Steve Foley (footballer, born 1962)

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Steve Foley
Personal information
Full name Stephen Foley[1]
Date of birth (1962-10-04) 4 October 1962 (age 62)[1]
Place of birth Kirkdale, Liverpool, England[1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1978–1980 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Liverpool 0 (0)
1983–1984 → Fulham (loan) 3 (0)
1984–1985 Grimsby Town 31 (2)
1985–1987 Sheffield United 66 (14)
1987–1992 Swindon Town 151 (23)
1992–1994 Stoke City 107 (10)
1994–1995 Lincoln City 16 (0)
1995 Bradford City 1 (0)
Total 375 (49)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Foley (born 4 October 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Liverpool, Fulham, Grimsby Town, Sheffield United, Swindon Town, Stoke City, Lincoln City and Bradford City.[1]

Career

Foley was born in Liverpool and began his career with local club Liverpool, signing a professional contract in 1980. He never made a first team appearance at Anfield, and spent a loan spell with Fulham, lasting from December 1983 to January 1984, in which he made three league appearances. Foley left Liverpool in the summer of 1984, signing a permanent deal with Grimsby Town. Foley remained at Blundell Park for just one season, making 40 appearances, scoring six goals – before signing with Sheffield United. Foley spent two seasons with the Blades, making 79 appearances, scoring 18 goals before moving to Lou Macari's Swindon Town for a fee of £40,000. Foley spent four and a half years at Swindon, making 190 appearances, scoring 29 goals before moving to Stoke City in January 1992 for a fee of £50,000 to again work under Macari.

Foley filled in at right back for the remainder of the 1991–92 season which saw him play 26 games helping Stoke reach the play-offs where they lost to Stockport County and he did play in the 1992 Football League Trophy final which Stoke won 1–0 against Stockport.[1] He played in 54 matches, scoring ten goals in 1992–93 as Stoke won the Football League Division Two title.[1] In 1993–94 Foley again played in 54 matches scoring just twice and was released at the end of the season.[1] He then spent a season at Lincoln City and ended his career at Bradford City.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 1983–84 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fulham (loan) 1983–84 Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Grimsby Town 1984–85 Second Division 31 2 3 1 6 2 0 0 40 6
Sheffield United 1985–86 Second Division 28 5 2 0 2 1 1 0 33 6
1986–87 Second Division 38 9 3 1 3 2 2 0 46 12
Total 66 14 5 1 5 3 3 0 79 18
Swindon Town 1987–88 Second Division 35 4 2 0 4 1 4 1 45 6
1988–89 Second Division 40 8 4 2 2 0 2 0 48 10
1989–90 Second Division 23 4 1 0 3 0 6 2 33 6
1990–91 Second Division 44 7 3 0 4 0 1 0 52 7
1991–92 Second Division 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 0
Total 151 23 10 2 16 1 13 3 190 29
Stoke City 1991–92 Third Division 20 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 26 1
1992–93 Second Division 44 7 2 0 4 0 4 3 54 10
1993–94 First Division 43 2 4 0 4 0 3 0 54 2
Total 107 10 6 0 8 0 13 3 134 13
Lincoln City 1994–95 Third Division 16 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 21 0
Bradford City 1995–96 Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 375 50 26 4 36 6 31 6 468 66
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy.

Honours

Stoke City

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ Steve Foley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • Steve Foley at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  • Steve Foley at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata