Steve Walford
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen James Walford | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Highgate, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975-1977 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | (0) |
| 1977-1980 | Arsenal | 77 | (3) |
| 1980-1983 | Norwich City | 93 | (2) |
| 1983-1989 | West Ham United | 115 | (2) |
| 1987 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Gillingham (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1989 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1989 | Lai Sun | ? | (?) |
| Wycombe Wanderers | ? | (?) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990–1995 | Wycombe Wanderers(Head Coach) | ||
| 1995 | Norwich City(Head Coach) | ||
| 1995–2000 | Leicester City(Head Coach) | ||
| 2000–2005 | Celtic(Head Coach) | ||
| 2006–2010 | Aston Villa(Head Coach) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Sunderland(Assistant Manager) | ||
| 2013- | Republic of Ireland(Coach) | ||
| 2015– | Bolton Wanderers(Assistant Manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stephen James "Steve" Walford (born 5 January 1958 in Highgate, England) is an English former footballer turned manager.
Biography
Walford played as a centre half and started his playing career at Tottenham Hotspur in 1974, making only two appearances before being signed by Arsenal's former Spurs manager Terry Neill for £25,000 in 1977. Walford played 77 league matches in four years for Arsenal, and played as a substitute in their 1979 FA Cup-winning side. In 1981, he moved to Norwich City for £175,000 and stayed there for three years, seeing the club through relegation from and then promotion to the First Division.
After 108 appearances for Norwich, Walford moved on to West Ham United in 1983 for a fee of £160,000; he played 115 times for the Hammers over the next four years. Towards the end of his West Ham career, he had loan spells at Huddersfield Town, Gillingham and West Bromwich Albion. He moved abroad to play for Lai Sun of Hong Kong in 1989 before returning to England to play for Wycombe Wanderers under Martin O'Neill the following year.
Coaching career
After a brief spell at Wealdstone, Walford returned to Wycombe to become O'Neill's assistant, and has maintained a lasting working partnership with the Northern Irishman ever since, working under O'Neill at Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa and Sunderland.[1] He will join O'Neill's coaching staff again after he was appointed manager of Republic of Ireland national football team on 5 November 2013.[2] On 18 September 2015, he returned to club football after being appointed as the Assistant Manager to Neil Lennon at Bolton Wanderers, replacing Johan Mjallby who left for personal reasons.[3]
Honours
As a player
With Arsenal
As a coach
With Leicester
With Celtic
- Scottish Premier League (3): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04
- Scottish Cup (3): 2000-01, 2003-04, 2004-05
- Scottish League Cup (1): 2000–01
References
- Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
External links
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1958 births
- Celtic F.C. non-playing staff
- Living people
- People from Highgate
- English footballers
- Association football defenders
- The Football League players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Wealdstone F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff
- Aston Villa F.C. non-playing staff
- Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. non-playing staff
