Neil Sorvel

Neil Sorvel
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-03-02) 2 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Whiston, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1991 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Crewe Alexandra 9 (0)
1992–1999 Macclesfield Town 292 (29)
1999–2005 Crewe Alexandra 250 (13)
2005–2007 Shrewsbury Town 63 (5)
2007–2008 Morecambe 41 (2)
2008 → Southport (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2010 Droylsden 57 (4)
2010 Hyde 1 (0)
2010–2011 Northwich Victoria 32 (0)
Total 751 (53)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Sorvel (born 2 March 1973) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant manager for Altrincham F.C.

Playing career

Crewe Alexandra and Macclesfield Town

He began his league career with Crewe Alexandra, after progressing through their famous youth academy. However, he only made a handful of league appearances, before being released by manager Dario Gradi.

He then joined Macclesfield Town, where he spent six years. In this period Macclesfield finished first in the Football Conference in 1995, but were denied promotion due to their stadium, which did not meet league standards. Promotions did come in 1997 and in 1998, as Macclesfield climbed to tier 3 of English football. Sorvel was instrumental to the success of Macc during this time as he was part of a formidable midfield. Relegation down to Division Three followed in 1999. Sorvel left on a free transfer in July 1999, having become a regular for the club over six seasons.

A return to Division One (subsequently named the Championship) Crewe Alexandra followed, where he played almost every game over six seasons.

Shrewsbury Town

Dropping down two levels to join Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer, he made his début for the club on 6 August 2005 in a 1–0 defeat at home to Rochdale. After being a first team regular for the 2005–06 season and the opening part of the 2006–07 season, Sorvel fell out of favour with Shrewsbury manager Gary Peters, and lost his place in the first team.

Morecambe

Sorvel accepted a free move to then-Conference club Morecambe in January 2007. Morecambe were promoted to Football League Two for the first time in their history at the end of that season.

Sorvel was loaned out to Southport in the 2007–08 season, before being released on 2 June 2008.[1]

Hyde

After two seasons with Droylsden, he signed for Hyde in August 2010.[2] He made his debut for Hyde in the opening Conference North fixture on 14 August 2010 in a 5–0 defeat to AFC Telford.[3]

Northwich Victoria

In 2010, he signed for Northwich Victoria. He was working as a lecturer in Sport at the local Mid Cheshire College, while playing for Northwich, and continued to work there until moving to Altrincham.

Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing, Sorvel joined Nantwich Town as assistant manager to Phil Parkinson in February 2015.[4] In April 2017, Sorvel followed Nantwich manager Parkinson to new club Altrincham.[5]

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

Macclesfield Town

References

  1. ^ "Shrimps' boss announces retained list". Morecambe F.C.'s official website.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "New Signings". Hyde FC. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Match Details: AFC Telford United 5-0 Hyde". Hyde FC. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Altrincham FC First Team Management".