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Neville Powell
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-09-02) 2 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Flint, Flintshire, Wales
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Tranmere Rovers 86 (4)
1984–1992 Bangor City
1993–1996 Connah's Quay Nomads 89 (6)
Managerial career
1993–2007 Connah's Quay Nomads
2007–2016 Bangor City
2017–2019 Aberystwyth Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neville Powell (born 2 September 1963) is a Welsh football manager and former professional player who was most recently director of football at Aberystwyth Town.

Career

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Powell began his playing career at Tranmere Rovers, making a goalscoring debut for the club at the age of 17 on 1 March 1981 in a match against Torquay United.[1] He left the club in 1984 having made 86 appearances for the Prenton Park club, scoring four goals.[2] He went on to spend eight years with Bangor City, playing for the club in the first season of the Welsh Premier League.

In 1993, he took over as player-manager of 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.[1] After 14 years in charge at Connah's Quay, Powell took over as manager of Bangor City in 2007, replacing Steve Bleasdale.[3]

Bangor under Neville Powell have been very successful, beating FC Honka 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 Welsh Premier League 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.[4]

On 6 May 2020, Powell left Aberystwyth Town.[5]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tranmere Rovers 1981–82 Fourth Division
1982–83
1983–84
Total 0 0 86 4
Bangor City 1984–85 Northern Premier League
1985–86 4
1986–87
1987–88 Northern Premier League Premier Division
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93 League of Wales
Total
Connah's Quay Nomads 1993–94 League of Wales
1994–95
1995–96
Total 95 36 0 0 89 6
Career total 0 0

Managerial statistics

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As of 16 October 2010
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA Win %
Connah's Quay Nomads Wales May 1993 9 May 2007 494 193 124 177 766 746 039.07
Bangor City Wales 9 May 2007 25 July 2016 141 77 26 38 283 169 054.61
Aberystwyth Town Wales 11 July 2017 2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 !
Total 635 270 150 215 1,044 915 042.52

Honours

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Player

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Bangor City

Connah's Quay Nomads

Managerial

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Connah's Quay Nomads

Bangor City

Individual

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Notes

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  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Welsh Cup
  2. ^ Includes League Cup

References

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  1. ^ a b "Neville Powell – Bangor City". welsh-premier.com. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Neville Powell". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Bangor appoint Powell as manager". BBC Sport. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Powell returns to the WPL as Aberystwyth manager". welsh-premier.com. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Club Announcement".
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