Please answer the following question: Facts:   - clubs: middlesbrough ipswich town cambridge city    - caps: 178 146    - position: left-back    - nationalcaps: 9    - years: 1957 -- 1964 1964 -- 1972 1972 -- 1976    - nationalyears: 1960 -- 1961    - nationalgoals: 0      - birth date: 7 february 1940    - fullname: michael mcneil    - name: michael mcneil    - nationalteam: england    - birth place: middlesbrough , england    - goals: 3 4   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mick mcneil .
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michael `` mick '' mcneil -lrb- born 7 february 1940 -rrb- is a former middlesbrough and ipswich town footballer who made nine appearances for england in 1960 and 1961 .during his career he made 178 football league appearances for middlesbrough and almost 150 appearances for ipswich town .