Tracey Neville
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| Full name | Tracey Anne Neville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 January 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Managing Director of Stockport County Ladies F.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative(s) | Neville Neville (father) Gary Neville (brother) Phil Neville (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Elton High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of the West of England University of Chester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tracey Anne Neville MBE (born 21 January 1977) is a former England netball international and a former England head coach. As a player, she was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the 1999 World Netball Championships. As a head coach she guided Northern Thunder/Manchester Thunder to Netball Superleague titles in 2012 and 2014. Between 2015 and 2019 she served as England head coach. She subsequently guided England to the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and to bronze medals at the 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups. In 2016 she was awarded an MBE. She is currently the Managing Director of Stockport County Ladies F.C..
Tracey Neville is originally from Bury, Greater Manchester. She is the daughter of Neville Neville and his wife, Jill Harper. Both of her parents worked in administration roles at Bury F.C. Her father was a commercial director while her mother served as club secretary.[3][4] She is the twin sister and younger sister, respectively, of Phil and Gary Neville, the former England and Manchester United footballers.[3][5][6][7][8]
Neville attended Elton High School.[9][10] She also attended the University of the West of England where she trained to be a primary school teacher.[3][6][11][12] Between 2004 and 2007 she attended the University of Chester and gained a degree in Nutrition and Sports Science.[9][13][14]
On 3 March 2020 Neville gave birth to a son, her first child with her partner Michael Timmins.[15][16]
Playing career
YWCA Bury
Neville began her senior netball playing career with YWCA Bury. Neville was just one of several England netball internationals to get their start at the club based in Bury, Greater Manchester. Others included Karen Atkinson, Natalie Haythornthwaite and Jodie Gibson.[1][17][18][19]
Australia
Neville spent the 2000 season in Australia where she played for Contax in the South Australia Farmers Union League and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Laura and Natalie von Bertouch, Neville was a member of the Contax team that won the Farmers Union League title.[20][21]
Northern Thunder
Between 2001 and 2004 Neville played for Northern Thunder in the Super Cup. Other Northern Thunder players from the Super Cup era included Amanda Newton, Jade Clarke and Sara Bayman.[22][23]
Leeds Carnegie
In 2004 a serious knee problem forced Neville to quit netball. However after intensive rehabilitation she subsequently made a comeback and played for Leeds Carnegie during the 2007–08 Netball Superleague season.[24][25][26] At the same time, she also worked for Leeds Metropolitan University's sports department.[14][27]
England
Neville represented England at under-18 and under-21 levels before making her senior debut in 1996.[11][12][19] She was subsequently a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games[3][9] and the 1999 World Netball Championships.[28] Neville made 81 senior appearances for England.[6]
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| 1998 Commonwealth Games[3][9] |  |
| 1999 World Netball Championships[28] | |
| 2002 Commonwealth Games[6][9][29] | 4th |
| 2003 World Netball Championships[30] | 4th |
