Steve Garvey (footballer)

Steve Garvey
Personal information
Full name Stephen Hugh Garvey
Date of birth (1973-11-22) 22 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Stalybridge, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1998 Crewe Alexandra 107 (8)
1997Chesterfield (loan) 3 (0)
1998–2001 Blackpool 17 (1)
2001–2005 Northwich Victoria 148 (15)
2005–2006 Stalybridge Celtic 47 (5)
2006–2008 Ashton United 67 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Hugh Garvey (born 22 November 1973 in Stalybridge, Cheshire) is an English former professional footballer.

Garvey, a winger, began his career as a trainee with Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra in 1991. He remained at Gresty Road for seven years, making 107 league appearances and scoring eight goals for the Railwaymen.

In 1998, he moved to Blackpool on a free transfer. In three years at the seaside, he made only 17 appearances, scoring once. He was released in May 2001.[1]

He moved into non-league football in 2001 with Northwich Victoria, on another free. He left the Cheshire club four years later after making just short of 150 appearances and scoring fifteen goals returning to his native Tameside to play first for Stalybrige Celtic then Ashton United.

  1. ^ "Steve McMahon announces retained list". BlackpoolFC.co.uk. Blackpool Football Club. 4 June 2001. Archived from the original on 8 June 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2020.