Neil David Redfearn was born on 20 June 1965 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, who was most recently head coach of Sheffield United Women.
37 Facts About Neil Redfearn
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Neil Redfearn has had spells as caretaker manager of Halifax Town and York City and as manager of Scarborough, Northwich Victoria and Leeds United.
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Neil Redfearn later made his name as goalscoring midfielder at lower-division sides Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers.
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Neil Redfearn's last season with Oldham constituted a career highlight as he was an ever-present in the team that won the Second Division title and returned the Latics to the top-flight of English football after a gap of 68 years.
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In September 1991, Neil Redfearn joined Barnsley, and it was at this club he arguably spent his prime years.
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Neil Redfearn left Barnsley having played 338 first team games, scoring 83 goals.
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Neil Redfearn did not make much impact at Bradford, scoring just st Leicester City, and joined his 10th team, Wigan Athletic after just nine months in Bradford.
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Neil Redfearn started a second spell in caretaker charge on 4 March 2002 due to the enforced absence of Little.
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Neil Redfearn spent the better part of two years at Boston, before finishing his Football League career at Rochdale in the spring of 2004.
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Neil Redfearn signed a new contract with Scarborough in April 2005.
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When Henry was dismissed on 24 October 2005 Neil Redfearn was named caretaker manager, before being appointed permanently on 1 November while remaining registered as a player.
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Neil Redfearn resigned on 6 July 2006 after Mark Patterson was brought in as assistant manager.
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Neil Redfearn subsequently signed with Northern Premier League First Division side Bradford Park Avenue later that month.
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Neil Redfearn made his 1,000th competitive appearance on 4 November 2006, when Bradford Park Avenue faced Solihull Borough in the second qualifying round of the FA Trophy.
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Neil Redfearn quit Bradford Park Avenue in March 2007, joining Northern Premier League First Division rivals Stocksbridge Park Steels, but left on 19 June to become manager of Conference Premier side Northwich Victoria.
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Neil Redfearn resigned on 17 September 2007, after the club only managed one point from their first nine games, leaving them bottom of the Conference Premier.
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Neil Redfearn joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Frickley Athletic as a player in September 2007.
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Neil Redfearn left them in January 2008 after the departure of manager Ash Berry.
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Neil Redfearn moved onto Salford City of the Northern Premier League Division One North in October 2008.
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Neil Redfearn left York over a month later after being appointed coach of the under-18 academy team at Leeds United on 30 December 2008 and he assumed this role on 1 January 2009.
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Neil Redfearn took over as manager of the Leeds reserve team in December 2010 following the dismissal of Neil Thompson.
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Neil Redfearn was appointed caretaker manager at Leeds following the dismissal of manager Simon Grayson on 1 February 2012.
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Neil Redfearn's spell as the Head of Academy was heavily praised due to the influx of Leeds academy players breaking through into the first team such as Dominic Poleon, Chris Dawson, Sam Byram, Alex Mowatt, Lewis Cook and Kalvin Phillips.
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On 28 August 2014, Neil Redfearn was appointed caretaker head coach after head coach Dave Hockaday and his assistant Junior Lewis were dismissed by owner Massimo Cellino, having been in the job for only 70 days.
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Cellino confirmed that Neil Redfearn would be appointed as Leeds' new head coach.
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On 27 October 2014 Neil Redfearn confirmed that he verbally agreed to become head coach of Leeds after receiving reassurances that if it does not work out, he will revert to his previous job back in the academy.
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On 1 November 2014, Neil Redfearn was confirmed as the club's new head coach, on an initial 12-month contract with the option of a further 12 months, the contract had a clause that would see Neil Redfearn return to the academy if he was to leave his role as head coach.
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Also on 2 April 2015, a story emerged that Neil Redfearn had been put under pressure to 'not select' top scorer Mirco Antenucci, because Antenucci's contract featured a clause of an extra year on his contract, should he score 12 goals in his first season.
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On 10 June 2015, Neil Redfearn had accepted to return to his role at the academy.
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On 9 October 2015, Neil Redfearn was appointed manager of Championship club Rotherham United on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
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Neil Redfearn was dismissed as manager on 8 February 2016, with Rotherham 22nd in the table.
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Neil Redfearn resigned on 14 September 2018 after just one game in charge.
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On 2 October 2018, Neil Redfearn was appointed as the new assistant coach of Ben Dawson at Newcastle United U23.
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On 21 June 2019, Neil Redfearn was promoted to the role of Newcastle United U23 head coach.
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On 4 July 2019, Neil Redfearn was announced as the caretaker head coach, assisted by Ben Dawson after the departure of manager Rafael Benitez on 30 June.
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On 5 November 2019, Neil Redfearn stepped down from this position.
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On 28 August 2020, Neil Redfearn was announced as the new head coach of Sheffield United Women.