Steve Yates (footballer, born 1970)

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Steve Yates
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Yates with Bristol Rovers in 2016
Personal information
Full name Stephen Yates
Date of birth (1970-01-29) 29 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1993 Bristol Rovers 197 (0)
1993–1999 Queens Park Rangers 135 (2)
1999–2002 Tranmere Rovers 113 (7)
2002–2003 Sheffield United 12 (0)
2003–2005 Huddersfield Town 52 (1)
2006 Scarborough 1 (0)
2006 Halifax Town 3 (0)
2006 Morecambe 8 (0)
2006 Caernarfon Town 2 (0)
Total523(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2007

Stephen Yates (born 29 January 1970) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

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As a player who played as a defender, who notably played in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, as well as in the English Football League for Bristol Rovers, Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Morecambe. He also played non-league football for Scarborough and Halifax Town before retiring with Welsh Premier League club Caernarfon Town.

In 2013, he returned to his first club, Bristol Rovers, as the club's new kit manager, A year later he combined this role with coaching. [1]

Playing career

Yates began his footballing career as a YTS trainee at Bristol Rovers in 1986. In seven years with his home town club he played 197 games without scoring any goals. [2]

When manager Gerry Francis moved to Queens Park Rangers from Bristol Rovers in 1991, a number of Rovers players later followed him to the London club. Yates was one of these, when he joined in August 1993. He made his debut that month against Liverpool. Yates played 134 league games for Queens Park Rangers and scored 2 goals before transferring to Tranmere Rovers in 1999.

Yates was a cult hero at Tranmere, and is best remembered for scoring two goals in a Merseyside derby against Everton at Goodison Park when Tranmere beat the Premier League outfit 3–0 in the 2000-01 FA Cup. [3] That same season he also scored one of the goals as Tranmere knocked Leeds United out of the League Cup. [4] Yates remained with the club until 2002 when he transferred to Sheffield United. Whilst at Tranmere he played in the 2000 Football League Cup Final, coming on as a substitute in the final against Leicester City.

Yates joined Huddersfield in 2003 on a free after a successful trial period. He was also Peter Jackson's first signing as Huddersfield's manager for the second time. He scored his only goal for Huddersfield against Leyton Orient. [5] During a fixture with Carlisle United Yates had a bust-up in the tunnel at the Galpharm Stadium with opposing player Richie Foran which resulted in red cards for both players and Yates losing a front tooth.

Yates decided to retire in mid-2005, although he came out of retirement in January 2006 to play just 1 game for Scarborough. He then transferred to Halifax Town where he played 3 games and left at the end of the 2005–2006 season.

In May 2006, Morecambe snapped Yates up on a free transfer and played 8 games for the Shrimps. Soccerbase incorrectly state that Yates played 44 games and scored 2 goals during the 2006–2007 season but research has shown that Yates signed for Caernarfon Town in September 2006 by his ex-playing colleague Kenny Irons.

Yates played only two games for Caernarfon Town. The rest of his spell at the club he was side-lined with injury.

Coaching career

Yates returned to Bristol Rovers in July 2013 as kit man and a year later combined that role with coaching. In his first season as defensive coach, Rovers gained promotion from the Conference. Yates remained at the club until the end of the 2016–17 season as he would be returning to Crete. [6]

Honours

Tranmere Rovers

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References

  1. ↑ "YATES ON BOARD". Bristol Rovers Official Website. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club – The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN   0-7524-2717-2.
  3. ↑ "Tranmere shame Everton". BBC. 27 January 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tranmere 3-2 Leeds (aet)". BBC. 31 October 2000. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Huddersfield 3-0 Leyton Orient". BBC. 27 September 2003. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Newman, Dan (29 April 2017). "Steve Yates talks Bristol Rovers exit and how he came back to the club in hope of moving to new stadium". Bristol Post. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Leicester triumph at Wembley". BBC Sport. 27 February 2000. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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