Steve Cartwright (footballer)

Steve Cartwright
Personal information
Full nameStephen Raymond Cartwright[1]
Date of birth8 January 1965[1]
Place of birthTamworth, England[1]
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Picadilly
Tamworth
1988Colchester United10(0)
Tamworth
Atherstone United
Total10(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stephen Raymond "Steve" Cartwright (born 8 January 1965) is an English former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Colchester United.

Career

Born in Tamworth, Cartwright played for his hometown club, Tamworth, in two stints, both coming either side of a brief spell with Colchester United.[1] Cartwright joined Colchester in the summer of 1988, making his debut on 27 August of the same year in a 1–0 home victory over York City.[2] He made ten league appearances in total for the U's[3] and appeared in his final game just under two months later, in a record Football League defeat for Colchester as they were defeated 8–0 at Leyton Orient. The result cost manager Roger Brown his job and Cartwright never appeared for Colchester again,[4] returning to Tamworth for the remained of the 1988–89 season.[1]

On his return to Tamworth, he aided the club to the final of the FA Vase, playing Sudbury Town at Wembley on 7 May 1989. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Tamworth winning the replay the following Wednesday by 3–0 at London Road, Peterborough.[5] Following his second spell with Tamworth, he later joined Atherstone United.[1]

Steve 'The Cat' Cartwright is due to dust off his old size nines, to be the star performer in a charity match organised by Miller Construction. Captaining his PCE team, Steve (ex Tamworth, played at Wembley) is expected to shine at the back in his newly designed hi-vis kit.

Personal life

Cartwright remained in Tamworth after retiring, spending time watching his son Alfie play football for Coton Green juniors.[5]

Honours

Tamworth
All honours referenced by:[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Colchester United - Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. "Colchester United - Match details - Colchester Utd 1–0 York City". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51-1989/90 & 1992/93-2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. "Colchester United - Match details - Leyton Orient 8–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "1989 - the year the Lambs lived the Wembley dream - This is Tamworth". This is Tamworth. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  6. "Other Awards - Non League Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2013.