Manager:  Alan Knill
Nationality:  Wales
Date of Birth:  08 Oct 1964
Position:  Defender

Playing Stats
Bury Stats (to end of 0708)  Starts: 170 As Sub: 4 Goals: 10
Career Stats (to end of 0708) Starts: 651 As Sub: 5 Goals: 34

Alan Knill was appointed as Bury's 35th manager on Monday 04 February 2008 with the former Welsh international leaving Saltergate where he had been assistant manager to Lee Richardson at Chesterfield.

Knill will not be intimidated by the task that lies ahead with Bury on the brink of the relegation zone, for he found himself in a similar position when taking on his first full commission as manager with Rotherham United in 2005 and is returning to familiar surroundings at Gigg Lane where he first arrived as a player in 1989.

Bury paid a then record transfer fee of £95,000 to Swansea to secure his registration.Alan went onto make 144 league appearances for the Shakers before signing for Scunthorpe United after a loan spell at Cardiff City.

Rotherham United then signed him on a free transfer in July 1997 and he took his career tally to 31 goals in 560 league games.Having finished playing at the end of the 1998/99 season, Alan became Rotherham's Youth Team coach and following the sacking of Ronnie Moore stepped into the breach to make a valiant effort to keep Rotherham in the Championship and he was eventually endorsed as manager in December 2005.

Knill started his career with Southampton as an apprentice but was released by manager Lawrie McMenemy who didn't think him good enough to make the grade.He made his football league debut in Halifax Town's 2-0 defeat by visiting Blackpool on 25 August 1984 missing only two if the 'Shaymens' 46 league games in that inaugural season in which he registered his first goal, ironically in the return game with Blackpool, which finished 1-1 at Bloomfield Road.

It was the start of a successful adventure for the six foot three centre back who was the subject of a £15,000 transfer to Swansea in August 1987.£95,000 brought Alan to Gigg Lane in August 1989 where he made a further 150+ appearances.A loan move to Cardiff in September 1993 before he joined Scunthorpe United.After four years with the Iron, Alan joined Rotherham United until 1999 before he took over their youth team and eventually as first team manager.