{{Short description|English footballer}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2021}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Neil Pointon | image = | fullname = Neil Geoffrey Pointon<ref>{{Hugman|15863|accessdate=21 April 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Church Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1995–96 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-7472-7823-8 |editor-last=Rollin |editor-first=Glenda |location=London |pages=494 |editor-last2=Rollin |editor-first2=Jack}}</ref> | position = Full-back | years1 = 1981–1985 | years2 = 1985–1990 | years3 = 1990–1992 | years4 = 1992–1995 | years5 = 1995–1998 | years6 = 1998–2000 | years7 = 2000 | years8 = 2000–2001 | years9 = 2002–2003 | clubs1 = Scunthorpe United | clubs2 = Everton | clubs3 = Manchester City | clubs4 = Oldham Athletic | clubs5 = Heart of Midlothian | clubs6 = Walsall | clubs7 = Chesterfield | clubs8 = Hednesford Town | clubs9 = Mossley | caps1 = 159 | caps2 = 102 | caps3 = 74 | caps4 = 95 | caps5 = 67 | caps6 = 61 | caps7 = 10 | caps8 = 21 | caps9 = 15 | goals1 = 2 | goals2 = 5 | goals3 = 2 | goals4 = 3 | goals5 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 1 | totalcaps = 604 | totalgoals = 16 }}
'''Neil Geoffrey Pointon''' (born 28 November 1964) is an English former professional footballer. Pointon was a left-back who is perhaps best remembered for playing for Everton, Manchester City and Oldham Athletic.
==Career== 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/1028337.stm|title=Hednesford 2–4 Oldham|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 December 2011}}</ref>
On 30 May 2025, he retired as a coach at the Bolton Wanderers academy after fifteen years service with the club.<ref>https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/25202076.bolton-wanderers-academy-coach-neil-pointon-retire/, Bolton Wanderers Academy coach Neil Pointon to retire, The Bolton News, 30 May 2025</ref>
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==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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