Simon Stainrod
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Allan Stainrod | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1979 | Sheffield United | 67 | (14) |
| 1979–1980 | Oldham Athletic | 69 | (21) |
| 1980–1985 | Queens Park Rangers | 145 | (48) |
| 1985 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | (2) |
| 1985–1987 | Aston Villa | 63 | (16) |
| 1987–1988 | Stoke City | 28 | (6) |
| 1988–1989 | RC Strasbourg | 8 | (2) |
| 1989–1990 | FC Rouen | 22 | (1) |
| 1990–1992 | Falkirk | 60 | (21) |
| 1992–1993 | Dundee | 33 | (9) |
| 1993–1995 | Ayr United | 31 | (4) |
| Total | 541 | (144) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992–1993 | Dundee | ||
| 1993–1995 | Ayr United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Simon Allan Stainrod (born 1 February 1959) is an English former footballer who played for Sheffield United, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Stoke City. He also played in France for RC Strasbourg and FC Rouen and in Scotland for Falkirk, Dundee and Ayr United.
Stainrod was born in Sheffield and began his career with Sheffield United making his debut towards the end of the 1975–76, he scored twice in seven matches as the Blades suffered relegation to the Second Division. He spent four season at Bramall Lane making 75 appearances scoring 14 goals before he moved to Oldham Athletic in Match 1979. It was at Boundary Park that Stainrod began to make a name for himself scoring 26 goals in 79 appearances which attracted the attentions of Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers. He decided to join Terry Venables' QPR in November 1980 for a fee of £270,000.
In the 1981–82 season he was a key player of the team that reached the 1982 FA Cup Final, losing 1–0 to Tottenham Hotspur after a replay, Stainrod scored a career best of 24 goals that season. In 1982–83 he helped the team win the Football League Second Division title and then finish fifth in the First Division qualifying for Europe. After Venables left Loftus Road in 1984 for Barcelona, the side quickly fell apart under the unsuccessful reign of Alan Mullery and many players including Stainrod left the club.
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