Steve Tupling

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Steve Tupling
Personal information
Full name Stephen Tupling [1]
Date of birth (1964-07-11) 11 July 1964 (age 59) [1]
Place of birth Wensleydale, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1985 Carlisle United 1 (0)
1984–1987 Darlington 111 (8)
1987–1988 Newport County 33 (2)
1988–1989 Cardiff City 14 (3)
1988–1989 → Torquay United (loan) 3 (0)
1988–1989 → Exeter City (loan) 9 (1)
1989–1992 Hartlepool United 89 (3)
1992–1993 Darlington 11 (0)
1993–199? Gateshead
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Tupling (born 11 July 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League.

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Life and career

Tupling was born in 1964 in Wensleydale, which was then in the North Riding of Yorkshire. [1] He began his football career with Middlesbrough, but never played league football for the club, and then played in the Football League for Carlisle United, Darlington (two spells), Newport County, Cardiff City, Torquay United, Exeter City (both on loan), and Hartlepool United. [3] He played non-League football for Gateshead after his second spell with Darlington. [3]

After finishing his full-time football career, Tupling became a teacher. [4]

Hartlepool United

Tupling made his Hartlepool United debut on 26 December 1989 in a 4–1 home win against Scarborough. In the 1989–90 season he started 26 games and scored once, in a 2–1 home win against Rochdale on 10 March 1990. [5] The following season he started 40 league games and scored twice, in the first game of the season in a 3–2 win away at Chesterfield and in the reverse fixture in January 1991, and helped the club gain promotion from the Fourth Division. [5] [6] In the Third Division, Tupling started only 17 league games and did not score; his last game for Hartlepool was also the last game of the 1991–92 season, a 1–0 win at home to AFC Bournemouth. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Steve Tupling". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  150. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 "Steve Tupling". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Amos, Mike (6 March 2017). "Diagnosed with a terminal illness when in the prime of life, Mark Taylor still lives to tell the tale". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Steve Tupling: All matches". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Retrieved 20 December 2018. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  6. ↑ "Hartlepool United". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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