Steve Massey

Steve Massey
Personal information
Full nameStephen Massey
Date of birth28 March 1958
Place of birthDenton, Lancashire, England
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1973–1978Stockport County101(20)
1978–1981A.F.C. Bournemouth97(19)
1981–1982Peterborough United20(3)
1982–1983Northampton Town60(25)
1983–1985Hull City42(9)
1985–1986Cambridge United31(11)
1986–1988Wrexham43(10)
1988–1991Truro City(28)
Teams managed
1992–1994Truro City
Falmouth Town
2005–2006Truro City
2010Buckland Athletic
2011Bovey Tracey
2013–2014Truro City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Steve Massey (born 28 March 1958 in Denton, Lancashire) is an English football manager and former player who played as a striker, mainly for Stockport County and A.F.C. Bournemouth. He was manager of Southern League club Truro City until March 2014.

Career

Playing career

Massey scored on his league debut for Stockport County in a 2–1 home win over Darlington on 28 February 1975, and went on to make 114 appearances for the club in all competitions[1] before joining Bournemouth in 1978. Signing for Peterborough United in 1981, he made his league debut in a 1–0 win over Mansfield Town on 29 August, and made 20 league appearances[2] before signing for Northampton Town the following year.

In 1983, Massey transferred to Hull City for £50,000,[3] before moving on to Cambridge United and then Wrexham, for whom he played in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup. He scored three goals in the 7–0 aggregate win over Żurrieq in September and October 1986, and another in the 2–2 draw against Real Zaragoza on 5 November.

He finished his playing career in Cornwall with South Western Football League side Truro City, and subsequently went on to manage the club.

Managerial career

Massey managed Truro from 1992–94, before moving to Devon to concentrate on his business interests,[3] although he took the job of managing the Cornish representative team and guided them to two South West Counties Championship finals.[3] He later managed Falmouth Town and returned for a second spell at Truro City between 2005–06. In 2010 he became manager of South West Peninsula League club Buckland Athletic,[3] but was sacked after a few months.[4] He then took on the managerial role at Bovey Tracey in 2011 but had to step down later in the year due to his son's illness.[5] During his time at Bovey Tracey, he was in talks with Tiverton Town about a role there as director of football.[6]

Massey rejoined Truro City during the 2012–13 season as Head of Football while the club were in administration and bottom of the Conference South. After the club was relegated at the end of the season, manager Lee Hodges left the club, and Massey became manager of Truro City for the third time.[7] Massey was sacked on 12 March 2014 after rejecting an offer of a more passive role at the club, with City in 19th place in the Southern Premier.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Steve Massey (Stockport)". GoGoGoCounty. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Steve Massey (Peterborough)". Peterborough United database. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Ex-Truro boss taking over at Buckland Athletic". Torquay Herald Express. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Buckland Athletic sack manager Steve Massey". BBC Sport. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kirkup doing his best to bridge Premier gap for Bovey Tracey". Torquay Herald Express. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Wright: Tivvy did speak to Massey about role". Exeter Express & Echo. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Truro City appoint Massey as new manager for third time". West Briton. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Truro City sack manager Steve Massey with club in 19th". BBC Sport. 12 March 2014.