Neil Doherty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English footballer
Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1969
Place of Birth: Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Neil Doherty
- Neil Doherty (born 21 February 1969) is an English former professional footballer.
- Doherty played as a Winger.
- As well as having two spells at Barrow, his home-town club, Doherty played with Watford, Birmingham City, Northampton Town and Kidderminster Harriers.Doherty began his career with Watford, though never played a professional game for the club.
- He signed for Barrow in 1990 under Ray Wilkie and became part of the FA Trophy winning squad.
- After Barrow were relegated from the Conference National in 1992, Doherty initially remained with the team.
- However, promotion was not forthcoming and he was sold to Birmingham for £40 000 in 1994, having made over 300 appearances for the club.
- He was with the Birmingham team for two seasons, winning Division Two and the Football League Trophy in 1995.
- During this period, however, Doherty was never a first choice player, and he left having made 23 league appearances for the club. After a spell on loan to Northampton Town at the end of his time with Birmingham, Doherty joined Kidderminster Harriers of the Conference for the start of the 1996/97 season.
- Doherty's time with the club was initially successful, with his 14 goals earning him an England Semi-Professional cap in 1997.
- Doherty fell out of favour, however, and in 1998 played on loan with Barrow, who were briefly back in the Football Conference.
- He left Kidderminster at the end of the 1998/99 season, and moved to Barrow permanently in August 1999.
- He played his last few seasons with the club but had noticeable lost pace, and he retired at the end of the 2001/02 season, having made a total of 446 appearances for Barrow. Since retiring, Doherty has coached at and represented Barrow within the local community.
- He now runs the InsideOut Soccer Schools for children in Barrow.
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