Club career Lucas Neill

1 club career

1.1 millwall
1.2 blackburn rovers
1.3 west ham united
1.4 everton
1.5 galatasaray
1.6 al jazira
1.7 al wasl
1.8 sydney fc
1.9 omiya ardija
1.10 watford

1.10.1 doncaster rovers (loan)

club career
millwall

neill joined millwall on free transfer in november 1995, making debut on 17 february against luton town in 1996. in 6 years @ den, made 174 appearances in competitions, scoring 13 goals. in september 2001, neill, longest serving player @ club, submitted transfer request , shortly after, signed blackburn rovers initial fee of £600,000 plus £400,000 more depending on appearances.

blackburn rovers

neill played first game blackburn in september 2001 against sunderland , scored first blackburn goal later month against bolton wanderers. neill combative, versatile player. has played in defensive positions during professional career , key member both club , national team. blackburn won 2001–02 football league cup neill cup-tied.

neill regarded blackburn rovers supporters largely due never-say-die, determined attitude. 1 of blackburn rovers consistent performers , held right position on 5 years.

neill s combative , committed style of play in premier league attracted criticism in 2003–04 @ time when blackburn had been criticised routinely aggressive play. broke leg of liverpool defender jamie carragher when trailing leg caught of liverpool player in fifth game of 2003–04 season in tackle @ ewood park. carragher, popular home-grown liverpool player, sidelined 6 months , incident sparked war of words between gérard houllier , graeme souness after neill , manager did not apologise 48 hours.

johan neeskens, became assistant barcelona manager frank rijkaard 2006–07 season, said neill play of best clubs . on 4 august 2006 announced not sign new four-year contract blackburn rovers. player s agent, peter harrison, said has enjoyed time [at blackburn], loves club , fans, feels time change. on 30 august, liverpool reportedly made £2 million bid neill; however, bid rejected blackburn. club wanted stephen warnock in part exchange neill, liverpool not prepared let left go. in late november, rumours emerged chelsea interested in signature. neill, once cult hero @ blackburn, left under of storm , extremely unpopular amongst blackburn fans. booed , barracked on return ewood park in march 2007.

west ham united

neill playing west ham.

in january 2007 neill turned on un-confirmed bid liverpool in favour of west ham united, following successful transfer of stephen warnock liverpool blackburn. neill accused of primary motivating factor being money, later refuted these claims, stating move purely footballing reasons. neill later alleged media liverpool had not made him feel wanted, , had not spoken manager rafael benítez. neill made league debut hammers in february 2007 against watford, picked knee injury. captained team first time during 3–4 defeat against tottenham hotspur following month , went on play every remaining game of season. became permanent team captain following nigel reo-coker s transfer aston villa. neill made first appearance team captain in 1–1 draw against wigan athletic on 25 august 2007. neill scored goal west ham in 3–2 away defeat west brom in september 2008. @ end of 2008–09 season neill rejected one-year contract extension west ham, becoming free agent.

everton

neill , national teammate tim cahill playing everton in 2009

on 17 september 2009, neill joined close friend tim cahill @ everton on free transfer, signing one-year deal. unveiled fans @ half time during everton s 4–0 europa league win @ goodison park against aek athens.

neill played first game everton on 23 september 2009 in league cup, coming on second half substitution leighton baines, in 4–0 victory on hull city. neill s first start everton in premier league on 25 october 2009 played full match against bolton wanderers setting 2 goals.

galatasaray

on 13 january 2010, neill agreed join turkish side galatasaray. neill signed one-and-a-half-year contract galatasaray, linking socceroo teammate harry kewell. neill made turkish super lig debut galatasaray on 24 january 2010 in 1–0 home win @ ali sami yen stadium against gaziantepspor. neill along kewell , several others released @ end of 2010–11 season.

al jazira

on 19 august 2011 announced had signed one-year contract uae pro league club al jazira. on 2 june 2012 announced had been released club.

al wasl

he signed in august 2012 one-year contract al wasl. in january 2013, neill released al wasl after club signed ahmad ibrahim khalaf, replacing neill import player.

sydney fc

in february 2013 neill signed sydney fc. made a-league debut sydney fc against melbourne heart on 24 february 2013 @ aami park in melbourne. neill played 4 games of ten-game guest stint @ sydney fc.

omiya ardija

on 18 august 2013, neill signed japanese team omiya ardija. signed four-month deal remainder of japanese season. in november 2013, @ end of japanese football season, neill not offered contract extension, , had start looking club. offered services a-league clubs did not receive offers.

watford

on 24 february 2014 neill signed championship team, watford remainder of 2013-14 season, made 1 appearance, 84th-minute substitute in 3-0 home win against barnsley on 15 march before being released in june 2014 ending career player.

doncaster rovers (loan)

not needed cover watford s injury worries eased, neill moved doncaster rovers on 26 march 2014 on loan until 22 april 2014, subsequently extended remainder of 2013–14 season. neill made 4 appearances club. on 8 september 2015, reported neill close signing national premier leagues nsw club hakoah sydney city east fc, neill identified potential leader @ club roster replete talented youngsters.