Alan Knill

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Alan Knill
Personal information
Full name	Alan Richard Knill
Date of birth	8 October 1964 (1964-10-08) (age 44)
Place of birth	Slough, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Bury
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982–1984 1984–1987 1987–1989 1989–1993 1993 1993–1997 1997–2001	Southampton Halifax Town Swansea City Bury → Cardiff City (loan) Scunthorpe United Rotherham United	000 (0) 118 (6) 089 (3) 144 (8) 004 (0) 130 (8) 077 (6)
National team
1988	Wales	001 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2007 2008–	Rotherham United Bury
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alan Richard Knill (born 8 October 1964 in Slough) is an English born former Welsh footballer. He is presently manager of League Two side Bury. Between February 2006 and March 2007 he was manager of Rotherham United.

As a player, Knill was a central defender for Southampton (1982-84), Halifax Town (1984-87), Swansea City (1987-89), Bury (1989-93), Cardiff City (1993, on loan), Scunthorpe United (1993-97) and Rotherham United (1997-99).

He also played once for Wales, in a World Cup qualifier against Holland in Amsterdam in September 1988.

Knill was appointed manager of Rotherham United in February 2006, when predecessor Mick Harford was sacked. On 1 March 2007, Knill was sacked as manager of Rotherham, leaving the club bottom of League One and without a win in his final 14 games.^[1]

On 17 March 2007, he was appointed to Chesterfield's backroom staff to help newly appointed caretaker manager Lee Richardson(unsuccessfully) save the Spireites from relegation from League One.^[2]

On 4 February 2008 he was appointed manager of League Two side Bury.^[3] In his first full season in charge, Knill led the Shakers to 4th place in League Two, missing out on automatic promotion by one goal on goal difference. They were then beaten on penalties in a play-off semi final against Shrewsbury Town.

[edit] Managerial stats

Lasy updated 16 June 2009

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Rotherham United (caretaker manager)		January 31, 2005	April 7, 2005	11	2	7	2	18.18
Rotherham United		December 10, 2005	March 1, 2007	59	18	24	17	30.50
Bury F.C.		4 February 2008	Present	66	33	15	18	50.00

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alan Knill career stats at Soccerbase
• Alan Knill management career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Alan Knill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	football player and manager
DATE OF BIRTH	8 October 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Slough, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH