Steve Torpey (footballer, born 1970)

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

Steve Torpey

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 54)[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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
Total		634	(146)
Managerial career
2010	York City (caretaker)
2014	York City (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Millwall	1989–90[26]	First Division	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
Bradford City	1990–91[27]	Third Division	29	7	0	0	0	0	3[a]	3	32	10
	1991–92[28]	Third Division	43	10	2	0	4	0	2[a]	2	51	12
	1992–93[29]	Third Division	24	5	1	0	2	0	3[b]	1	30	6
	Total		96	22	3	0	6	0	8	6	113	28
Swansea City	1993–94[30]	Second Division	40	9	2	2	4	1	7[b]	1	53	13
	1994–95[31]	Second Division	41	11	5	2	1	0	3[b]	2	50	15
	1995–96[32]	Second Division	42	15	1	0	2	1	3[b]	1	48	17
	1996–97[33]	Third Division	39	9	2	1	2	0	5[c]	1	48	11
	Total		162	44	10	5	9	2	18	5	199	56
Bristol City	1997–98[34]	Second Division	29	8	1	0	2	0	2[b]	0	34	8
	1998–99[35]	First Division	21	4	1	0	—		—		22	4
	1999–2000[36]	Second Division	20	1	1	0	3	1	2[b]	0	26	2
	Total		70	13	3	0	5	1	4	0	82	14
Notts County (loan)	1998–99[35]	Second Division	6	1	—		2	1	—		8	2
Scunthorpe United	1999–2000[36]	Second Division	15	1	—		—		—		15	1
	2000–01[37]	Third Division	40	11	4	1	2	1	0	0	46	13
	2001–02[38]	Third Division	39	12	3	0	0	0	3[b]	2	45	14
	2002–03[39]	Third Division	28	12	4	3	1	1	3[d]	1	36	17
	2003–04[40]	Third Division	43	11	5	3	2	0	4[b]	1	54	15
	2004–05[41]	League Two	34	12	2	0	0	0	1[b]	1	37	13
	2005–06[42]	League One	26	1	1	0	1	0	1[b]	0	29	1
	2006–07[43]	League One	14	1	1	0	1	1	2[b]	0	18	2
	Total		239	61	20	7	7	3	14	5	280	76
Lincoln City	2007–08[44]	League Two	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
Farsley Celtic	2007–08[45]	Conference Premier	22	3	—		—		5[e]	0	27	3
	2008–09[46]	Conference North	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		24	3	—		—		5	0	29	3
North Ferriby United	2008–09[7]	NPL Premier Division	15	2	3	2	—		5[f]	1	23	5
York City	2008–09[47]	Conference Premier	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Career total			634	146	39	14	31	7	54	17	758	184

1. Appearances in Associate Members Cup
2. 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

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			P	W	D	L	Win %
York City (caretaker)	8 October 2010	13 October 2010	1	0	0	1	000.0	[16][48]
York City (caretaker)	13 October 2014	15 October 2014	0	0	0	0	!—	[21][22][49]
Total			1	0	0	1	000.0	—

Honours

Swansea City

• Football League Trophy: 1993–94^[1]

Scunthorpe United

• Football League One: 2006–07^[1]

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External links

• Steve Torpey at Soccerbase (to 2007–08)
• Steve Torpey at Soccerbase (2008–09)