Neville Powell (born 2 September 1963) is a Welsh

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and former professional player who was most recently director of football at Aberystwyth Town.

Career

Powell began his playing career at

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

, making a goalscoring debut for the club at the age of 17 on 1 March 1981 in a match against

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. He left the club in 1984 having made 86 appearances for the

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club, scoring four goals. He went on to spend eight years with

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the W ...

, playing for the club in the first season of the

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. In 1993, he took over as player-manager of

Connah's Quay Nomads Connah's Quay Nomads Football Club () is a Welsh professional association football, football club based in Connah's Quay, Flintshire. They play in the . The club was founded in 1946 as Connah's Quay Juniors and adopted the Connah's Quay Nomads ...

, where his playing career came to an end following a broken leg sustained during a game against Llansantffraid on the opening day of the 1996–97 season. After 14 years in charge at Connah's Quay, Powell took over as manager of Bangor City in 2007, replacing

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. Bangor under Neville Powell have been very successful, beating

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in the Europa League 3–2 on aggregate in July 2010, also winning the Welsh Cup for three consecutive years (2008–2010) and winning the

in the 2010–11 season after starting the season with 15 consecutive wins, a run which was acknowledged across Europe. On 25 July 2016, news broke that Neville Powell had been "relieved of his duties", according to a statement released by the club. On 11 July 2017, Powell was named as manager of Aberystwyth Town. On 28 March 2018 the club announced Powell would become director of football and Irish coach Seamus Heath would become manager. On 6 May 2020, Powell left Aberystwyth Town.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Bangor City *

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runner-up: 1986–87 *

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: finalist 1984–85 * Northern Premier League President's Cup: 1989 Connah's Quay Nomads *

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: 1995–96

Managerial

Connah's Quay Nomads *

: 1995–96 Bangor City *

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: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10; finalist

; finalist 2008–09, 2017–18

Individual

Manager of the Month: January 2018, December 2011, December 2010, September 2010, December 2009, November 2007 *

Manager of the Year: 2009–10, 2010–11

Notes

References

External links

Welsh Premier profile
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