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Neil Carroll
Personal information
Full name Neil Carroll[1]
Date of birth (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 38)
Place of birth Liverpool, England[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Liverpool FC Academy
2005–2007 Chester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Chester City 1 (0)
2008 Leigh RMI (loan) 21 (?)
2008–2010 Caernarfon Town 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2008

Neil Carroll (born 21 September 1988) is an English former footballer.

Carroll spent four years at the Liverpool Academy[2] before he joined Chester City as a junior, progressing to a professional contract.[3] He made his solitary Football League appearance for Chester in a 2–1 win at Macclesfield Town on 29 September 2007, starting the game in midfield. He was loaned to Leigh RMI under Steve Bleasdale in 2008 and was released by Chester at the end of the season.

He joined Caernarfon Town in July 2008.

Personal life

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In July 2012, Carroll was left with permanent brain damage and in a wheelchair, following a fall from a Liverpool flyover, after being abandoned by a taxi driver who stole from him.[4] The taxi driver was convicted of theft in May 2013.[5]

His mother later sought to sue the convicted taxi driver on his behalf[6] as well as the taxi owner, the taxi company and the insurance company, claiming his injuries were as direct consequence of his taxi journey home. The case went as far as the High Court but was unsuccessful.[7][8]

In a separate legal case, his family also took action around Knowsley Council's attempt to get he and his girlfriend to move to a smaller property under the Bedroom tax welfare policy.[9] This action against this was successful as the family proved that each of the four bedrooms was in use - one for Neil in a specially adapted bed, one for his partner, one for a lift to get Neil upstairs, and one for his live-in carer.[10]

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ↑ Powell, Dave (3 March 2020). "Ex-Chester City player Neil Carroll receives helping hand from Former Players Association". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Chester keen for duo to pen deals". BBC Sport. 24 April 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  4. ↑ "Ex-Chester City footballer brain damaged after Rocket flyover fall is amazing doctors with his recovery". Cheshire Live. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Stewart, Gary (9 May 2013). "Man who fell from Rocket flyover was abandoned by thieving cabbie, court hears". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Mother sues cabbie for dumping her son, who then tragically plunged 60ft". Daily Express. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "High Court Judgement" (PDF). Credit The Barrister. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Humphries, Jonathan (9 February 2020). "Family of bridge fall footballer scammed by thieving cabbie lose bid to sue insurers". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Traynor, Luke (14 January 2026). "Footballer left 'paralysed' by Rocket flyover fall now fighting hated Tory Bedroom Tax". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  10. ↑ Traynor, Luke (18 January 2026). "Bedroom Tax victory: Brain damaged ex-footballer in Rocket flyover fall beats hated Tory policy". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 8 April 2026.


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