Stephen Roy Macauley (born 4 March 1969 in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer, who played primarily as a central defender.[1] He began his career at Manchester City as a trainee. After a brief spell at local Fylde coast side Fleetwood Town, he joined Crewe Alexandra in March 1992 for a fee of £25,000. He went on to spend ten years at the South Cheshire club under manager Dario Gradi.
Macauley joined Crewe in March 1992, making his debut in a 1–0 win against Blackpool at Gresty Road on 28 March 1992. He scored his first Crewe goal in a 1–1 draw at Cardiff City on 28 April 1992.[2]
According to the football website Soccerbase,[3] Macauley played 260 league games for Crewe, plus 16 in the Football League Cup and 20 in the FA Cup, plus 22 other assorted appearances, scoring 30 goals. He is credited with having played an important role in the club's promotion to the First Division of the Nationwide League in 1997, and subsequent successful battles to stay in the division. His partners in defence included Ashley Westwood, later of Sheffield Wednesday, and Dave Walton, later of Derby County. He also played alongside future Premiership players such as Danny Murphy, Neil Lennon, Rob Hulse and Dean Ashton. Although a centre half, he did play a number of games as a forward during a striking injury crisis at the Alex during the mid-90s.
In the summer of 2002 after an injury-hit final season during which he was loaned to neighbours Macclesfield Town, Macauley joined Rochdale but only made six league appearances. During this time he was two further loan spells at Macclesfield before joining them on a permanent basis.
Joint testimonials (2003)edit
He eventually retired from League football at the end of the 2003-04 season having had a joint testimonial with fellow former Alex defender Shaun Smith at Crewe's Alexandra Stadium in 2003 (the game was held over from the previous year). The two players' careers had become linked through their many seasons together in Crewe's defence after both joining during early 1992.
Bamber Bridge (2004–2005)edit
After leaving Macclesfield in 2003-04, he went on to play for semi-professional Lancashire club Bamber Bridge in the Northern Premier League. His debut came in a 1-0 away victory over Blyth Spartans and his final game for Bamber was the return fixture against the same opposition, Macauley scoring the consolation goal as his team lost 3-1.
After retirementedit
Macauley qualified as a physiotherapist during his playing career, graduating from the University of Salford in 1999 with a degree in Physiotherapy.[5] He joined Fleetwood as physio and member of the coaching staff in 2005. He left the club at the end of the 2007-08 season to concentrate on his physiotherapy practice, but was re-engaged by Fleetwood as caretaker manager in September 2008, following the dismissal of manager Tony Greenwood after a poor start to Fleetwood's inaugural Conference North campaign. He returned to the coaching staff following the appointment of Micky Mellon as Fleetwood manager.
Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN1-899468-81-1.
External linksedit
Steve Macauley at Soccerbase
Playfair football annuals
December 20, 2023
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Steve Macauley news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Stephen Roy Macauley born 4 March 1969 in Lytham St Annes Lancashire is an English former professional footballer who played primarily as a central defender 1 He began his career at Manchester City as a trainee After a brief spell at local Fylde coast side Fleetwood Town he joined Crewe Alexandra in March 1992 for a fee of 25 000 He went on to spend ten years at the South Cheshire club under manager Dario Gradi Steve MacauleyPersonal informationFull nameStephen Roy MacauleyDate of birth4 March 1969Place of birthLytham St Annes EnglandPosition s DefenderYouth career1987 1992Manchester CitySenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1992Fleetwood Town0 0 1992 2002Crewe Alexandra261 26 2001 2002 Macclesfield Town loan 12 0 2002 2003Rochdale6 0 2002 Macclesfield Town loan 3 1 2003 Macclesfield Town loan 11 0 2003 2004Macclesfield Town22 0 2004 2005Bamber Bridge Club domestic league appearances and goalsHe was the first team coach at Fleetwood Town Contents 1 Career 1 1 Crewe Alexandra 1992 2002 1 2 Rochdale and Macclesfield 2002 2004 1 3 Joint testimonials 2003 1 4 Bamber Bridge 2004 2005 1 5 After retirement 2 Honours 3 References 4 External linksCareer editCrewe Alexandra 1992 2002 edit Macauley joined Crewe in March 1992 making his debut in a 1 0 win against Blackpool at Gresty Road on 28 March 1992 He scored his first Crewe goal in a 1 1 draw at Cardiff City on 28 April 1992 2 According to the football website Soccerbase 3 Macauley played 260 league games for Crewe plus 16 in the Football League Cup and 20 in the FA Cup plus 22 other assorted appearances scoring 30 goals He is credited with having played an important role in the club s promotion to the First Division of the Nationwide League in 1997 and subsequent successful battles to stay in the division His partners in defence included Ashley Westwood later of Sheffield Wednesday and Dave Walton later of Derby County He also played alongside future Premiership players such as Danny Murphy Neil Lennon Rob Hulse and Dean Ashton Although a centre half he did play a number of games as a forward during a striking injury crisis at the Alex during the mid 90s During his spell at Crewe the club reached the 1992 93 play off final against York only to lose on penalties before being promoted the following season They then rose into what is now the Football League Championship following victory at Wembley against Brentford on 25 May 1997 4 Rochdale and Macclesfield 2002 2004 edit In the summer of 2002 after an injury hit final season during which he was loaned to neighbours Macclesfield Town Macauley joined Rochdale but only made six league appearances During this time he was two further loan spells at Macclesfield before joining them on a permanent basis Joint testimonials 2003 edit He eventually retired from League football at the end of the 2003 04 season having had a joint testimonial with fellow former Alex defender Shaun Smith at Crewe s Alexandra Stadium in 2003 the game was held over from the previous year The two players careers had become linked through their many seasons together in Crewe s defence after both joining during early 1992 Bamber Bridge 2004 2005 edit After leaving Macclesfield in 2003 04 he went on to play for semi professional Lancashire club Bamber Bridge in the Northern Premier League His debut came in a 1 0 away victory over Blyth Spartans and his final game for Bamber was the return fixture against the same opposition Macauley scoring the consolation goal as his team lost 3 1 After retirement edit Macauley qualified as a physiotherapist during his playing career graduating from the University of Salford in 1999 with a degree in Physiotherapy 5 He joined Fleetwood as physio and member of the coaching staff in 2005 He left the club at the end of the 2007 08 season to concentrate on his physiotherapy practice but was re engaged by Fleetwood as caretaker manager in September 2008 following the dismissal of manager Tony Greenwood after a poor start to Fleetwood s inaugural Conference North campaign He returned to the coaching staff following the appointment of Micky Mellon as Fleetwood manager Honours editwith Crewe AlexandraFootball League Second Division play off final winner 1997References edit Steve Macauley Barry Hugman s Footballers Crisp p 123 Steve Macauley Soccerbase Retrieved 20 August 2021 Crisp p 128 Graduation Booklet 1999 pg 15 16 published by University of Salford July 1999 Crisp Marco 1998 Crewe Alexandra Match by Match 2nd ed Nottingham Tony Brown ISBN 1 899468 81 1 External links editSteve Macauley at Soccerbase 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