Steve Castle
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Charles Castle[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Barkingside, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Royston Town F.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1984 | Orient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1992 | Leyton Orient | 243 | (55) |
| 1992–1995 | Plymouth Argyle | 101 | (35) |
| 1995–1997 | Birmingham City | 23 | (1) |
| 1996 | → Gillingham (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Peterborough United | 105 | (17) |
| 2000–2001 | Leyton Orient | 13 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Stevenage Borough | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | St Albans City | 49 | (3) |
| Total | 550 | (113) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steve Castle (born 17 May 1966 in Barking[2]) is a former English football Midfielder who played in the Football League between 1984 and 2001.[2] He played for Leyton Orient in three separate spells, amassing a total of 322 appearances for them. He also played League football with Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City, Gillingham and Peterborough United.[2][3]
He moved from Leyton Orient to Plymouth in 1992 for a fee of £225,000. He made his competitive debut on 24 October 1992. He made a total of 120 appearances for the Pilgrims, before transferring to Birmingham City in 1995.[4]
Castle joined Peterborough on a free transfer as player-coach for the 1997–98 season, and over the next three seasons he played 122 senior matches and scored 20 goals. He moved to Leyton Orient on a free for 2000/01.[5]
In September 2006 he became assistant manager to Jimmy Quinn at Cambridge United.[6]
On the 13th December 2013 he became Royston Town manager with his first game in charge expected to be the Boxing Day home fixture against top of the table Dunstable Town. [7]
References
- ^ findmypast.co.uk
- ^ a b c Soccerbase player stats
- ^ Steve Castle at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ "Steve Castle". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ Chris Wilkinson. "Steve Castle: Career History". Up the Posh - The Peterborough United database. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Castle joins Quinn at Cambridge". BBC. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Castle to quit Takeley for Royston". Herts and Essex Observer. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 01 January 2014.
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