[2] After delaying his return to the UK in 1976 due to his father's ill health, he arrived nearing the end of the season and rode for several teams without scoring a point.
[4] After breaking a leg in 1979, while riding as guest for Birmingham Brummies, he bought himself out of his contract with Leicester Lions and in 1980 he moved on to Hull Vikings and then Poole Pirates,[4] followed by a British League Championship-winning season with Cradley Heathens in 1981.
[5] In 1983 ,McNeill spent a season in the Californian racing scene riding three times per week at Costa Mesa (Orange County fairground), Ventura, and San Bernardino, returning to Australia to place second in the Victorian Championship and qualifying for the national title.
[citation needed] The company conducted events in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, where they set a box office record in 1991 at the now defunct Burswood Dome of 31,031 people.
[citation needed] Currently he resides at Collaroy Beach in Australia and is busy with several projects including the design of a bag free shopping system, Rubber Ties for bicycle carry racks and a self propelled snow ski unit for going up slopes where no lifts are available also rehearsing and playing guitar and singing in a Christian church band and at retirement villages in and around the Northern Beaches of Sydney.