Michael "Mick" Neville is a former Irish

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played for Home Farm, Drogheda United

Drogheda United

Drogheda United Football Club is an Irish football club currently playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club hails from Drogheda, Ireland and, since 1979, plays its home matches at Hunky Dorys Park....

, Shamrock Rovers, Derry City, and Shelbourne.

Mick started off with Home Farm where in 3 seasons he made 85 league appearances. He joined Drogheda United at the start of the 1982/83 season where he made 26 league appearances in his one season there.

Neville then moved to Milltown

Glenmalure Park

Glenmalure Park, often simply known as "Milltown", was a football stadium on the Southside of Dublin city in Ireland. Located in the suburb of Milltown, it was home to Shamrock Rovers from 1926 to 1987, when it was sold to property developers by the club's directors...

 where he won four League of Ireland

League of Ireland

The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...

 titles and three FAI Cup

FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...

s making 117 league appearances in five seasons. In total he made 179 appearances, including 6 appearances in European competition, scoring 20 goals. During this time he also played 6 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

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 qualifiers as well as 2 Inter League caps.

He then joined Derry City in 1988 and in his first season he won the domestic treble. He went on to make 66 league appearances in his 2 seasons there.

Neville signed for Shelbourne in 1990 and captained them to the league title in April 1992. The following year he captained Shels as they won the FAI Cup, at Lansdowne Road

Lansdowne Road

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, for the first time in thirty years. Neville captained Shels to back-to-back FAI Cup wins in 1996 and 1997 as well as the League of Ireland Cup in 1995/96. He played 240 league games for Shels.

Neville was Director of Coaching at Shelbourne for eight years before being appointed as the FAI's Regional Development officer for County Louth in June 2007 http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2114.

Honours

League of Ireland

League of Ireland

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• Shamrock Rovers
  Shamrock Rovers F.C.
  Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
  
   - 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87
• Derry City - 1988/89
• Shelbourne
  Shelbourne F.C.
  Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....
  
   - 1991/92

FAI Cup

FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...

: 7

• Shamrock Rovers
  Shamrock Rovers F.C.
  Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
  
   - 1985, 1986, 1987
• Derry City - 1989
• Shelbourne
  Shelbourne F.C.
  Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....
  
   - 1993, 1996, 1997

League of Ireland Cup: 2

• Derry City - 1988/89
• Shelbourne
  Shelbourne F.C.
  Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....
  
   - 1995/96

• LFA Presidents Cup: 1
• Shamrock Rovers
  Shamrock Rovers F.C.
  Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
  
   - 1987/88

• Player of the Year:
• Shamrock Rovers
  Shamrock Rovers F.C.
  Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
  
  - 1985/86

Sources

• The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)