Neil Maddison
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Neil Maddison is an English former footballer and is currently youth coach at Darlington
. His main position was in midfield, but has played in all outfield positions during his career.
in 1984 and stayed with them until 1997 when he made a £250,000 transfer to Middlesbrough
. At Middlesbrough he spent time on loan to Bansley and Bristol City. Then he went back to his home town club, Darlington. From there he has gone on to do coaching the youth in Darlington and also is in the centre of excellence role.
was suspended by the club following a run of poor results and a possible approach from AFC Bournemouth
, leaving Maddison and Martin Gray
in joint caretaker
charge for up to two weeks while an internal investigation was carried out. He remained in charge until Dave Penney was appointed on 30 October. On 5 January 2007, Darlington agreed to end Maddison's playing contract so he could concentrate on being youth coach full time.
In February 2008 after Mick Tait
had left Darlington, Maddison took over the role as reserve team coach with Craig Liddle
taking the role of youth team coach.
On 8 May 2009 it was revealed that Darlington's administrators Brackenbury Clark and Company had released the majority of the first team squad from their contracts to cut costs, with immediate effect, as well as the club's coaching staff and administrative staff including caretaker manager Martin Gray, leaving Craig Liddle
and Maddison as joint temporary caretaker managers. They remained in these posts until Colin Todd
was appointed on 20 May.
Since 20 May, Maddison has been working as Darlington's centre of excellence manager.
After Todd was dismissed from Darlington he was appointed to assist Craig Liddle
as temporary caretaker assistant manager as Liddle was appointed caretaker manager.
On 5 October it was announced that former Republic of Ireland
manager Steve Staunton
took over as the new permanent manager until the end of that season as well as bringing in Staunton the club bought in an assistant to him who was former Sunderland
coach Kevin Richardson
coming in on the same deal as Staunton. The pair started their job roles later on that week after Liddle finished off his temporary caretaker manager role and his assistant Maddison finished off his temporary caretaker assistant manager role after the Football League Trophy
tie against Leeds United
earlier that week, but the new pair's first game as the football management was against Dagenham & Redbridge
later that week in League Two
. On 21 March 2010 he joined Liddle as caretaker yet again after the sacking of Staunton, before Simon Davey
was appointed manager on 1 April.
Middlesbrough
Darlington
Darlington F.C.
Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...
. His main position was in midfield, but has played in all outfield positions during his career.
Playing career
He signed as a trainee with SouthamptonSouthampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
in 1984 and stayed with them until 1997 when he made a £250,000 transfer to Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
. At Middlesbrough he spent time on loan to Bansley and Bristol City. Then he went back to his home town club, Darlington. From there he has gone on to do coaching the youth in Darlington and also is in the centre of excellence role.
Coaching career
On 30 September 2006, David HodgsonDavid Hodgson (footballer)
David James Hodgson , is an English former footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as lower division clubs and teams in France, Japan, and Spain....
was suspended by the club following a run of poor results and a possible approach from AFC Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
, leaving Maddison and Martin Gray
Martin Gray (footballer)
Martin Gray is an English former footballer, on two occasions caretaker manager at Darlington and once at Oldham Athletic. He currently runs his own football academy.-Career:...
in joint caretaker
Caretaker manager
In association football, a caretaker manager is someone who takes temporary charge of the management of a football club, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caretaker may also be appointed if the regular manager is ill or unable to attend to his...
charge for up to two weeks while an internal investigation was carried out. He remained in charge until Dave Penney was appointed on 30 October. On 5 January 2007, Darlington agreed to end Maddison's playing contract so he could concentrate on being youth coach full time.
In February 2008 after Mick Tait
Mick Tait
Michael 'Mick' Tait was an English footballer and later a manager at the end of his playing career. His 760 league games puts him 13th in the list of English footballers. His clubs were Oxford United, Carlisle United, Hull City, Portsmouth, Reading, Darlington and Hartlepool United as well as...
had left Darlington, Maddison took over the role as reserve team coach with Craig Liddle
Craig Liddle
Craig George Liddle is an English former footballer who made more than 300 appearances in the Football League playing for Middlesbrough and Darlington, where he spent most of his professional career...
taking the role of youth team coach.
On 8 May 2009 it was revealed that Darlington's administrators Brackenbury Clark and Company had released the majority of the first team squad from their contracts to cut costs, with immediate effect, as well as the club's coaching staff and administrative staff including caretaker manager Martin Gray, leaving Craig Liddle
Craig Liddle
Craig George Liddle is an English former footballer who made more than 300 appearances in the Football League playing for Middlesbrough and Darlington, where he spent most of his professional career...
and Maddison as joint temporary caretaker managers. They remained in these posts until Colin Todd
Colin Todd
Colin Todd is an English football manager and former player. As a player, he made more than 600 appearances in the Football League, playing for Sunderland, Derby County, Everton, Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Oxford United and Luton Town, and also played in the North American Soccer League...
was appointed on 20 May.
Since 20 May, Maddison has been working as Darlington's centre of excellence manager.
After Todd was dismissed from Darlington he was appointed to assist Craig Liddle
Craig Liddle
Craig George Liddle is an English former footballer who made more than 300 appearances in the Football League playing for Middlesbrough and Darlington, where he spent most of his professional career...
as temporary caretaker assistant manager as Liddle was appointed caretaker manager.
On 5 October it was announced that former Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
manager Steve Staunton
Steve Staunton
Stephen "Steve" Staunton is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Darlington...
took over as the new permanent manager until the end of that season as well as bringing in Staunton the club bought in an assistant to him who was former Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
coach Kevin Richardson
Kevin Richardson
Kevin Richardson is the name of:* Kevin Richardson , American football player* Kevin Richardson , American baseball player* Kevin Richardson , English footballer...
coming in on the same deal as Staunton. The pair started their job roles later on that week after Liddle finished off his temporary caretaker manager role and his assistant Maddison finished off his temporary caretaker assistant manager role after the Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
tie against Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
earlier that week, but the new pair's first game as the football management was against Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...
later that week in League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
. On 21 March 2010 he joined Liddle as caretaker yet again after the sacking of Staunton, before Simon Davey
Simon Davey
Simon Davey is a Welsh former footballer and football manager. He played for Swansea City, Carlisle United and Preston North End and had a short loan spell with Darlington, making a total of 271 appearances in the Football League...
was appointed manager on 1 April.
As a player
SouthamptonSouthampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
- Full Members CupFull Members CupThe Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....
' runner-up: 1992
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
- First DivisionFootball League First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
title winner: 1997–981997-98 in English footballThe 1997-1998 season was the 118th season of competitive football in England.-Premier League:Arsenal overhauled Manchester United's lead during the final weeks of the season to win the Premiership title... - League CupFootball League CupThe Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
runner-up: 19981998 Football League Cup FinalThe 1998 Coca-Cola Cup Final was a football match played between Chelsea and Middlesbrough on 29 March 1998 at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea, under new manager Gianluca Vialli, won with two extra time goals and would go on to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup later that season...
Darlington
Darlington F.C.
Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...
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- Third DivisionFootball League Third DivisionThe Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
play-off FinalFinal (competition)The final of a competition is the match or round in which the winner of the entire event is decided.In sports competitions following a knockout system, where only two individuals or teams compete in each match, the final is usually played between the winners of two semi-finals...
runner-up: 1999–20001999-2000 in English football-Premier League:Manchester United were crowned FA Premier League champions with an 18-point margin over runners-up Arsenal and with just 3 league defeats all season. This was despite their failure to retain the European Cup and withdrawal from the FA Cup in order to compete in the FIFA Club World...
- Third Division
Managerial statistics
| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... (joint caretaker) |
30 September 2006 | 30 October 2006 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... (joint caretaker) |
8 May 2009 | 20 May 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... (joint caretaker) |
21 March 2010 | 1 April 2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.3 | |||