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He suffered an injury in only his fourth league appearance for Hull, and missed the rest of the [[2005-06 in English football|2005-06]] season and the start of the [[2006-07 in English football|2006-07]] season. He eventually returned to action in December 2006 away at [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]], which was also new manager, [[Phil Brown (footballer born 1959)|Phil Brown]]'s first match in charge of the club. He ended up missing most of the rest of the season again through injury.
He suffered an injury in only his fourth league appearance for Hull, and missed the rest of the [[2005-06 in English football|2005-06]] season and the start of the [[2006-07 in English football|2006-07]] season. He eventually returned to action in December 2006 away at [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]], which was also new manager, [[Phil Brown (footballer born 1959)|Phil Brown]]'s first match in charge of the club. He ended up missing most of the rest of the season again through injury.

During October of the 2007/08 season, close to 20,000 fans at the KC Stadium were witness to a monumentous event when in the closing stages of a defeat to Charlton Athletic, McPhee wandered unconsciously into the box and from close range managed to project the ball into the back of the net with one of his limbs. This came as something of a shock to those City fans present as the forward had failed to accomplish this feat during the previous 26 months he was contracted to the club. However, as the goal was an injury-time consolation culminating in a 2-1 defeat and many fans were vacating the ground at the time, it is contentious whether this actually did take place.


===Blackpool===
===Blackpool===

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Stephen McPhee
Personal information
Full name Stephen McPhee
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Coventry City 0 (0)
2001 → St. Mirren (loan) 7 (0)
2001–2004 Port Vale 130 (39)
2004–2005 Beira-Mar 31 (5)
2005–2007 Hull City 35 (2)
2008–2010 Blackpool 24 (3)
International career
2001 Scotland under-21s 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Stephen McPhee (born 5 June 1981) is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a striker.

He has played for clubs in Scotland, England and Portugal. And has been capped for his country at under-21 level.

Club career

Early career

Born in Glasgow, McPhee began his career in England at Coventry City in 2000, but did not make a senior appearance for the Sky Blues, who were then in the Premier League. In 2001 Coventry sent him on on loan to Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren, who had hoped to sign Ronaldinho, but instead settled for the young hopeful McPhee.[1] He played seven games for the Saints and won the April 2001 SPL Young Player of the Month Award.[2]

Port Vale

McPhee signed for Port Vale on a free transfer in July 2001 and would soon show himself to be arguably Brian Horton's best signing at the club. He scored on his debut against Notts County and finished the season as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in 51 games, including one in the 2001 Potteries derby. Paul Jewell's Wigan Athletic made a bid for McPhee that was accepted by his club, however the deal fell through as the Scotsman's agent rejected Wigan's contract offer.[3] The 2002-03 season was one largely devoid of goals for the striker, his strike against Oldham Athletic in October ended a run of 21 games without a goal,[4] but only two goals followed in the remaining 34 matches.

In the 2003-04 season he scored 27 goals to help Vale finish seventh in League One, this was the second highest goal tally for a Port Vale player in 66 years. For this feat he was named player of the year at Vale Park, but as the team had not secured promotion McPhee rejected a new contract. A British club would have to negotiate a fee with the Valiants before talking to McPhee, however a foreign club would be free to sign him without dealing with Vale.

Rumours linking McPhee with Portuguese side Beira-Mar were denied by the club and chairman Bill Bratt stated "this is news to us".[5] The following week the cash-strapped club rejected a £100,000 bid from Leeds United "out of hand", branding it as an offer "not even worth considering".[6]

Beira-Mar

Later that month his agent negotiated a move to Beira-Mar meaning Vale lost the player for nothing.[7]

Beira-Mar were managed at the time by Mick Wadsworth, who was sacked four games after McPhee signed. McPhee was used in various positions and scored five goals in 31 appearances, but despite this Beira-Mar were relegated from the Portuguese top flight in bottom place. Despite the club's poor season his consistent performances attracted interest from other clubs

Hull City

McPhee joined Hull City on 19 May 2005 for a fee widely reported to be £220,000.[8][9][10] However, the club website stated, "The Scottish striker joined the Championship-bound Tigers in a new club record deal with the McPhee fee reported in excess of £400,000 when Stephen was signed from Beira Mar in May 2005."[11]

He suffered an injury in only his fourth league appearance for Hull, and missed the rest of the 2005-06 season and the start of the 2006-07 season. He eventually returned to action in December 2006 away at Plymouth Argyle, which was also new manager, Phil Brown's first match in charge of the club. He ended up missing most of the rest of the season again through injury.

During October of the 2007/08 season, close to 20,000 fans at the KC Stadium were witness to a monumentous event when in the closing stages of a defeat to Charlton Athletic, McPhee wandered unconsciously into the box and from close range managed to project the ball into the back of the net with one of his limbs. This came as something of a shock to those City fans present as the forward had failed to accomplish this feat during the previous 26 months he was contracted to the club. However, as the goal was an injury-time consolation culminating in a 2-1 defeat and many fans were vacating the ground at the time, it is contentious whether this actually did take place.

Blackpool

On 7 January 2008, McPhee moved to Blackpool for an undisclosed fee, penning a two-and-a-half-year contract.[12] The fee was £215,000, which could rise to £300,000, depending on appearances.[13]

On 25 February 2008 McPhee was named in the Championship's "Team of the Week", alongside teammate Kaspars Gorkšs.[14]

On 26 May 2010, less than a week after Blackpool were promoted to the Premier League, McPhee announced his retirement from football. He had struggled for the previous 18 months with a knee injury, which kept him sidelined for the whole of the previous season.[15]

Club career statistics

As of 29 August 2009

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Notes

a. All Football League Trophy results are included in totals

International career

McPhee won his first Scotland under-21 cap in October 2001 against Latvia under-21s.[16]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "McPhee joins big-thinking Saints". bbc.co.uk. 31 March, 2001. Retrieved 16 June 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "McPhee springs to prominence". bbc.co.uk. 3 May 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  3. ^ "McPhee deal hitch". bbc.co.uk. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  4. ^ "McPhee targets goal glut". bbc.co.uk. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Vale deny McPhee exit". bbc.co.uk. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Vale reject McPhee offer". bbc.co.uk]]. 4 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  7. ^ "McPhee moving to Portugal". bbc.co.uk. 17 June 2004. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  8. ^ "Tigers bring in McPhee up front". bbc.co.uk. 19 May 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  9. ^ "Wolves back on the case of Ricketts". The Guardian. 20 May 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Higham, Paul. "Tigers sign McPhee". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  11. ^ "Stephen McPhee". Hull City A.F.C. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  12. ^ "Blackpool seal signing of McPhee". bbc.co.uk. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  13. ^ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1905411502.
  14. ^ "Coca-Cola Championship Team of the Week" (PDF). The Football League. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  15. ^ "Blackpool's Stephen McPhee ends career on high note". bbc.co.uk. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  16. ^ "Vale hit by McPhee call-up". bbc.co.uk. 26 September 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
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