Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 30% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Millwall
Jan 2025 – Oct 2026 · 90 matches
1.69 points per game in Championship (80 matches).
Millwall with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.39 (138 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +17 above the league average under him, −43 under the others.
Most used
- J. Cooper7,701' · Elo 2,116
- T. Crama6,183' · Elo 2,112
- M. Ivanović4,944' · Elo 2,019
- C. Neghli4,916' · Elo 2,135
- C. De Norre4,720' · Elo 2,104
- O. Azeez4,176' · Elo 2,102
- Zak Norton Sturge3,907' · Elo 2,104
- C. Taylor3,455' · Elo 2,106
- J. Coburn3,345' · Elo 2,113
- B. Mitchell3,275' · Elo 2,048
Stoke City
Aug 2022 – Dec 2023 · 66 matches
1.12 points per game in Championship (60 matches).
Stoke City with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.29 (265 matches, 9 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +12 above the league average under him, −30 under the others.
Most used
- B. Wilmot4,137' · Elo 2,071
- J. Laurent4,044' · Elo 1,942
- M. Fox3,282' · Elo 1,740
- T. Campbell3,187' · Elo 1,920
- W. Smallbone3,016' · Elo 2,006
- J. Bonham2,925' · Elo 1,869
- B. Pearson2,810' · Elo 1,710
- J. Brown2,668' · Elo 1,767
- K. Hoever2,619' · Elo 1,941
- J. Thompson2,538' · Elo 1,763
Sunderland
Feb 2022 – Aug 2022 · 25 matches
1.88 points per game in League One / Championship (24 matches).
Sunderland with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.59 (267 matches, 8 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +61 above the league average under him, +72 under the others.
Most used
- A. Patterson2,160' · Elo 2,091
- R. Stewart2,124' · Elo 1,956
- D. Cirkin1,890' · Elo 1,984
- B. Wright1,793' · Elo 1,636
- C. Evans1,787' · Elo 1,553
- L. Gooch1,722' · Elo 1,755
- J. Clarke1,592' · Elo 2,113
- L. O'Nien1,410' · Elo 2,060
- A. Pritchard1,362' · Elo 1,598
- D. Batth1,177' · Elo 1,573
Preston
Aug 2017 – Mar 2021 · 191 matches
1.39 points per game in Championship (176 matches).
Preston with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.43 (183 matches, 3 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +1 above the league average under him, −44 under the others.
Most used
- A. Browne13,277' · Elo 1,929
- T. Barkhuizen11,863' · Elo 1,461
- B. Davies11,608' · Elo 1,903
- D. Rudd11,070' · Elo 1,584
- D. Johnson9,991' · Elo 1,674
- D. Fisher9,802' · Elo 1,589
- B. Pearson9,783' · Elo 1,710
- P. Huntington8,901' · Elo 1,305
- S. Maguire8,128' · Elo 1,417
- A. Hughes7,814' · Elo 1,726
Norwich
Aug 2016 – Mar 2017 · 41 matches
1.47 points per game in Championship (36 matches).
Norwich with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.68 (102 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +40 above the league average under him, +58 under the others.
Most used
- Russell Martin2,635' · Elo 1,284
- T. Klose2,610' · Elo 1,602
- Alexander Banor Tettey2,589' · Elo 1,198
- C. Jerome2,468' · Elo 845
- Ivo Pinto2,447' · Elo 1,685
- J. Howson2,432' · Elo 1,798
- J. Murphy2,382' · Elo 2,267
- R. Brady2,119' · Elo 1,666
- Wesley Hoolahan2,111' · Elo 1,072
- J. Ruddy2,070' · Elo 1,525
Players under Alexander Francis Neil
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
in 58 matches · Millwall
- S. Maguire+547
in 122 matches · Preston
- M. Ivanović+543
in 72 matches · Millwall
- A. Pritchard+449
in 42 matches · Sunderland
- A. Emakhu+435
in 46 matches · Millwall
Fell most
- S. Sinclair−120
in 54 matches · Preston
- B. Whiteman−112
in 15 matches · Preston
- D. Nugent−90
in 25 matches · Preston
- L. McNally−79
in 19 matches · Stoke City
- J. Molumby−65
in 12 matches · Preston
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−80M. Luongo1886
in 10 matches · Ipswich
−79A. Gunnarsson1563
in 3 matches · Cardiff
−77E. Bennett1282
in 6 matches · Shrewsbury
−74J. Williams1873
in 10 matches · Bristol City
−67B. Sheaf1940
in 5 matches · Wrexham
Nemeses
+188J. Swift1789
in 13 matches · Portsmouth
+163W. Vaulks1650
in 11 matches · Oxford United
+129M. Fox1740
in 6 matches · QPR
+128G. Hall1476
in 5 matches · Rotherham
+122T. Cantwell1942
in 8 matches · Blackburn
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −64
T. Mowbray1889
in 10 matches · West Brom
- −53
Neil Warnock1645
in 7 matches · Huddersfield
- −46
M. Robins1999
in 8 matches · Stoke City
- −39
Julien Stéphan1994
in 3 matches · QPR
- −36
L. Johnson1733
in 7 matches · Bristol City
Nemesis coaches
- +160
Gary Rowett1904
in 11 matches · Oxford United
- +113
Paul Warne1857
in 6 matches · Rotherham
- +88
Mick McCarthy1561
in 6 matches · Blackpool
- +58
Slaven Bilić1939
in 3 matches · Watford
- +57
G. Potter2247
in 3 matches · Brighton
Playing style
How Alexander Francis Neil's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 5 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
-0.01style consistency across 5 clubs
More consistent than 30% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Preston181 matches
Millwall90 matches
Stoke City65 matches
Norwich36 matches
Sunderland25 matches