# Neil Cugley

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**Neil Cugley** is an English [football](/source/Association_football) manager who managed [Folkestone Invicta](/source/Folkestone_Invicta_F.C.).

## Early life

Cugley grew up and went to school in [Folkestone](/source/Folkestone), and played for the town cricket team.[citation needed]

## Playing career

Cugley made his debut at the age of eighteen for [Folkestone Town](/source/Folkestone_F.C.), playing at [centre-half](/source/Centre-half) in the 1970s before returned in the 1980s as a striker, scoring forty-six goals in 1982–83.[1]

## Managerial career

In 1997, Cugley was appointed manager of [Folkestone Invicta](/source/Folkestone_Invicta_F.C.) and in 2018 held the honour of the longest football managerial reign in England's top seven tiers after [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) manager [Arsène Wenger](/source/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger) retired that year.[2][3] In 2022, during his twenty-sixth season as Invicta's manager, making him England's longest-serving manager, he decided to step down as the club's manager.[4][5] Because of his long tenure as manager, he has been dubbed "Mr. Invicta".[6]

## References

1. ["Non-League Paper Lifetime Achievement: Neil Cugley"](https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/features/national-game-awards/16009/national-game-awards-in-association-with-scl-non-league-paper-lifetime-achievement-neil-cugley/). thenonleaguefootballpaper.com.

1. ["Folkestone Invicta boss Neil Cugley on long trips and an even longer tenure"](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63135058). bbc.com.

1. ["MANAGER’S GREATEST MANAGER: Neil Cugley"](https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/non-league-paper/394298/managers-greatest-manager-neil-cugley/). thenonleaguefootballpaper.com.

1. ["Neil Cugley on his decision to stand down as manager of Isthmian Premier club Folkestone Invicta"](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/sport/legendary-football-manager-on-decision-to-quit-276001/). kentonline.co.uk.

1. ["'I'm not leaving Folkestone Invicta' insists club stalwart who has stepped down as manager"](https://www.kentlive.news/sport/football/football-news/im-not-leaving-folkestone-invicta-7779838). kentlive.news.

1. ["The Bostik Friday Interview: Mr Invicta"](https://www.isthmian.co.uk/the-bostik-friday-interview-mr-invicta-43407)

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