Steve Stone (footballer)

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Steve Stone
Personal information
Full name Steven Brian Stone [1]
Date of birth (1971-08-20) 20 August 1971 (age 53) [1]
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Right midfielder [1]
Youth career
–1989 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1999 Nottingham Forest 193 (23)
1999–2002 Aston Villa 90 (4)
2002 → Portsmouth (loan) 5 (1)
2002–2005 Portsmouth 68 (8)
2005–2006 Leeds United 12 (1)
Total368(37)
International career
1995–1996 England 9 (2)
Managerial career
2018–2022 Burnley (U23's)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steven Brian Stone (born 20 August 1971) is an English football coach and former professional player.

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As a player, he was a right midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Portsmouth. Whilst with Forest he won the First Division title and played in the UEFA Cup. He also played in the 2000 FA Cup final for Villa. He finished his career with a brief spell in the Football League with Leeds United. He was capped nine times by England, scoring twice. He was part of England's Euro 96 team and made three appearances during the tournament.

Following retirement, Stone moved into coaching and worked for Newcastle United from July 2010 to June 2015 in a variety of different roles for both the first and reserve team. He was head coach of Burnley's under 23 team between 2018 and 2022.

Club career

Stone was born in Gateshead. [1] He began his career at Nottingham Forest, where, despite suffering three broken legs, he managed to establish himself as a vital team player, and also earned a call up to the England squad, making his international debut in 1995 against Norway. He went on to earn nine caps, scoring twice, and was part of Terry Venables' squad for UEFA Euro 1996. However, another serious leg injury meant he missed the entire 1996–97 season that saw Forest relegated in last place. The following season he made his way back into the Forest team and was part of their successful bid for promotion in 1997–98.

The following season, with Forest struggling against relegation from the Premier League, he moved to Aston Villa for £5.5 million in March 1999, after having made 229 appearances for Forest. He soon became a vital team player under then manager John Gregory, and came on as a substitute in the 2000 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. However, following Gregory's dismissal, Stone failed to impress new manager Graham Taylor, and, having failed to land a place at Manchester United two seasons earlier, he was transferred to Portsmouth for the 2002–03 season, having played in 121 games for Villa. [3]

Despite continued injuries, he established himself as a regular in the Portsmouth team. He was an invaluable part of the team that won promotion to the Premier League in 2002–03, and then achieved a mid-table finish the following season and narrowly avoided relegation the next. However, when his contract expired in June 2005, new manager Alain Perrin decided to release Stone, and he signed a two-year deal with Leeds United. [4]

Stone's career at Leeds was short-lived. He was injured in training as soon as he joined the club, and it took him most of his first season to recover from the tendinitis in his Achilles tendon due to contracting MRSA after the operation and then requiring a further two operations for the MRSA. Stone played a few matches at the end of the 2005–06 campaign, and continued to play at the start of the 2006–07 campaign, scoring once against West Brom. [5] Injuries, however, struck again, and Stone retired early on 15 December 2006. [6]

International career

Stone was capped nine times at senior level for England. He made his debut in October 1995, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Norway. [7] Four days later, again coming off the bench, Stone scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win over Switzerland at Wembley Stadium. [8] He also scored in his next game, which was his first start, as England drew 1–1 with Portugal. [9]

Stone was capped three more times in the build-up to UEFA Euro 1996, where he was selected by manager Terry Venables as part of the 22-man England squad. He made three appearances during the competition, all off the bench. Stone's introduction during extra-time of the quarter-final versus Spain was his last appearance for England. [10]

Coaching career

On 27 July 2010, he was appointed reserve team assistant manager to Peter Beardsley at Newcastle United after a successful time working at their academy. [11] Stone was promoted to first team coach on 14 December 2010, by new manager Alan Pardew. [12]

Stone remained as first team coach after Pardew resigned to join Crystal Palace, with John Carver put in charge of Newcastle until the end of the season. [13] On 9 June 2015, both he and Carver had their contracts terminated by Newcastle ahead of the announcement of Steve McClaren as new head coach. [14]

On 12 November 2018, he replaced Michael Duff as the new U23 manager of Burnley. [15]

Stone was dismissed on 15 April 2022, alongside first team manager Sean Dyche and fellow coach and former Forest teammate Ian Woan. [16] Stone then followed Dyche to Everton in January 2023.

Personal life

Stone featured in the music video to the football song Three Lions , where he dances with the trophy mimicking Nobby Stiles at the 1966 FIFA World Cup final. [17] [18]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [19]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nottingham Forest 1991–92 First Division 100000—0010
1992–93 Premier League 1210010——131
1993–94 First Division4552050—2 [a] 0545
1994–95 Premier League4152040——475
1995–96 Premier League34760208 [b] 2—509
1996–97 Premier League500000——50
1997–98 First Division2920000——292
1998–99 Premier League2631032——305
Total19323110152822022927
Aston Villa 1998–99 Premier League100————100
1999–2000 Premier League2416161——363
2000–01 Premier League34231104 [c] 0—423
2001–02 Premier League22110108 [d] 0—321
2002–03 Premier League00—002 [c] 0—20
Total90410281140—1227
Portsmouth 2002–03 First Division18411———195
2003–04 Premier League3221030——362
2004–05 Premier League2331010——253
Total7393140——8010
Leeds United 2005–06 Championship 200000—2 [e] 040
2006–07 Championship101—10——111
Total1210010—20151
Career total368372432832224044645
  1. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup, two in UEFA Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stone goal.
List of international goals scored by Steve Stone
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
115 November 1995 Wembley Stadium, London, England2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3–13–1 Friendly [20]
212 December 1995Wembley Stadium, London, England3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–01–1Friendly [21]

Honours

Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

Individual

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