Steve Edwards (footballer)

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]

Steve Edwards
Personal information
Full name Stephen Gerald Edwards
Date of birth (1958-01-11) 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
  1. Brown, Neil. "Tranmere Rovers: 1946/47 – 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
  3. Garth Dykes: Oldham Athletic Complete Record: Breedon Books 1988
  4. Garth Dykes: Latic Lads: Yore Publications 2002
  5. Canon Football Year Book 1983-84: pub Sunday Telegraph 1983
  6. "Complete A-Z of Mossley Players". Mossley Web. Retrieved 24 November 2019.


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