Steve Foley (footballer, born 1962)

Steve Foley

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Foley[1]
Date of birth	4 October 1962[1]
Place of birth	Kirkdale, Liverpool, England[1]
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Stephen "Steve" 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]

Career

Foley was born in Liverpool and began his career with local club Liverpool FC, signing a professional in 1980. Foley 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 Baldes 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

• Sourced from Steve Foley profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	1983–84	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fulham (loan)	1983–84	Second Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Grimsby Town	1984–85	Second Division	31	2	3	1	6	2	0	0	40	6
	Total		31	2	3	1	6	2	0	0	40	6
Sheffield United	1985–86	Second Division	28	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	33	6
	1986–87	Second Division	38	9	3	1	3	2	2	0	46	12
	Total		66	14	5	1	5	3	3	0	79	18
Swindon Town	1987–88	Second Division	35	4	2	0	4	1	4	1	45	6
	1988–89	Second Division	40	8	4	2	2	0	2	0	48	10
	1989–90	Second Division	23	4	1	0	3	0	6	2	33	6
	1990–91	Second Division	44	7	3	0	4	0	1	0	52	7
	1991–92	Second Division	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	0
	Total		151	23	10	2	16	1	13	3	190	29
Stoke City	1991–92	Third Division	20	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	26	0
	1992–93	Second Division	44	7	2	0	4	0	4	3	54	10
	1993–94	First Division	43	2	4	0	4	0	3	0	54	2
	Total		107	9	6	0	8	0	13	3	134	12
Lincoln City	1994–95	Third Division	16	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	21	0
Bradford City	1995–96	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career Total			375	49	26	4	36	6	31	6	468	65

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy.

References

1. Lowe, Simon (2000). Stoke City The Modern Era – A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.

External links

• Steve Foley stats at Neil Brown stat site
• Steve Foley career statistics at Soccerbase