Stuart Young
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This article is about Stuart Young the English Football (soccer) player. It should not be confused with Stuart Young who was the chairman of the BBC from 1983 to 1986
| Stuart Young | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart Young | |
| Date of birth | December 16, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Hull, England | |
| Height | 183cm | |
| Nickname | Stubacca | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Mandurah City | |
| Number | n/a | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1990 | Arsenal | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990 1991-1992 1993 1993-1994 1994-1996 1997 1998 1999-2004 2005-2007 2007- |
Arsenal Hull City Northampton Town Scarborough Scunthorpe United Woodlands Wellington Home United Wollongong Wolves Perth Glory Mandurah City |
0 (0) 15 (2) 7 (2) 37 (12) 19 (3) ? (?) ? (15) 129 (60) 22 (5) ? (?) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stuart Young (born December 16, 1972 in Hull, Yorkshire, England) is an English football (soccer) player. He last played profesionaly as a striker for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory where he joined in 2005 and in 2007 joined Western Australian state league side Mandurah City.
Young’s senior football career began at Highbury the home of the Arsenal FC in 1990, before moving to his home town of Hull City in 1991. He spent two seasons at the Tigers, before spells at Northampton Town in 1993, Scarborough FC 1994 and finished playing in England with Scunthorpe United between 1994 to 1996. Young then headed overseas and joined Singapore S League side Woodlands Wellington, where he had three successful seasons, from 1996-1997. The 1998 season in Singapore saw him finish off as the leagues top goal scorer with Home United FC. In 1999 he rejoined Woodlands Wellington before joining Australian team Wollongong Wolves in the old NSL the same year. The move proved to be a successful one for the striker and he enjoyed five special years in NSW, captaining the side from 2002–2004 and winning two NSL Championships along the way. His move to the Perth Glory for the inaugural A-league season endured some early hiccups due to the club's then manager Steve McMahon's reluctance to play the veteran striker. It was suggested that McMahon's apathy towards him resulted from the fact that Young was not one of his signings. During the couple of occasions in which he was used by McMahon, he was substituted on late during the game and this was also indicative of McMahon's belief that his usefulness to the team was limited. During the 2005 season, Young was offered a trial by Queensland Roar FC who sensed that he had been shut out at Glory, but this did not result in a position in the playing squad. However, newly appointed Glory manager Ron Smith had taken a far more positive outlook on Young's services, and this had resulted in increased playing time. Stuart Young is the Wollongong Wolves highest ever goal score with 60 goals.
[edit] Trivia
During half time in the A-League game between Sydney FC and Perth Glory on the 29th of October at Aussie Stadium, Stuart was filmed by a Fox Sports 3 remote control camera in the Glory changerooms naked after taking a shower, He had earlier been substituted from the game by manager Ron Smith due to injury. The footage was screened live across Australia and was shown again on channel 7, 9 and 10 news programs in Perth.
