Neil Young (footballer born 1973)

Neil Young ( born August 31, 1973 in Harlow ) is a former English footballer. The defender, who played over 400 games in the English professional football, before moving on to coach compartment.

Sports career

Young began his career in the youth of Tottenham Hotspur, where later his brother Luke took his first steps in professional football. There, however, he failed to make it into the first team and only came in the reserve team for use.

In 1994, Young for AFC Bournemouth in the third-class Second Division. Under coach Mel Machin was a regular player at first. Initially located with the team in the relegation battle they established itself over the years in the mid table area. In 1999 he moved with the team to the final of dieFootball League Trophy, where they lost 1-2 against Grimsby Town but with. In 2002, he got off with the team in the Viertklassigkeit -up, but the club had only one season and marched to the resurgence directly into the second-class Football League One.

Since 2005, Team Captain Young left after an injury break Bournemouth in November 2007 on loan towards Weymouth FC in the Conference National. After his return he was still up to the summer of 2008 in the squad of the club, before he ended his professional career in England.

In September 2008, Young went as player-coach at Cumberland United to Australia.