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Steve Russell
Appearances: 96+8 Goals: 10
Date / Year of birth: 22nd October 1961
Position: Winger / Midfielder
Season of first appearance: 1979/80
Season of last appearance: 1981/82
Also played for: Coventry City (0), Swindon Town (0), Ramsgate, Herne Bay and Whitstable Town
5' 8" tall, Dagenham-born player who started his career in Thanet youth football with Decca Sports FC before joining Coventry as an apprentice.
Steve then had a spell with Swindon at the start of the 1979/80 season but in December 1979 he returned to Thanet and joined Margate.
He made his debut in a Southern League game at Hounslow on 8.12.79 and then scored on his home debut against Crawley a week later. Steve went on to make 23 appearances before the end of the 1979/80 campaign, scoring one further goal. He was used as a substitute in five of those games and usually played on the left wing although he also appeared in midfield and at left-back.
Steve was a regular in the side during the 1980/81 season and scored seven times in 50 appearances (three as a substitute). The local press thought that he was much-improved player and he turned in some fine performances on the left wing. The best of Steve's goals was a curling shot from the right wing in a 4-1 defeat at Basingstoke on 2.5.81.
During the first half of the 1981/82 campaign Steve made a further 31 appearances for the newly re-named Thanet United, taking his overall tally past 100, and scored once. However after playing in his regular left wing position in a 3-0 defeat at home to Poole on 30.1.82 Steve left the club.
He joined Ramsgate for the start of the 1982/83 season and then moved to Herne Bay in December 1982. Steve stayed there until the end of the 1984/85 campaign.
He then joined Whitstable early in the 1985/86 season and went on to have a lengthy spell with them, often playing at left-back. He was club captain during the 1988/89 campaign. Steve was last heard of during the 1993/94 season when he made one first team appearance for Whitstable.
He worked as a carpenter during his time with Margate.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
| |
|
1979/80 (MFC) |
18 (56) |
5 |
2 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (17TH OF 24) |
4QR |
3QR |
2R |
2R |
|
|
SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
| |
|
1980/81 (MFC) |
47 (58) |
3 |
7 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (22ND OF 24) |
2QR |
3QR |
1R |
2R |
|
|
SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
| |
|
1981/82 (TUFC) |
31 (53) |
0 |
1 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (24TH OF 24) |
1QR |
1QR |
1R |
1R |
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| Finished bottom but not relegated. | |||||||||