Steve Penney (footballer)

Steven Alexander Penney (born 6 January 1964) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played as a right winger.

Steve Penney
Personal information
Full name Steven Alexander Penney[1]
Date of birth (1964-01-06) 6 January 1964[1]
Place of birth Ballymena,[1] Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Linfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1983 Ballymena United
1983–1991 Brighton & Hove Albion 138 (14)
1991–1992 Heart of Midlothian 9 (0)
1992–1994 Burnley 11 (3)
International career
1984–1988 Northern Ireland 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Penney started his career with hometown Ballymena United, before moving to England with Brighton & Hove Albion in 1983. Penney spent 8 seasons playing for Brighton in the second and third tier of English football before a single season cameo with Heart of Midlothian in 1991–92. After a similarly short spell with Burnley, a serious knee injury forced him into early retirement.

He was capped 17 times by Northern Ireland, earning selection for the 1986 World Cup squad in Mexico.

References
  1. "Steve Penney". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.


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