Steve Torpey (footballer, born 1970)

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Steve Torpey
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Torpey with York City in 2013
Personal information
Full name Stephen David James Torpey [1]
Date of birth (1970-12-08) 8 December 1970 (age 53) [1]
Place of birth Islington, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1989 Millwall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1990 Millwall 7 (0)
1990–1993 Bradford City 96 (22)
1993–1997 Swansea City 162 (44)
1997–2000 Bristol City 70 (13)
1998 → Notts County (loan) 6 (1)
2000–2007 Scunthorpe United 239 (61)
2007–2008 Lincoln City 13 (0)
2007–2008 → Farsley Celtic (loan) 6 (1)
2008 Farsley Celtic 18 (2)
2008 North Ferriby United 15 (2)
2009 York City 2 (0)
2010–2011 York City 0 (0)
Total634(146)
Managerial career
2010 York City (caretaker)
2014 York City (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen David James Torpey (born 8 December 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Contents

Playing career

Born in Islington, London, [1] Torpey had played for a number of clubs, before signing for Scunthorpe United from Bristol City in February 2000. He was Scunthorpe's record transfer signing, costing £175,000. Torpey broke the ten goal barrier in each of his first five seasons at Scunthorpe and represented the club over 250 times.

He was released at the end of the 2006–07 season, after only playing a small part in the club's promotion to the Championship. He subsequently signed for League Two side Lincoln City on a one-year contract on 27 June 2007, [2] but was loaned out to Conference Premier side Farsley Celtic on 20 November until 7 January 2008. [3] He was released by Lincoln on this date and joined Farsley on a permanent contract. [4] He later joined the backroom staff at the club. [5] He found himself consigned to the bench at the start of the 2008–09 season and, after making just two substitute appearances, moved on to North Ferriby United of the Northern Premier League Premier Division. [6] He made his Ferriby debut as a substitute in a 2–1 home defeat to Kendal Town on 6 September 2008. [7] With Ferriby he made 23 appearances and scored five goals in all competitions. [7]

Coaching career

Torpey was appointed as youth-team coach at York City on 15 December 2008 on a part-time basis, as this would allow him to continue training apprentices at Hull City. [8] He offered his services as a player for York in April 2009 and he came on as a 79th-minute substitute in a 1–0 victory over Eastbourne Borough on 18 April. [9] [10] He started the last game of the Conference Premier season, a 1–1 draw at Lewes on 26 April 2009, which was his last appearance as a player. [11] He resumed his playing career after being registered by York on 3 September 2010. [12] Following Martin Foyle's resignation on 24 September 2010 Torpey took over as assistant to caretaker manager Andy Porter, [13] [14] before becoming caretaker manager on 8 October following Porter's departure. [15] [16] His first and only game in charge came the following day with a 4–0 defeat away at Newport County, and his tenure ended on 13 October 2010 when Tamworth manager Gary Mills was appointed. [17] [18]

After Nigel Worthington was appointed manager, Torpey was given the position of first-team coach on 5 March 2013, and after Worthington signed a new contract as manager on 3 May, Torpey was promoted to the position of assistant manager. [19] [20] After Worthington resigned as manager of York on 13 October 2014 Torpey took over as caretaker manager, [21] but resumed his role as assistant manager after his former Scunthorpe teammate Russ Wilcox was appointed manager on 16 October 2014. [22] He parted company with York on 11 May 2015, [23] but returned to the club as youth-team coach on 17 December. [24] On 29 March 2018, it was announced that he was leaving as he had accepted a post with the Professional Footballers' Association as a coach educator. [25]

Career statistics

Torpey playing for York City in 2009 Steve Torpey 1.png
Torpey playing for York City in 2009
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Millwall 1989–90 [26] First Division 7000100080
Bradford City 1990–91 [27] Third Division 29700003 [lower-alpha 1] 33210
1991–92 [28] Third Division431020402 [lower-alpha 1] 25112
1992–93 [29] Third Division24510203 [lower-alpha 2] 1306
Total962230608611328
Swansea City 1993–94 [30] Second Division40922417 [lower-alpha 2] 15313
1994–95 [31] Second Division411152103 [lower-alpha 2] 25015
1995–96 [32] Second Division421510213 [lower-alpha 2] 14817
1996–97 [33] Third Division39921205 [lower-alpha 3] 14811
Total162441059218519956
Bristol City 1997–98 [34] Second Division29810202 [lower-alpha 2] 0348
1998–99 [35] First Division21410——224
1999–2000 [36] Second Division20110312 [lower-alpha 2] 0262
Total70133051408214
Notts County (loan) 1998–99 [35] Second Division61—21—82
Scunthorpe United 1999–2000 [36] Second Division151———151
2000–01 [37] Third Division40114121004613
2001–02 [38] Third Division391230003 [lower-alpha 2] 24514
2002–03 [39] Third Division281243113 [lower-alpha 4] 13617
2003–04 [40] Third Division431153204 [lower-alpha 2] 15415
2004–05 [41] League Two 341220001 [lower-alpha 2] 13713
2005–06 [42] League One 26110101 [lower-alpha 2] 0291
2006–07 [43] League One14110112 [lower-alpha 2] 0182
Total239612077314528076
Lincoln City 2007–08 [44] League Two130001000140
Farsley Celtic 2007–08 [45] Conference Premier 223——5 [lower-alpha 5] 0273
2008–09 [46] Conference North 20———20
Total243——50293
North Ferriby United 2008–09 [7] NPL Premier Division 15232—5 [lower-alpha 6] 1235
York City 2008–09 [47] Conference Premier20———20
Career total63414639143175417758184
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Associate Members Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Two appearances in Football League Trophy, three appearances and one goal in Third Division play-offs
  4. ↑ One appearance and one goal in Football League Trophy, two appearances in Third Division play-offs
  5. ↑ Four appearances in FA Trophy, one in Conference League Cup
  6. ↑ Four appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in East Riding Senior Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 15 October 2014
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef
PWDLWin %
York City (caretaker)8 October 201013 October 20101001000.0 [16] [48]
York City (caretaker)13 October 201415 October 20140000!— [21] [22] [49]
Total1001000.0—

Honours

Swansea City

Scunthorpe United

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