Neil Howarth

Neil Howarth

Personal information
Date of birth	(1971-11-15) 15 November 1971
Place of birth	Bolton, England
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Bury (Head of Operation and Player Analysis)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1994	Burnley	1	(0)
1990-1991	Chorley	?	(?)
1994–1999	Macclesfield Town	?	(?)
1999–2003	Cheltenham Town	120	(7)
2003–2006	Telford United	68	(4)
2006	Kidderminster Harriers	1	(0)
International career
1995–1997	England C	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Howarth (born 15 November 1971 in Bolton) is an English former professional footballer who is assistant manager for Cheltenham Town. As a player, he played in the Football League with Macclesfield Town and Cheltenham Town.

Career

Howarth is a former Burnley, Macclesfield Town and Chorley player, who as captain led Macclesfield Town to two Conference National titles, in 1995 and 1997, to FA Trophy winners in 1996, and to the runner-up spot in Division Three in 1998. He joined Cheltenham Town in February 1999 for a fee of £7,000 and made over 140 appearances for the club in four-and-a-half seasons. helping them to the National Conference title in 1998–99. He left Cheltenham in 2003 when his contract was not renewed and joined Conference side Telford United where he spent two-and-a-half seasons. In January 2006, he joined Kidderminster Harriers as assistant manager to Mark Yates and helped revive the club after relegation from the Football League in 2005. He signed a new two-year contract in June 2007, and a further one-year contract in May 2009. He left Kidderminster Harriers the same day as boss Mark Yates and joined Cheltenham Town firstly as First Team Coach before becoming Assistant Manager.

As of 2015, he is Head of Operation and Player Analysis at Football League One side Bury

External links

• Neil Howarth career statistics at Soccerbase
• Neil Howarth career stats at the Post-War Players Database