Alan Knill

Alan Knill

Personal information
Full name	Alan Richard Knill
Date of birth	8 October 1964 (1964-10-08)
Place of birth	Slough, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Scunthorpe United (Manager)
Youth career
1978–1982	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1984	Southampton	0	(0)
1984–1987	Halifax Town	118	(6)
1987–1989	Swansea City	89	(3)
1989–1993	Bury	144	(8)
1993	→ Cardiff City (loan)	4	(0)
1993–1997	Scunthorpe United	130	(8)
1997–2001	Rotherham United	79	(6)
Total		564	(31)
National team
1988	Wales	1	(0)
Teams managed
2005–2007	Rotherham United
2008–2011	Bury
2011–	Scunthorpe United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Alan Richard Knill (born 8 October 1964 in Slough, England) is a former Wales international footballer who played as a central defender. He is presently manager of League One side Scunthorpe United.

Playing career

Knill started his career as a trainee with Southampton in November 1978, signing as a professional in October 1982, but failed to break into the first–team. He then moved on to 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.

Managerial career

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.

On 17 March 2007, he was appointed to Chesterfield's backroom staff to help newly appointed caretaker manager Lee Richardson try save the Spireites from relegation from League One, but the club were eventually relegated.

On 4 February 2008 he was appointed manager of League Two side Bury. 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.

With 8 games remaining, and only 1 point from the Play-Offs Alan Knill left Bury to join Scunthorpe United on 31 March 2011. His first game in charge was a 6–0 defeat at the hands of Norwich City, followed by a 4–1 victory over table-topping Queens Park Rangers.

Managerial statistics

Last updated 25 February 2012

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Rotherham United (caretaker manager)		31 January 2005	7 April 2005	&1000000000000001100000011	&100000000000000020000002	&100000000000000020000002	&100000000000000070000007	&1000000000000001817999918.18
Rotherham United		10 December 2005	1 March 2007	&1000000000000006400000064	&1000000000000001800000018	&1000000000000001700000017	&1000000000000002900000029	&1000000000000002812999928.13
Bury		4 February 2008	31 March 2011	&10000000000000165000000165	&1000000000000007100000071	&1000000000000004400000044	&1000000000000005000000050	&1000000000000004303000043.03
Scunthorpe United		31 March 2011	Present	&1000000000000004500000045	&1000000000000001000000010	&1000000000000001700000017	&1000000000000001800000018	&1000000000000002221999922.22
Total				&10000000000000284000000284	&10000000000000100000000100	&1000000000000008000000080	&10000000000000104000000104	&1000000000000003521000035.21

External links

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