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Neil Pointon

Personal information
Full nameNeil Geoffrey Pointon
NicknameDissa
Date of birth28 November 1964(age 45)
Place of birthChurch Warsop, Mansfield, England
Playing positionFull-back

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Neil Geoffrey Pointon, born November 28, 1964 in Church Warsop, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, is a former professional football (soccer) player. Pointon was a left-back who is perhaps best remembered for playing for Everton, Manchester City and Oldham Athletic.
Pointon began his career at lower-league Scunthorpe United and quickly established himself as a regular first-teamer and a consistent and reliable performer in defence. In the autumn of 1985, after four years at Scunthorpe, Pointon was bought by the reigning English league champions Everton for £75,000, manager Howard Kendall hoping Pointon could provide squad cover for regular left-back Pat Van Den Hauwe. Ultimately Pointon ended up featuring in the majority of Everton's games during the remainder of the 1985/86 season as a result of Van den Hauwe moving to central defence to cover for the injured centre-back Derek Mountfield. Everton finished that season as runners-up to local rivals Liverpool in both the league championship and the FA Cup, though Pointon played no part in the FA Cup final due to Mountfield's return to fitness.
In the following season, Pointon struggled with injury and had to compete with not only Van den Hauwe but also veteran defender Paul Power, signed from Manchester City, for the left-back spot at Goodison. Pointon did however play enough games that year to qualify for a Championship winners medal as Everton won their second title in three years.
Over the next couple of years Pointon was a consistent performer in the Everton defence when called up to the first team, although Kendall's departure to Athletic Bilbao and the break-up of the Championship winning side saw a decline in the club's fortunes. During 1989/90, Pointon became Everton's first choice left-back following the sale of Van den Hauwe to Tottenham Hotspur.
In the summer of 1990, Pointon left Everton to rejoin Howard Kendall at his new club Manchester City, with Kendall receiving Pointon and £300,000 in exchange for Andy Hinchcliffe. Pointon spent two years at City as a first-team regular before moving on to Joe Royle's Oldham Athletic, then a top-flight club. Pointon spent three years at Boundary Park, during which time the club were relegated from the Premiership. In 1994, Pointon scored the opening goal against Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, but heartbreak was to follow when Mark Hughes equalised Pointon's opener with virtually the last kick of the game in the closing seconds of extra-time. Oldham then lost the replay heavily.
Pointon joined Scottish Premier Division outfit Heart of Midlothian in 1995, enjoying a number of seasons up in Scotland before later playing for Walsall, Chesterfield and Hednesford Town. He scored for Hednesford against former club Oldham Athletic in an FA Cup tie at Keys Park, soon before being handed the reins as Manager at Hednesford. He lasted as little as 9 games in his first Managerial post before being sacked after not winning a single game. The club later got relegated, but very few fans of the Staffordshire Club actually put the blame with him.
After a spell as player-manager of Retford United he joined Mossley as a player and helped Mossley to win the Worthington Challenge Trophy at Gigg Lane, Bury with a 2-1 win over Clitheroe in his last ever professional game.
He currently works for the Bolton Wanderers Academy team as a coach.

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Mirror.co.uk--Andy Murray has a week to find his form for Wimbledon after his season of woe continued at the AEGON Championships. ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:36:14 GMT+00:00
World Cup Daily: England's victory slips through Green's hands - The Guardian Tweet this news
The Guardian--Also in the podcast, we speak to Australian -Neil- Sherwin from the Guardian Fans' Network about the Socceroos' chances against Germany in tomorrow's big game ... - Date : Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:01:25 GMT+00:00
Options Brief: Microsoft (MSFT) - Wall Street Pit (blog) Tweet this news
Wall Street Pit (blog)---Neil- .. My Wife has graduated medical school and still has not been able to get into residency... DB Williams .. Is it just possible that the Fed is sitting ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:07:22 GMT+00:00
Tour shines spotlight on Beach's bountiful gardens - yourhome.ca Tweet this news
yourhome.ca--But here's one -point on- which everyone seems to agree: this lakeside neighbourhood is full of folks who take tremendous pride in their gardens. ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:51:29 GMT+00:00
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Money Marketing--PYV chief executive -Neil Pointon- says: “PYV has built a strong reputation for working in partnership with its IFA clients and underwriters to create ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 13:53:12 GMT+00:00
Europe Default Insurance Jumps - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--LONDON�The cost of insuring debt issued by European sovereign borrowers rose Friday as a weaker euro, speculation in the market about losses at ... - Date : Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:08:18 GMT+00:00
Record tumbles as Leicestershire dominate Middlesex - BBC Sport Tweet this news
BBC Sport--From that -point on- the home team made serene progress to a total which skipper Hoggard aimed to capitalise on with the declaration.--- - Date : Sun, 30 May 2010 19:07:10 GMT+00:00
Bob's Corner - Illinois Valley News Tweet this news
Illinois Valley News--I wasn't, but that's beside the -point. On- Wednesday the 19th, Rebecca phoned me to advise that -Neil- had died at 2 am that day. Because of his condition and ... - Date : Wed, 26 May 2010 02:09:22 GMT+00:00
Off-Season Game Plan: Ottawa Senators - TSN Tweet this news
TSN--Enforcer Chris -Neil- is sound enough as a player to take a regular shift and has reached 10 goals and 20 points four times each in his eight-year NHL career, ... - Date : Tue, 25 May 2010 19:11:43 GMT+00:00
Utah-built satellite making big discoveries in space - KSL-TV Tweet this news
KSL-TV--In the summer of '11 will be an initial release of the complete catalog of the sky," said -Neil- Holt, director of the Utah State University Space Dynamics ... - Date : Mon, 24 May 2010 23:52:53 GMT+00:00

Senior career
YearsClubAppearances (Gls)
1981–1985
1985–1990
1990–1992
1992–1995
1995–1998
1998–2000
2000
2000–2001
Scunthorpe United
Everton
Manchester City
Oldham Athletic
Heart of Midlothian
Walsall
Chesterfield
Hednesford Town
159 (2)
102 (5)
74 (2)
95 (3)
67 (3)
61 (0)
10 (0)
21 (0)



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