Alan Knill

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Alan Knill
Full name	Alan Richard Knill
Date of birth	October 8, 1964 (age 42)
Place of birth	Slough, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Central defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982-1984 1984-1987 1987-1989 1989-1993 1993 1993-1997 1997-2001	Southampton Halifax Town Swansea City Bury → Cardiff City (loan) Scunthorpe United Rotherham United	000 (0) 118 (6) 089 (3) 144 (8) 004 (0) 130 (8) 077 (6)
National team
1988	Wales	001 (0)
Teams managed
2005-2007	Rotherham United
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alan Richard Knill (born 8 October 1964 in Slough) is a former footballer. He is presently a coach at Chesterfield. Between February 2006 and March 2007 he was manager of League One side Rotherham United.

As a player, Knill was a central defender for Southampton (1982-84), Halifax Town (1984-87), Swansea City (1987-89), Bury (1989-93), Cardiff City (1993, on loan), Scunthorpe United (1993-97) and Rotherham United (1997-99).

He also played once for Wales, in a World Cup qualifier against Holland in Amsterdam in September 1988, where he impressively marked Marco van Basten out of the match.

Knill was appointed manager of Rotherham in February 2006, when predecessor Mick Harford was sacked.

On March 1, 2007, Knill was sacked as manager of Rotherham United, leaving the club bottom of League One and without a win in his final 14 games.^[1]

On March 17, 2007, he was appointed to Chesterfield's backroom staff to help newly appointed caretaker manager Lee Richardson save the Spireites from relegation from League One.^[2]

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	L	D	Win %
Rotherham United (caretaker manager)		January 31, 2005	April 7, 2005	11	2	7	2	18.18
Rotherham United		December 10, 2005	March 1, 2007	59	18	24	17	30.50