# Neil Pointon

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{{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](/source/Church_Warsop), [Nottinghamshire](/source/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](/source/full-back_(football))
| 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](/source/Scunthorpe_United) 
| clubs2 = [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) 
| clubs3 = [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.) 
| clubs4 = [Oldham Athletic](/source/Oldham_Athletic) 
| clubs5 = [Heart of Midlothian](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.) 
| clubs6 = [Walsall](/source/Walsall_F.C.) 
| clubs7 = [Chesterfield](/source/Chesterfield_F.C.) 
| clubs8 = [Hednesford Town](/source/Hednesford_Town)
| clubs9 = [Mossley](/source/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](/source/Association_football). Pointon was a left-back who is perhaps best remembered for playing for [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.), [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.) and [Oldham Athletic](/source/Oldham_Athletic).

==Career==
Pointon joined [Scottish Premier Division](/source/Scottish_Premier_Division) outfit [Heart of Midlothian](/source/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C.) in 1995, enjoying a number of seasons up in Scotland before later playing for [Walsall](/source/Walsall_F.C.), [Chesterfield](/source/Chesterfield_F.C.) and [Hednesford Town](/source/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](/source/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.) 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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pointon, Neil}}
Category:1964 births
Category:Chesterfield F.C. players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Everton F.C. players
Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Category:Living people
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Category:Walsall F.C. players
Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
Category:Footballers from Mansfield
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football full-backs
Category:Mossley A.F.C. players
Category:Retford United F.C. managers
Category:Retford United F.C. players
Category:Hednesford Town F.C. players
Category:Hednesford Town F.C. managers
Category:English football managers

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