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DUNCAN NEALE

Born: 01 October 1939

Came from: Newcastle United Went to: Plymouth City

First game: 24 August 1963 Last game: 18 April 1970

Appearances: 166 (161/5) Goals: 9

Born in Worthing, West Sussex, Neale was a right wing-half who began his career with non-league Ilford in Essex, not far from where his father grew up in Tolleshunt D'Arcy and an area he knew well.

Spotted playing for the Isthmian League side he secured a move to Newcastle United in June 1959, and was often referred to - with a bit of geographical license - as a 'Brighton Boy'. Joining Charlie Mitten's squad, known as 'Mitten's Marvels', he played in both midfield and defence for the Magpies. He was famous for scoring five goals against Fulham, two on his debut in a 7-2 thumping in August 1960, and then a hat-trick as a wing-half in a 5-0 win in an FA Cup 3rd Round match in January 1961. Both games were at St James Park. In three years with the Toon, he played 98 times and scored 12 goals in total, and would have played against Argyle as both clubs were in the same division during his time in the north-east.

He then made one of the longest moves possible, moving from Newcastle to Argyle, under Ellis Stuttard, for £15,000 in July 1963. Although he never quite fully made star status in his seven seasons at Home Park, he was an exceptionally strong, whole-hearted and popular half-back. His debut in green was a baptism of fire, as Argyle slumped to a 5-0 defeat at Middlesbrough's Ayresome Park on the opening day of the 1963-64 season. Things did improve significantly however, as he was a member of the side that made the Football League Cup semi-finals in 1964-65.

As well as a wing-half, he also played as a sweeper and full-back, and his versatility led to him being called 'the perfect substitute'. He did make 166 appearances for the club and scored nine times, playing under seven different managerial set-ups, including a brief spell 'by committee' in 1963.

After his professional career came to an end, he played for Plymouth City, the short-lived non-league club based at Pennycross Stadium, who played for a single season in the Western League, in 1970-71, before dissolving.

Following the end of his career, Neale remained settled, living and working in Plymouth, and has been a regular match-day guest at Home Park across the years, for Argyle Legends and latterly under their new guise as Forever Green (the former players' association at the club) and he is a regular in their charity golf matches.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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