Alex Neil — Data, evidence & sources
Alex Neil
Millwall· EFL Championship · 
Scotland · Age 45
71/ 100
Solid
34th percentile of covered managers
Career snapshot
Age
45
9 JUN 1981
Appointed
30 DEC 2024
Tenure
1Y 9M
1 year, 9 months
Contractⓘ
Until 30 June 2027
Two-year agreement
Senior managerial experienceⓘ
1 year, 9 months
Since 1 JAN 2013
In coaching
1 year, 9 months
Includes academy & assistant roles
Season: 2026/27Competition: EFL ChampionshipUpdated: Updated todaySource: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Current Club — All Competitions
82
42
18
22
51.2%
GF 107 · GA 91 · GD 16 · 2025-01-01 → 2026-08-25
Current Season — League
2 matches · 2–0–0 · 100%
Current Club — League
73 matches · 37–16–20 · 50.7%
All verified competitive senior first-team matches managed during the current uninterrupted spell. Verified fixtures → match records → manager assignments → approved canonical layer.
Data profile
Verified career record
Aggregated from individual senior spells
Spells awaiting a verified match record: Hamilton Academical (2013–2015), Norwich City (2015–2017), Preston North End (2017–2021), Sunderland (2022–2022), Stoke City (2022–2023), Millwall ().
Senior head-coach spells only. Assistant and development-team roles are excluded from win-loss totals, and each spell counts only matches managed at that club.
Methodology & data freshness
GafferScore 0.4 (provisional editorial) · tactical model 0.3 (prototype model) · rankings updated 2026-08-17. Form window: Last 10 competitive matches, recency weighted.
Updated today · Confidence MEDIUM · Source: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Image credits
Visual: GafferLens generic Millwall shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for Alex Neil (status: PLACEHOLDER).