Steve Edwards (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Gerald Edwards | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1983 | Oldham Athletic | 77 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | (1) |
| 1984 | Rochdale | 4 | (0) |
| 1984–1987 | Tranmere Rovers | 72 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steve Edwards is a footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Crewe Alexandra, Rochdale and Tranmere Rovers.[1][2]
His long association with Oldham Athletic began when he signed as an associate schoolboy in October 1973. He signed professional terms in 1976, and captained both the youth and reserve teams before making his league debut at Mansfield Town in April 1978.[3] Originally a midfield player, by then he was largely playing as a defender. In spite of some reasonably long first team spells over the next four seasons he found himself constantly facing strong competition for the full back place, and after a total of 85 appearances in League and Cup Competitions he was transferred to Crewe Alexandra in February 1983.[4]
He made a good start to his career at Crewe,[5] but moved on for a brief stay at Rochdale in July 1984.
In October of the same year, he moved back to his home town, when he joined Tranmere Rovers for what were probably his most successful three seasons, completing 72 league matches and scoring 6 goals.
He signed for Mossley from Bangor City in March 1990 but moved to Vauxhall Motors for the following season.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Neil. "Tranmere Rovers: 1946/47 – 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
- ^ Garth Dykes: Oldham Athletic Complete Record: Breedon Books 1988
- ^ Garth Dykes: Latic Lads: Yore Publications 2002
- ^ Canon Football Year Book 1983-84: pub Sunday Telegraph 1983
- ^ "Complete A-Z of Mossley Players". Mossley Web. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
External links
[edit]- "Steve Edwards". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Birkenhead
- Men's association football defenders
- English men's footballers
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- Oswestry Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Bangor City F.C. players
- Mossley A.F.C. players
- Vauxhall Motors F.C. players
- English football defender, 1950s birth stubs