Steve Foley (footballer, born 1962)

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]

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Steve Foley
Personal information
Full name Stephen Foley[1]
Date of birth (1962-10-04) 4 October 1962[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

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 1983–84 First Division 0000000000
Fulham (loan) 1983–84 Second Division 3000000030
Grimsby Town 1984–85 Second Division 312316200406
Sheffield United 1985–86 Second Division 285202110336
1986–87 Second Division 3893132204612
Total 66145153307918
Swindon Town 1987–88 Second Division 354204141456
1988–89 Second Division 4084220204810
1989–90 Second Division 234103062336
1990–91 Second Division 447304010527
1991–92 Second Division 90003000120
Total 1512310216113319029
Stoke City 1991–92 Third Division 201000060261
1992–93 Second Division 4472040435410
1993–94 First Division 432404030542
Total 10710608013313413
Lincoln City 1994–95 Third Division 160201020210
Bradford City 1995–96 Second Division 1000000010
Career total 3755026436631646866
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. 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)
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