Steve Johnson (English footballer)

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Steve Johnson
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Anthony Johnson
Date of birth	June 23, 1957 (1957-06-23) (age 50)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
c.1974–1976 c.1976–1977 1977–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1986 1985–1986 1986 1986–1988 1988–1989 1989 1989–1990 1990 1990 ?–? ?–? ?–? ?–? ?–?	Bangor City Altrincham Bury Rochdale Wigan Athletic Bristol City → Rochdale (loan) → Chester City (loan) Scunthorpe United Chester City Huskvana Rochdale Cork City Northwich Victoria Limerick Radcliffe Borough Castleton Gabriels Caernarfon Town Haslingden	154 0(52) 19 0 0(7) 51 00(18) 21 00 (3) 060 0 (1) 10 00 (6) 72 0 0(20) 38 0 0(10) 24 0 0 (4) 0 3 0 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Steve Johnson (born 23 June 1957, Liverpool) is a former English professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in The Football League for six different clubs and also played in non-league football and abroad.

Contents 1 Playing Career 2 Honours 3 External Links 4 References

[edit] Playing Career

Johnson played non-league football for Bangor City and Altrincham before being signed by Football League side Bury in November 1977 ^[1]. He spent six years at Gigg Lane and then had a relatively short spell with Rochdale before moving to Wigan Athletic in February 1984. 13 months later Johnson joined Bristol City for £40,000 ^[2], but he could not settle in the area ^[3] and returned north by rejoining Rochdale on loan and then reuniting with his former Wigan manager Harry McNally at Chester City in March 1986 in a further loan deal.

Johnson’s aerial power was a welcome asset to Chester’s attack ^[4] and he scored six times in the final 10 games of the season to seal promotion from Division Four. Johnson then spent two years with Scunthorpe until he joined Chester on a permanent basis ahead of the 1988–89 season. He played regularly alongside Carl Dale in the Chester attack as they narrowly missed the Third Division play–offs. After spending the summer months playing in Scandinavia, Johnson joined Rochdale for a third time to bring the curtain down on his league career.

He later played for Irish sides Cork City and Limerick, and non-league teams Northwich Victoria, Radcliffe Borough, Castleton Gabriels, Caernarfon Town and Haslingden, while working as a financial advisor ^[5].

[edit] Honours

Chester City

Football League Fourth Division runners-up: 1985–86

[edit] External Links

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[edit] References