Steve McCall

Steve McCall

Stephen McCall (born Carlisle October 15 1960) is an English former football player. His favoured position was left back though his versatility allowed him to play in a number of positions.

Playing career

Ipswich Town

He made his name at Ipswich Town, where his greatest achievement was winning the UEFA Cup in the 1980/81 season, beating AZ Alkmaar 5-4 on aggregate, with Steve playing an influential part in his team's victory. He joined Ipswich Town in 1978 as an apprentice, being scouted from the north-west where Town legend Kevin Beattie was also born and went on to make 329 appearances for Town, standing as a record of consecutive appearances until 2001, being beaten by Goalkeeper Richard Wright. During this time he received one B cap against New Zealand. Never a goalscorer, Steve scored 11 goals in his 9 seasons at Ipswich before he was sold for £300,000 to Yorkshire side Sheffield Wednesday.

heffield Wednesday

His time at Sheffield Wednesday was unfortunately not so successful, as he spent much of his 4 seasons sidelined with a range of injuries, limiting his collection of appearances to only 36, scoring only 2 goals. In the midst of an unfortunate run at Wednesday, Steve achieved a childhood dream by being loaned to his home team and life long supported Carlisle United, where he spent only a few months making 6 appearances without a goal.

Plymouth Argyle

Towards the end of the 1991-92 season, Steve was sent down south, being sold to Plymouth Argyle for £25,000, where he would go on to become one of Argyle's greatest ever players, winning player of the season two years in a row in 1993 and 1994, only the second player in Argyle's history to achieve such a title (the other being Paul Mariner, one of Steve's ex-team mates). As if given a new lease of life, Steve enjoyed a period of rich form in his two occasions at Plymouth Argyle, making 275 appearances in a total of 6 years at the club. In 1995 Steve enjoyed a short rein as caretaker manager at Plymouth, being replaced by Neil Warnock.

Torquay United

Sandwiched between his two spells at Plymouth, Steve joined Torquay United for free from 12/07/1996 to 24/06/1998, joining former Plymouth team mate and manager Kevin Hodges as Torquay United's management team. In the 1997-98 season, Steve lived another childhood ambition - to play at Wembley, when Torquay played out a close fought match against Colchester United. The dream of playoff glory was short lived however, as the favourites for promotion were beaten 1-0 by a Colchester penalty. The close season saw Mick Jones - manager of Plymouth lose his job, and Hodges and McCall took the position at their former club, in a rein that lasted a further two years.

Steve's playing career ended in 2000 at Plymouth Argyle, also seeing him lose his job at the hands of a low league position, which turned out to be another turn in his career.

Coaching career

In 2001, Steve hooked up with former team mate and close friend George Burley as European scouting Co-Ordinator at Ipswich Town, and progressed through the ranks as initially Scout, and when Joe Royle took over, became Reserve Team Manager and First Team Coach. It is here that Steve McCall is currently working, under the management of Jim Magilton as Chief Scout, enjoying life back at the club his career started with almost 30 years ago.

In 2006 he took part in Masters football.

Career Statistics

ClubDate JoinedDate LeftJoining Fee
Ipswich Town05/10/1978 03/06/1987Apprentice
League Appearances: 249(8) Goals: 7
FA Cup Appearances: 23 (1) Goals: 1
League Cup Appearances: 29 (0) Goals: 0
Other Appearances: 18 (1) Goals: 3

ClubDate JoinedDate LeftJoining Fee
Sheffield Wednesday03/06/1987 26/03/1992£300,000
League Appearances: 21 (8) Goals: 2
FA Cup Appearances: 1 (0) Goals: 0
League Cup Appearances: 2 (3) Goals: 0
Other Appearances: 0 (1) Goals: 0

ClubDate JoinedDate LeftJoining Fee
Carlisle United08/02/1990 LOAN
League Appearances: 6 (0) Goals: 0
FA Cup Appearances: 0 (0) Goals: 0
League Cup Appearances: 0 (3) Goals: 0
Other Appearances: 0 (1) Goals: 0

ClubDate JoinedDate LeftJoining Fee
Plymouth Argyle26/03/1992 12/07/1996£25,000
League Appearances: 97 (3) Goals: 4
FA Cup Appearances: 6 (0) Goals: 0
League Cup Appearances: 5 (0) Goals: 0
Other Appearances: 6 (0) Goals: 0


ClubDate JoinedDate LeftJoining Fee
Torquay United12/07/1996 24/06/1998Free
League Appearances: 32 (7) Goals: 1
FA Cup Appearances: 0 (0) Goals: 0
League Cup Appearances: 3 (1) Goals: 0
Other Appearances: 2 (0) Goals: 1

ClubDate JoinedDate LeftJoining Fee
Plymouth Argyle24/06/1998 04/10/2000Free
League Appearances: 125 (8) Goals: 5
FA Cup Appearances: 10 (2) Goals: 0
League Cup Appearances: 8 (1) Goals: 0
Other Appearances: 6 (0) Goals: 1

International"'

GAMEDATEVENUETYPE
England U21 vs Switzerland31/05/1981 Neuenburg, SwitzerlandEC Qualifier
England U21 vs Hungary05/06/1981Keszthely, HungaryFriendly
England U21 vs Hungary17/11/1981City Ground, NottinghamEC Qualifier
England U21 vs Scotland28/04/1982Maine Round, ManchesterEC Qualifier
England U21 vs West Germany21/09/1982Bramall Lane, SheffieldEC Qualifier
England U21 vs West Germany12/10/1982Weser Stadium, BremenEC Qualifier
England B vs New Zealand13/11/1984City Ground, Nottingham


Honours

As a player

Ipswich Town
* UEFA Cup winner 1981

External links

*soccerbase (manager)|id=1153|name=Steve McCall


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