Steve Neville

Steve Neville (born 18 September 1957) is an English former professional footballer. He is assistant coach at Sorrento FC in Perth, Western Australia. In his 14-season career in the English Football League, he played in 494 games, in which he scored 135 goals for Southampton, Sheffield United, Bristol City and in three spells at Exeter City. In England he was part of two divisional title-winning teams and was a winner of the Football League Trophy. Near the end of his playing career, he picked up a league champions medal while playing for South China AA in Hong Kong.

Playing career

Southampton Neville began his career as an apprentice with Southampton. He made half a dozen league appearances for Saints in 1977–78. Managed by Lawrie McMenemy, Southampton finished that season as runners up in England's second tier, earning promotion to English football's top flight.

Exeter City (first spell) Aged 20, Neville signed for Exeter City in the summer of 1978. 8th and 11th have only been bettered by the club in the early 1930s. He was a regular during the club's stay in the third tier, in which he hit 22 goals in his 93 league games. The next season Exeter reached the same stage knocking out Birmingham City en route before losing 2–0 to Liverpool at Anfield.

Sheffield United He joined a Sheffield United side mid-season in 1980

Exeter City (second spell) Aged 22, in the 1982 close season he rejoined Exeter. the season of the ill-fated reign of Gerry Francis. In his 92 league games, Neville scored 27 goals. 9th and 6th. In his fourth season there, Bristol City finished fifth, meriting a place in the playoffs, where Walsall ultimately won the final. Neville hit 40 goals from his 134 league games.

Neville helped the club win promotion back to Division Three in 1990.

In this spell Neville played in 120 Exeter first team league games, in which he scored 39 goals. In total for Exeter in the League, he played in 305 games and scored 98 league goals.

Coaching career

In 1993 he joined Western Australian state league side Sorrento as a coach. He is still in this role for the 2020 NPL Season.

Honours Individual PFA Team of the Year: 1989–90 Fourth Division