Ashley Neal
English footballer and YouTuber
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Ashley Neal (born 16 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the son of the former Liverpool player Phil Neal.
- Former professional footballer
- Driving Instructor
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| Born | 16 December 1974 Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Known for | Driver education videos on YouTube | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Phil Neal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Footballing career
On 26 September 1996, Neal was loaned to Brighton & Hove Albion. Two days later, he made his first league appearance in a 3–0 defeat to Northampton Town.
After a free transfer to Peterborough United, Neal made nine total appearances for the club. His first game for the club was in a 2–0 victory versus Preston North End. He made his first and only FA Cup appearance versus Dagenham & Redbridge on 6 December 1997. Major injury led Neal to an early retirement from the game after dropping into non-league football with Radcliffe Borough.[1]
Post-football
Retired from football, Neal now works as a driving instructor and an instructor trainer.[1] His YouTube channel, where he analyses dashcam footage and gives advice on driving, had over 170,000 subscribers as of 13 June 2025[update].[2]
On 18 April 2023, Neal started a second channel called "Ashley Neal – Just Cycling". His aim is to spread a positive message about cycling. It mostly uses body camera footage of him riding his bike and as of 12 June 2025[update] it has over 9,840 subscribers.[3]
Neal has appeared on television to discuss issues relating to driver education. He has been featured multiple times on BBC Breakfast; such as on 9 October 2019, where he highlighted the poor treatment of learner drivers by other motorists,[4] and on 2 July 2023, when he discussed the problem of candidate impersonation at driving tests.[5]