Les O'Neill

Leslie Arthur O'Neill (born 4 December 1943) is an English former professional football player and manager.

Les O'Neill

Personal information
Full name	Leslie Arthur O'Neill[1]
Date of birth	(1943-12-04) 4 December 1943 (age 81)[1]
Place of birth	Blyth, England[1]
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder[1]
Youth career
1960–1962	Blyth Spartans
1962–1963	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	Newcastle United	1	(0)
1965–1970	Darlington	179	(35)
1970–1972	Bradford City	97	(17)
1972–1977	Carlisle United	155	(20)
1977–1978	Queen of the South	20	(1)
Total		452	(73)
Managerial career
1989–1991	Workington
1993–1993	Penrith
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Blyth, O'Neill played as a midfielder and began his career in non-League football with Blyth Spartans.

He turned professional with Newcastle United in 1963 but was unable to establish himself in the first team.

He then made over 100 first team appearances for each of Darlington, Bradford City and Carlisle United. With Carlisle he made it to the top flight of English football in the same team as Chris Balderstone and Bobby Parker.^[3]

He next played in Scotland for Dumfries club Queen of the South where he was re-united again with Balderstone. After one season at Palmerston Park O'Neill retired from playing in 1978.

Coaching career

O'Neill was manager of non-League team Workington between 1989 and 1991, and later managed Penrith.