Steve Butler (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Butler | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1984 | Windsor & Eton | ||
| 1984–1986 | Brentford | 23 | (3) |
| 1986–1991 | Maidstone United | 98 | (51) |
| 1991–1992 | Watford | 70 | (9) |
| 1992 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Cambridge United | 120 | (56) |
| 1995–1998 | Gillingham | 121 | (22) |
| 1998–1999 | Peterborough United | 15 | (2) |
| 1999 | → Stevenage Borough (loan) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Gillingham | 13 | (2) |
| 2002 | Maidstone United | ? | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Stephen "Steve" Butler (born 27 January 1962 in Birmingham) is an English former footballer. During his professional career he played over 400 matches and scored over 150 goals for Brentford, Maidstone United, Watford, Bournemouth, Cambridge United, Gillingham and Peterborough United,[1] including eight goals in two consecutive games that were only two days apart.[2]
In 2000, at the age of 38, Butler scored his last professional goal for Gillingham in the Football League Second Division play-off final at Wembley Stadium as the Kent club secured its first ever promotion to the second tier of English football.[3]
References
- ↑ Steve Butler career statistics at Soccerbase
- ↑ Morgan, John (June 2004). "The strange case of... Steve Butler". When Saturday Comes (208). Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ↑ "Play-Off Finals". The Football League. Archived from the original on 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
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