Neil Tarrant (born 24 June 1979) is a
footballer
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who played for a variety of British clubs including
Ross County,
Aston Villa
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and
Ayr United
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, and the
Scotland national under-21 football team
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As a European under-21 t ...
.
Club career
Tarrant signed for
Shamrock Rovers
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in August 1997 but only made 2 substitute appearances before being released in November. He made his debut on 17 October at the Hoops temporary home at the time
Tolka Park
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.
Tarrant won the
Scottish Third Division
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History
The Scottish football league system had operated with three divisions in the Scottish Football League (SFL) fro ...
at
Ross County in
1998-99 and was voted
SPFA Players' Player of the Year
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for the Third Division that season. He holds the record for the highest
transfer fee
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received in the Scottish Third Division at a reported from when he moved to
Aston Villa
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.
In his time at
Ayr United
Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...
, Tarrant reached the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Football Conference
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in
2001-02 whilst playing for
Boston United
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.
International career
Tarrant won five
cap
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s for the
Scotland national under-21 football team
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As a European under-21 t ...
.
Scotland U21 stats
at Fitbastats
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Scottish men's footballers
Darlington F.C. players
English Football League players
Northern Premier League players
Northern Football League players
League of Ireland players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Premier League players
Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
Ross County F.C. players
Aston Villa F.C. players
Ayr United F.C. players
York City F.C. players
Motherwell F.C. players
Boston United F.C. players
Barrow A.F.C. players
Drogheda United F.C. players
Raufoss IL players
Workington A.F.C. players
Gateshead F.C. players
Newcastle Blue Star F.C. players
Sunderland Nissan F.C. players
Dunston UTS F.C. players
Northallerton Town F.C. players
Darlington Railway Athletic F.C. players
Scotland men's under-21 international footballers
Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Norwegian First Division players
Men's association football forwards
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