Name: Richard McNeil
Seasons Played: 1971/72-1973/74
Position: Centre-forward
Date of Birth: 16.01.1947
Birthplace: Melton Mowbray
League Debut: 15.01.1972, Brentford (h), Div 4
League Games: 96+1
League Goals: 53
Career: Holwell Works, Leicester City, Exeter City, Corby Town, Northampton Town, LCFC, Hereford United, Wrexham, Hereford United, Chirk AAA.

One of the Imps' most prolific post-War goalscorers, Richard "Dixie" McNeil was on Leicester City's books as a schoolboy before joining Fourth Division Exeter City following his release by the Foxes.

He made his Football League bow for Exeter in 1966 against Wrexham, a side he would go on to both play for and manage, and went on to finish as the Grecians' top scorer in the 1966/67 season with 11 goals from 31 appearances.

Despite this record, McNeil was released by Exeter and moved into the non-League scene with Southern League side Corby Town before making the short trip to Northampton Town in the summer of 1969.

He went on to score 33 League goals during two and a half seasons for the Cobblers before joining the Imps in January 1972 for a fee of £9,500 as replacement for Phil Hubbard who had made the switch to Norwich City.

McNeil got his City career off to a goalscoring start in a 4-1 home win over Brentford and went on to become a regular on the scoresheet during his first season at Sincil Bank, netting a total of 13 goals from 20 starts.

He remained just as prolific over the next two seasons with 21 goals from 40 appearances in 1972/73 being followed by 19 from 36 the following season. In fact he even netted on his only substitute appearance, at Bury in November 1973, to become only the fourth player in the Club's history to score after coming off the bench.

One of only three Imps to have scored a hat-trick only to finish on the losing side, McNeil's had scored 53 times from 97 appearances before being sold by Graham Taylor to Hereford United in August 1974 for £20,000.

He turned out to be even more prolific for the Bulls, plundering 66 goals in 85 League appearances during his first two seasons at Edgar Street, the latter seeing him win a Third Division championship medal.

He went on to bag a further 19 goals in 44 games for Hereford before securing a £60,000 move to Wrexham in September 1977 and another Third Division winners' medal eight months later.

After five years with Wrexham (166 apps, 54 goals) McNeil returned to Hereford who were then languishing at the foot of the Fourth Division before retiring from the professional game in 1983.

McNeil - whose 239 League goals puts him just outside the top 50 all-time League goalscoring chart - retired to concentrate on his business ventures but played for Chirk AAA in the Welsh National League and even in Sunday League football before returning to Wrexham as manager in April 1985 as successor to Bobby Roberts.

He helped the club to Welsh Cup success in his first year and led them into Europe in 1987 before departing in October 1989.

After a spell as Coventry City's assistant manager and boss of Flint Town and Caernarfon Town, McNeil - 15th in the Imps' all-time League goalscoring chart - worked as a pundit for BBC Wales and is currently the man in charge of League of Wales outfit NEWI Cefn Druids.