Steve Cartwright (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Raymond Cartwright[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1965[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tamworth, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gillway Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Picadilly | |||
| Tamworth | |||
| 1988 | Colchester United | 10 | (0) |
| Tamworth | |||
| Atherstone United | |||
| Total | 10 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stephen Raymond Cartwright (born 8 January 1965) is an English former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Colchester United.
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.