Phill
Neill
Defence/
Midfield
Football:
The
6ft 2in charismatic Player/Chairman, also know as the 'Gaffa' demands
success from his team. Leading by example this roaming defensive, midfield,
attacking winger is the modern day utility player, the only way to make
it into the cosmopolitan line-up of this seasons Darkside. Best known
in the KDFL for taking a ramshackle, smacked up bunch of no hopers and
hoodlums from the streets at the bottom of Divison Five to the dizzy heights
of midtable (Divison Five still) and a Cup Final, this season he has brought
in the renowned coach, Tanna the Tortoise. A deep thinker, who now runs
things on match days moving up and down the line like Demis Rousos on
Speed and leaving Neill to focus on his game and the board room politics
off the field. Fending
off ground moves to both the Shetlands and Telford, Neill remains true
to the fans and a real favourite for the Balaclava Posse.
As
a Manager he was likened to some of the best from the last 20 years, Clough
with Forrest, Wenger with Arsenal and Pleat with Luton, however he was
probably ahead of his time as a Manager, the flat back eleven and the
Christmas tree with fairy's and lights formation fooled more than just
the opposition.
As
a player he has been likened to Waddle and Hoddle, mostly for his singing
attributes and renditions of lines such as 'Baby I love you' from the
classic 80's hit 'Diamond Lights'. Although hampered by knee injuries
and style threatening hair loss, Neill has shown the commitment demanded
by the new regime at the Darkside and risen from adversity with a mix
of wit, personality and a few Jedi mind tricks to command the dressing
room, the pitch, the League, the FA and no doubt it won't belong before
Azerbaijan or Wales start enquiring about his availability as national
Coach... driver.
The
highest accolade for any player, Neill, has been awarded Best Dressed
member of the Dark Side squad two years running, but with the new cool
young blonde girls coming in, it may not only be his dominance on pitch
that will be tested this season.
Hobbies:
Cooking,
wine tasting, ferreting around, mud wrestling, canapes.
Best
chat up line: You
know that Roman Abramovich, I'm just like him really except I play and
most of my team are smacked up on a cocktail drugs and alcohol.
Best
joke: To
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