Steve Sedgley

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Steve Sedgley
Personal information
Full name Stephen Philip Sedgley
Date of birth (1968-05-26) 26 May 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Enfield, England
Position(s) Midfielder, defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Coventry City 84 (3)
1989–1994 Tottenham Hotspur 164 (8)
1994–1997 Ipswich Town 105 (15)
1997–2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers 106 (9)
Total 459 (35)
International career
1987–1989 England U21 11 (2)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Kingstonian
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Philip Sedgley (born 26 May 1968) is an English former professional footballer, and football manager.

As a player, he was a midfielder and a defender.[1] He was capped 11 times for England at under-21 level.[2] who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League and Premier League for Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur, Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He became manager of Kingstonian in 2001, and later joined the coaching staff of Luton Town.

Playing career[edit]

Sedgley was born in Enfield. He made more than 180 first-team appearances for Tottenham Hotspur as a player after a £750,000 move from Coventry City in July 1989 before switching to Ipswich Town for £1 million in June 1994. More than 100 appearances followed for Ipswich before the final move of his playing career, a £500,000 transfer to Wolverhampton Wanderers in July 1997, where he again made more than 100 League appearances before retiring from the game in December 2000.[3] He has two FA Cup-winners' medals. The first came with Coventry, as an unused substitute in the 3–2 defeat of Spurs in the 1987 final.[4] He received his second in 1991 when he was in the starting XI for Spurs, as they beat Nottingham Forest 2–1 after extra time.[5]

Coaching career[edit]

Sedgley was appointed manager of Kingstonian in October 2001, stepping up from the position of coach,[6] but resigned 14 months later, citing "a clash of opinions off the pitch with the club's owners".[7] A UEFA-qualified coach, Sedgley was appointed as a youth team coach at Luton Town in mid-October 2005 where he worked alongside Marvin Johnson[8] until new manager Kevin Blackwell brought in his own backroom staff in 2007.[9]

Honours[edit]

Coventry City

Tottenham Hotspur

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Steve Sedgley". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  2. ^ Courtney, Barrie (10 January 2004). "England – U-21 International Results 1986–1995 – Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Steve Sedgley". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  4. ^ Murray, Scott (25 April 2020). "Coventry City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur: 1987 FA Cup final – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Great Games 18 May 1991 Spurs 2 – 1 Nottingham Forest (aet)". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  6. ^ Metcalf, Rupert (19 October 2001). "Braintree's Iron resolve". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2009.[dead link]
  7. ^ Wigmore, Simon (10 December 2002). "Ryman League: Langston's instant hit for Aldershot". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  8. ^ "Sedgley joins Luton coaching team". BBC Sport. 12 October 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  9. ^ Davis, Derek (3 June 2008). "Town are worth a flutter, says Sedgley". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

External links[edit]

  • Steve Sedgley at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database