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Alex
Stepney |
Manchester
United FC
1 appearance,
1 goal against
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 1
100% successful
1968-70
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Alex Cyril Stepney |
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Born |
18 September 1942 at 27 Percy Road, Beddington Corner in Mitcham Junction, Surrey [registered as Alex C. in
Mitcham, September 1942]. To John and Doris, third of three children,
the others being Eric and Marjorie.
Attended Hackbridge Junior School
and Carshalton West Secondary School |
|
Height/Weight |
6'
0", 11st.
9lbs [1968]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
In Safe Keeping
- Alex Stepney (Pelham Books, September 1969)
Alex Stepney
- Alex Stepney (Littlehampton Book Services, October 1978)
Tooting Common to the Stretford End - Alex Stepney and David
Saffer (Vertical Editions, October 2010) |
| |
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Despite
playing as a striker for his junior school team, Stepney was in goal for
his secondary school team, and then for Achilles Boy Club, a Sunday League
team. Also representing Sutton and Carshalton District Schools and a
reserve for the London and Surrey Boys team. During his schooldays, Alex
was also a ballboy at Stamford Bridge. Shortly after leaving school, an
unsuccessful trial at Fulham FC did not deter Stepney, and he was invited
to join Tooting and Mitcham United FC, his local side from the Isthmian
League, working his way up from the Colts side, through the reserves an
dinto the first team. From February 1963, Stepney was assisting the
Millwall FC reserves, in a bid to relieve the congestion the big winter
freeze caused on most clubs. Such was his form, that despite interest from
Blackburn Rovers FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Stepney signed as a
professional for Millwall FC on 13 May 1963. |
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Club honours |
Surrey
Invitation Cup winners 1961-62; Surrey Senior Shield
winners 1961-62; |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became the 851st players
(851) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. 422,
22 May 1968, England 3 Sweden 1,
a friendly match at
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
25 years
247 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1970; European Championship Finals 1968; |
|
Team honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
x |
|
Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
|
Left school to become a
paint-sprayer, while he played as an amateur. Dermatitis ended his paint
spraying and he was employed by Croydon firm, Philips Electrical, in their
publicity department. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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Alex Stepney - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub
off |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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- |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
1 |
90 min |
0 |
0 |
0% |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Alex Stepney
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home - Blue - Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Alex
Stepney
- Match History
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Club:
Manchester United F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
manager: Alf Ramsey - one full
appearance (90 min)x
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Age 23 |
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1 |
u23 |
3 November 1965 -
England 3 France 0,
Carrow Road, Norwich |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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2 |
u23 |
24 November 1965 -
England 2 Yugoslavia 0,
The Dell, Southampton |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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Age 25 |
|
419 |
24 February 1968
- Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC/
ECP |
AD |
training squad member |
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1 |
422 |
22 May 1968 - England 3 Sweden 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
|
423 |
1 June 1968 -
West Germany 1 England 0,
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover |
Fr |
AL |
squad member |
? |
|
424 |
5 June 1968
- Yugoslavia 1 England 0,
Stadio
Comunale di Firenze, Firenze |
ECF |
AL |
12 |
|
425 |
8 June 1968
-
USSR 0 England 2, Stadio Olimpico, Roma |
AW |
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Age 27 |
|
443 |
20 May 1970
- Colombia 0 England 4, Estadio Nemesio Camacho,
Olímpico |
tour |
AW |
squad member |
? |
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444 |
24 May 1970
- Ecuador 0 England 2, Estádio
Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito |
AW |
? |
|
445 |
2 June 1970
- Romania 0 England 1, Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara |
WCF |
NW |
13 |
|
446 |
7 June 1970
- Brazil 1 England 0,
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara |
NL |
|
447 |
11 June 1970
- Czechoslovakia 0 England 1,
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara |
NW |
|
448 |
14 June 1970
- West
Germany 3 England 2, Estádio
Guanajuato, León |
NL |
Notes
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