Neil Moss (footballer)

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Neil Moss

Personal information
Full name	Neil Graham Moss
Date of birth	10 May 1975 (1975-05-10) (age 36)
Place of birth	New Milton, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1992–1993	Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1995	Bournemouth	22	(0)
1995–2003	Southampton	24	(0)
1997	→Gillingham (loan)	10	(0)
2002	→Bournemouth (loan)	14	(0)
2003–2008	Bournemouth	149	(0)
Total		219	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Neil Graham Moss (born 10 May 1975 in New Milton, Hampshire) is a retired footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Bournemouth.

Playing career

Moss started his career at Bournemouth as a trainee in May 1992 and signed his first professional contract with the club in January 1993. He moved to Southampton in December 1995 for a fee of £250,000, where he proved to be a reliable, steady goalkeeper but was unable to displace Paul Jones or Antti Niemi as first choice goalkeeper. After only making 22 starts in eight years, he returned to Bournemouth in February 2003.

Moss is well known as a lifelong Bournemouth supporter – he used to watch the team play from the terraces before signing for the club.

During Bournemouth's 1–0 home victory against Millwall on 17 March 2007, Moss was in the net in the South Stand, where the Millwall fans were, and he had over 30 coins (totalling around £5) thrown at him.^{[citation needed]} In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live two days later, he revealed that he had escaped from the incident unhurt.

Due to a long standing wrist injury which failed to heal sufficiently, Moss announced his immediate retirement on 14 July 2008.

Coaching career

Moss currently runs a goalkeeping coaching company, which he set up in 2007.[1]

Moss is now goalkeeping coach for Bournemouth, having signed for the 2009–10 season.

References

• Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X. 

External links

• Neil Moss career stats at Soccerbase

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Name	Moss, Neil
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Date of birth	10 May 1975
Place of birth	New Milton, England
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