

Neil came south in 1920 to sign for Brighton & Hove Albion of the newly formed Football League Third Division. He was a regular at inside right, technically skilful and creative, and impressed to the extent that First Division club Arsenal paid a £3,000 fee – an Albion club record – for his services in March 1924.[2] He was never a regular at Arsenal, but despite a lack of pace, was brought into the team at the insistence of captain Charlie Buchan to play a roving inside-forward role in front of a purely defensive centre half; the tactical change contributed to a runners-up finish in 1925–26.[5] Although he had played 27 matches that season,[6] Neil returned to Brighton in March 1926. He stayed until the 1927 close season, and then moved on to another third-tier club, Queens Park Rangers, where he played as a wing half until retiring in 1930 at the age of 37.[2]

He then went back to Scotland and his original trade, as a baker. He died of a heart attack in Kilmarnock in 1941.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kilmarnock	1912–13[3]	Division One	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1913–14[3]	Division One	32	12	2	1	34	13
	1914–15[3]	Division One	33	20	—		33	20
	1915–16[3]	Division One	5	0	—		5	0
	Total		72	32	2	1	74	33
Brighton & Hove Albion	1920–21[2]	Third Division	18	2	3	0	21	2
	1921–22[2]	Third Division South	40	3	3	0	43	3
	1922–23[2]	Third Division South	42	10	5	1	47	11
	1923–24[2]	Third Division South	29	7	4	1	33	8
	Total		129	22	15	2	144	24
Arsenal	1923–24[6]	First Division	11	2	0	0	11	2
	1924–25[6]	First Division	16	2	0	0	16	2
	1925–25[6]	First Division	27	6	3	0	30	6
	Total		54	10	3	0	57	10
Brighton & Hove Albion	1925–26[2]	Third Division South	12	2	0	0	12	2
	1926–27[2]	Third Division South	26	4	3	0	29	4
	Total		38	6	3	0	41	6
Queens Park Rangers	1927–28[7]	Third Division South	41	1	1	0	42	1
	1928–29[7]	Third Division South	29	0	1	0	30	0
	1929–30[7]	Third Division South	36	0	4	0	40	0
	Total		106	1	6	0	112	1
Career total			399	71	29	3	428	74

Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup

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References

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
"Kilmarnock: Andrew Neil". Fitbastats. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
Brown, Alan (22 March 2002). "Scotland 1914/15". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
Murray, Scott (2017). The Title: the Story of the First Division. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4729-3662-2.
"Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Andy Kelly. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
Westenberg, Kenneth. "1927/28". Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018, "1928/29". Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018 and "1929/30". QPRnet. Ron Norris. Archived from the original (XLS) on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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[7] Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup

[Joyce-1] Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.

[CarderHarris-2] Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.

[Fitbastats-3] "Kilmarnock: Andrew Neil". Fitbastats. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[4] Brown, Alan (22 March 2002). "Scotland 1914/15". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[5] Murray, Scott (2017). The Title: the Story of the First Division. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4729-3662-2.

[Kelly-6] "Arsenal first team line-ups". The Arsenal History. Andy Kelly. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[QPRnet-8] Westenberg, Kenneth. "1927/28". Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018, "1928/29". Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018 and "1929/30". QPRnet. Ron Norris. Archived from the original (XLS) on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.