Neil Martin made a solitary first-team appearance as a substitute in the Setanta Shield (the Conference’s short-lived league cup competition) at home to Ebbsfleet on 21 December 2007. He later made over 400 appearances for Dorchester Town before playing for Tiverton Town and Paulton Rovers. 

After coming on for Rob Edwards to make his only appearance for the first team, Somerset-born Neil - who had started out as a trainee with the Grecians in 2005 - moved to Hayes and Yeading United at the start of the 2008/09 season initially on loan then permanently. Moving again after just a dozen games, he signed for Dorchester Town where he remained for most of the following eleven years save for short spells at Weymouth and Poole Town in 2013. 

Ultimately making 402 appearances for the Magpies he left for Tiverton around the time of the outbreak of Covid-19 before switching to Paulton Rovers in 2021. He is their Club Captain.