Neil Howarth (born 15 November 1971) is an English

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach and former player. As a player, he played as a defender in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

with

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

and

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

Career

Howarth is a former

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

and cheltenham town player, who as captain led Macclesfield Town to two

Conference National The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...

titles, in 1995 and 1997, to

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

winners in 1996, and to the runner-up spot in

Division Three The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the division become the fourth tier level. In 2004, following the ...

in 1998. He joined

in February 1999 for a fee of £10,000 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 Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

as assistant manager to Mark Yates and helped revive the club after relegation from

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. He left the club in 2014.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Howarth, Neil 1971 births Living people English footballers Footballers from Bolton Association football defenders English Football League players Burnley F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players England semi-pro international footballers Cheltenham Town F.C. non-playing staff Bury F.C. non-playing staff Salford City F.C. non-playing staff Macclesfield Town F.C. non-playing staff English football managers Macclesfield Town F.C. managers