Terry Neill
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William John Terence Neill | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bangor | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1970 | Arsenal | 241 | (8) |
| 1970–1973 | Hull City | 103 | (4) |
| Total | 344 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 1961–1973 | Northern Ireland | 59 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1970–1974 | Hull City | ||
| 1971–1975 | Northern Ireland (part-time) | ||
| 1974–1976 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 1976–1983 | Arsenal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William John Terence "Terry" Neill (born 8 May 1942) is a Northern Ireland former football player and manager. He captained and later managed Arsenal, guiding the club to a European final in 1980 and three consecutive FA Cup finals between 1978 and 1980, winning a dramatic final against Manchester United in 1979. Before his seven-year spell as manager of Arsenal, he managed Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur and Northern Ireland (part-time).
Born in Belfast, Neill played as a youth for Bangor, before moving in December 1959 to Arsenal. He spent a year in Arsenal's youth side, before making his debut against Sheffield Wednesday on 23 December 1960, aged eighteen. At first, he played sporadically during the early 1960s, getting between 10 and 20 games a season through the first half of the decade, though on one occasion he became the youngest Arsenal captain in the club's history at 20 years of age.
Playing either at centre half or wing half, Neill established himself in the side in 1964–65, with 29 league appearances, and as one of the younger members of Billy Wright's team, was kept by Wright's successor Bertie Mee when he took over in 1966. Neill became a first-choice player through the mid-sixties, playing over 40 games a season for three seasons in a row, and also playing in the 1968 Football League Cup Final against Leeds United, which Arsenal lost.
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