Neil Slatter

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Neil Slatter (born 30 May 1964 in Cardiff) is a former professional footballer, who played at left back. He began his career with Bristol Rovers in 1980, where he remained for five years before moving on to Oxford United.^[1]

He was a pupil at Ton-Yr-Wren Primary School and Llanishen High School.

At the age of 16 Neil furthered his career by being spotted and being chosen to play for the Wales national football team along with Ian Rush and Mark Hughes. Slatter became the youngest player to represent Wales at that time. In all, he was capped 21 times for his country.

Slatter suffered a knee injury which ended his career in 1991 at the age of 27.

Neil now lives in his home town of Cardiff with his wife Alyson and daughters Lauren and Chloe, where he has worked as a policeman for over 15 years.

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Scored first ever goal against Manchester United with Sir Alex Ferguson in charge.