Steve Berry (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Andrew Berry | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1980–1981 | Gosport Borough | ||
| 1981–1984 | Portsmouth | 35 | (3) |
| 1984 | → Aldershot (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Sunderland | 46 | (2) |
| 1985–1987 | Newport County | 62 | (6) |
| 1987 | Swindon Town | 10 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Aldershot | 53 | (6) |
| 1988–1991 | Northampton Town | 129 | (7) |
| 1991-1992 | Instant Dict | 26 | (12) |
| 1992-1993 | Darmstadt | 7 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Instant-Dict | 42 | (19) |
| 1995–1996 | Stevenage Borough | 37 | (2) |
| 1996–1998 | Kettering Town | 74 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Stevenage Borough | 27 | (0) |
| 1999 - 2001 | Rushden & Diamonds | 2 | (0) |
| 2003-2005 | Bedford Town | 24 | (0) |
| 2005-2006 | Cogenhoe United | 9 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1998 | Kettering Town (player-manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Stephen Andrew "Steve" Berry (born 4 April 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Portsmouth, Aldershot, Sunderland, Newport County, Swindon Town and Northampton Town,[2] in the German second division for Darmstadt, and in the Hong Kong First Division League for Instant-Dict.
[edit] Career
Steve was born in Liverpool,[2] and played for Gosport Borough before beginning his professional career with Portsmouth.[3] He made his League debut at the age of 18, on 29 August 1981 in the starting eleven for the Third Division home draw with Lincoln City. He played 35 games in all competitions and scored three goals in the 1981–82 season, but played rarely after the arrival of Bobby Campbell as manager.[4] He joined Aldershot on loan in March 1984 and moved to First Division Sunderland on a free transfer in July 1984.[5]
Aged 21, he made his Sunderland debut on 25 August 1984 in a 3–1 win at home to Southampton. He made 45 league and cup appearances including the League Cup Final at Wembley that season.[6][7] Sunderland were relegated at the end of the 1984–85 season and he found himself out of favour after the arrival of Lawrie McMenemy as manager. He played just one game early the following season, and was transferred to Newport County in December 1985.[5]
He subsequently spent six months at Swindon Town, playing three league and all the play-off games as the club gained promotion to the Second Division, then joined Aldershot in October 1987 in part-exchange for Bobby Barnes,[3][8] a future teammate at Northampton Town. That club paid a £45,000 fee[9] to sign Berry on a three-year contract. He played well over a hundred games for the Northamptonshire club before playing seven games for Darmstadt in the 1992–93 season in the German second division.[1] He then played in Hong Kong for Instant-Dict for three seasons.[10][11]
Returning to England, he joined Stevenage Borough, whom he captained to the Conference National title in 1995–96.[12] He moved to Kettering Town, where he scored 6 goals from 89 appearances in all competitions, was club captain and then player-manager, before rejoining Stevenage.[13] He spent time at Rushden & Diamonds, as both player and coach,[14] and, coming out of retirement following two operations on his achilles, at Bedford Town.
In August 2005, at the age of 42, Steve joined Cogenhoe United as a player and helped them in their historic FA Cup run, in which they narrowly failed to reach the fourth qualifying round.[15][16]
In 2006, having already started a new career in corporate head-hunting and Executive coaching, Steve moved to Paris and is currently Global Director of Talent for Ipsos, a leading market research agency headquartered in Paris.[17]
[edit] References
- General
- Mike Neasom, Mick Cooper & Doug Robinson (1984). Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club. Milestone Publications. ISBN 0-903852-50-0.
- Specific
- ^ a b "Steve Berry". Fussballdaten. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/berrystephen/. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Steve Berry". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/steveberry.htm. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Player Profile Steve Berry". Swindon-Town-FC. http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=BERRYSTE. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Player Stats Steve Berry". Pompeyrama. http://www.pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-players-41-Steve-Berry.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Steve Berry Sunderland FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collections. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=38378. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Player Details Steve Berry". The StatCat. http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG161.asp. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ Fort, Didier (25 February 2001). "England - League Cup Finals 1961-2001". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engleagcuphistfinal.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Where Are They Now? A–H". Aldershot Football Club 1926–1992. Mark Elliott. http://www.shots2692.co.uk/where%20are%20they%20A-H.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Aldershot F.C Records". Aldershot Football Club 1926–1992. Mark Elliott. http://www.shots2692.co.uk/records.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Alladin, Unus (26 May 1995). "Dickies pair heading home". The Standard (Hong Kong). http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=54160&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19950526&sear_year=1995. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ Faure, Kevin (28 November 1996). "Instant old-boy lands manager spot". The Standard (Hong Kong). http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=67344&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19961128&sear_year=1996. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Boro Legends". FC Boro. http://fcboro.co.uk/boro-legends/. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Player Profile Steve Berry". Poppies Fans. http://www.poppiesfans.com/playerdetails.php?recordID=B14. Retrieved 16 December 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Steve Berry". Rushden & Diamonds F.C. http://www.thediamondsfc.com/page/A-ZofDiamonds/0,,10784~1219415,00.html. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Berry Dons The Boots For Cooks". NonLeague Daily. 15 August 2008. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=28956. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "2005/06 Results". Cogenhoe United F.C. http://www.cogenhoeunited.co.uk/results20052006.htm. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Steve Berry". LinkedIn. http://fr.linkedin.com/in/stevechuckberry. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
[edit] External links
- Stats and photo at Sporting Heroes
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Liverpool
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Aldershot F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Newport County A.F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- SV Darmstadt 98 players
- Instant-Dict players
- Stevenage F.C. players
- British expatriates in Hong Kong
- Kettering Town F.C. players
- Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players
- Bedford Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Conference National players
- English football managers
- Kettering Town F.C. managers
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
