Steve Evans (footballer born 1962)

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Steve Evans
Personal information
Full name Stephen J. Evans
Date of birth October 30, 1962 (1962-10-30) (age 45)
Place of birth    Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Crawley Town (Manager)
Youth clubs
–1979 Bolton Wanderers
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1979–1981
1981–1984
1984–1985
1985
1985–1986
1979–1986		 Clyde
Albion Rovers
Ayr United
Hamilton Academical
St. Johnstone
Total		 036 0(4)
076 (28)
030 0(4)
002 0(0)
024 0(6)
168 (42)[1]   
Teams managed
1994–1998
1998–2002
2004–2007
2007–		 Stamford
Boston United
Boston United
Crawley Town

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Stephen J. "Steve" Evans[2] (born October 30, 1962)[1] is a former professional footballer and football coach from Glasgow, Scotland.[2] Evans played professional football for Bolton Wanderers, Clyde, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and St. Johnstone until a knee ligament injury ended his playing career at 28.[1]

After his retirement he became a football manager and is the manager of Conference National side Crawley Town Football Club and has been manager of Boston United Football Club on two separate occasions, he joined in 1998 from Stamford Football Club to start his first spell with Boston United.

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[edit] Early life

Born in Glasgow, Scotland,[2] Evans was spotted by scouts from English team Bolton Wanderers when playing for his local youth football club in Glasgow,[3] and he joined Bolton after leaving school.[3]

[edit] Footballing career

[edit] Playing career

Evans signed for Bolton Wanderers but failed to break into to first team and was released in 1979. He then returned to his native Scotland and joined Clyde, where he played in 36 league matches, scoring 4 goals, before joining Albion Rovers in 1981, where he scored 28 goals in 76 league matches during three years at Cliftonhill. He then moved to Ayr United in 1984, scoring 4 goals in 30 matches, and to Hamilton Academical in 1985, where he only played in two league matches. He joined St. Johnstone in 1985 and scored 6 goals in 24 matches before a knee ligament injury ended his playing career in 1986, aged 28.[1]

[edit] Managerial career

Evans was originally appointed manager of Boston United in October 1998 after a spell with Stamford.[4] He got Boston United promoted from the Southern League to the Football Conference in 2000 and subsequently to the football league in 2002. Both promotions have since been over-shadowed by revelations of off-the-field cheating.[5]

Evans was suspended by Boston United as manager in July 2002 after a much publicised FA investigation about "contract irregularities".[6] He later resigned as manager of the club in September 2002 still suspended by the club.[7] Evans was found guilty by the FA in December 2002 of impeding an FA inquiry into contract irregularities.[8] Evans was also suspended from the game for 20 months in January 2003 for involvement of the affairs of Boston United,[9] in which players contracts lodged with the FA contained false salary details. Evans was further accused of impeding the inquiry and fined £8,000.[5] Evans lodged an appeal against charges in May 2003,[10] but the FA rejected Evans' appeal later that month and the punishment stood.[11]

Evans was linked with a shock return to the York Street club in February 2004.[12] and Evans did return as Boston United's manager on February 20 2004.[13] In September 2005, Evans and four other people connected with Boston United appeared in court, denying fraud charges.[14] In November 2005, Evans was given a £1,000 fine, suspended for a year, after admitting to using insulting or abusive words to the match official in a match against Peterborough United in October 2005.[15] On February 11, 2006 was escorted from Grimsby Town's stadium Blundell Park by Lincolnshire Police at half-time,[16] Evans berated the fourth official after being incensed when Grimsby keeper Steve Mildenhall appeared to handle the ball outside his area and was immediately spoken to by a police officer after a complaint of alleged foul and abusive language. He was then escorted from the stadium by the police's football liaison. After the match Boston United chairman Jon Sotnick accused the football authorities of waging a "conspiracy" against his manager.[17] In October 2006, Evans was linked with the vacant Darlington managerial vacancy, but Boston United chairman James Rodwell and Evans both denied the link.[18] Also in October, Evans was sent from the dugout after an altercation with Wycombe Wanderers player Tommy Doherty.[19] After pleading guilty to conspiracy to evade tax, on November 3 2006 Evans received a one-year suspended sentence and a £1000 fine.[20] Despite these events, Evans kept his manager's position at Boston United.[21]

In March 2007, Evans was only left with 11 professional footballers for the vital relegation clash with Bury.[22] Although players were back from suspension, Evans was left frustrated after players such as Barnsley's on-loan striker Nathan Joynes quit the club, which left him with just 12 fit senior players and he was forced to put 16 and 17 year olds on an incomplete substitute's bench.[23] After drawing 1-1 in their penultimate match of the season against relegated Torquay United,[24], Boston needed a win against relegation rival Wrexham, to avoid the drop out of league football.[25] On May 2, 2007 he was linked to another vacant manager job, the Chester City job,[26]

Wrexham defender Ryan Valentine scores the penalty kick against Boston United that relegates Evans' Pilgrims
Wrexham defender Ryan Valentine scores the penalty kick against Boston United that relegates Evans' Pilgrims

On May 5, 2007, Boston United faced Wrexham in a win or bust situation and things were looking good for The Pilgrims when Francis Green opened the scoring for Evans' outfit who lead 1-0 at half-time, but in the second half United conceded a penalty kick, which Wrexham defender Ryan Valentine converted, the goal which sent Boston United down, two late goals from Chris Llewellyn and Michael Proctor rubber stamped Wrexham's survival and saw Boston lose 3-1.[27] On 8 May 2007, Evans pledged his commitment to the Pilgrims despite their relegation and return to Non-League football.[28] But, on 27 May 2007 Evans and assistant his manager Paul Raynor resigned from Boston United after with immediate effect.[29] Evans' two occasions as manager combined at Boston United made him the clubs second longest serving manager behind Fred Tunstall, who had three occasions as manager of the club in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.[30]

On 29 May 2007, two days after resigning from the Boston United managerial post, Evans took over as Crawley Town manager.[31]

[edit] Managerial stats

As of November 24, 2007 inclusive.
Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Boston United Flag of England October 1998 July 4, 2002 186 92 41 53 49.46
Boston United Flag of England February 20, 2004 May 27, 2007 168 53 69 46 31.55
Boston United Sub-total Flag of England October 1998 May 27, 2007 354[32] 145 110 99 40.96
Crawley Town Flag of England May 29, 2007 Present 23 10 8 5 43.47
Overall October 1998 Present 377 155 118 104 41.11

[edit] Personal life

In 2006, Evans was living in the village of Eye, Cambridgeshire in the city of Peterborough.[20] He is married to Sarah-Jane and has two daughters.[33]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Steve Evans stats. Neil Brown. Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
  2. ^ a b c Stephen J. Evans (Steve Evans). Player History. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
  3. ^ a b Steve Evans' profile. Boston United official website. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
  4. ^ Steve Evans: Manager Profile. League Managers Association. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
  5. ^ a b Summers, Chris. "The football cheats who prospered", BBC News Online, November 3, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-12. 
  6. ^ "Boston suspend Evans", BBC Sport, July 4, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. 
  7. ^ "Evans quits Boston", BBC Sport, September 20, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. 
  8. ^ "Evans found guilty", BBC Sport, December 23, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. 
  9. ^ "Evans faces FA ban", BBC Sport, January 29, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. 
  10. ^ "Evans set for appeal", BBC Sport, May 1, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. 
  11. ^ "FA rejcts Evans's appeal", BBC Sport, May 20, 2003. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. 
  12. ^ "The gossip column", BBC Sport, February 14, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-05-28. 
  13. ^ "Boston reappoint Evans", BBC Sport, February 20, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  14. ^ "Football manager denies charges", BBC News Online, September 22, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  15. ^ "Boston boss handed suspended fine", BBC Sport, September 22, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  16. ^ "Grimsby 1-0 Boston Utd", BBC News Online, February 11, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  17. ^ "Police send FA report over Evans", BBC Sport, February 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. 
  18. ^ "Boston 0-1 Wycombe", BBC Sport, October 28, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. 
  19. ^ a b "Football scam boss spared jail", BBC News Online, November 3, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-03-18. 
  20. ^ "Shamed football manager keeps job", BBC News Online, November 4, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  21. ^ Oliver, Pete. "No selection headaches for Evans", BBC Sport, March 29, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  22. ^ "Boston manager is left frustrated", BBC Sport, April 12, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  23. ^ "Boston Utd 1-1 Torquay", BBC Sport, April 28, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  24. ^ "Evans ready for last-day battle", BBC Sport, April 28, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-27. 
  25. ^ "Wednesday's gossip column", BBC Sport, May 2, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  26. ^ "Boston lose Football League spot", BBC Sport, May 5, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  27. ^ "Boss Evans will not leave Boston", BBC Sport, May 8, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  28. ^ "Evans & Raynor leave Boston roles", BBC Sport, May 27, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-27. 
  29. ^ "Evans signs off in second place", Boston United official website, May 27, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  30. ^ "Crawley appoint Evans as new boss", BBC Sport, May 29, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-29. 
  31. ^ It's 354 and out for Evans. Boston United official website (2007-05-28). Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
  32. ^ "Boston United Squad 2003/2004", Fox, Ken. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. 

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Persondata
NAME Evans, Stephen J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Steve
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player, coach & manager
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH