Steve Blatherwick

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Steve Blatherwick
Full name	Steven Scott Blatherwick
Date of birth	September 20, 1973 (1973-09-20) (age 34)
Place of birth	Hucknall, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central Defender (retired)
Youth clubs
1989–1991	Notts County
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1992 1992–1997 1994 1995 1997 1997–1998 1998 1998–2006	Notts County Nottingham Forest → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) → Hereford United (loan) → Reading (loan) Burnley → Chesterfield (loan) Chesterfield Total	000 0(0) 010 0(0) 002 0(0) 010 0(1) 007 0(0) 024 0(0) 002 0(0) 223 (10) 278 (11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Steven Scott Blatherwick (born 20 September 1973 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire) is an English former footballer who spent much of his career playing for Chesterfield, as a defender. He retired from the game at the age of 32, on medical advice after suffering a back injury.^[1]

He started his career at Notts County but did not make a first team appearance for the Magpies. In August 1992 he made the short trip across the River Trent to Nottingham Forest. During a five year spell at the City Ground he started just 10 league matches and had spells on loan at Wycombe Wanderers, Hereford United and Reading.

In July 1997 he signed for Burnley for a £125,000 fee. But little over a year later he was on loan at Chesterfield, making the move permanent in December 1998 for a fee of £50,000. He was to spend the rest of his career at Saltergate and helped them win promotion to Division Two in 2001. He retired from playing in October 2006 at the age of 33. He recently had a testimonial match with former club Nottingham Forest, in which Chesterfield won by one goal to nil thanks to a goal by veteran striker Wayne Allison.^[2]^{[dead link]}