Steve Bleasdale
| Teams managed | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Team | ||
| 2006 | Peterborough United | ||
| 2006–2007 | Bangor City | ||
| 2007–2009 | Leigh Genesis | ||
Steve Bleasdale is a Liverpool-born football coach. He has managed Bangor City, Leigh Genesis and Football League side Peterborough United and twice been assistant manager at Chester City.
Before entering management at Peterborough United, he was assistant manager to Mark Wright at Chester City when they won promotion from the Football Conference in 2003-04. He was brought to the Posh again by Wright when he was appointed manager in the close season of 2005, after a spell as manager of Leigh RMI during the 2004–05 season.
Despite the club being reasonably well placed in League Two, Wright was sacked in January 2006 due to alleged racist remarks to a youth player, leading to Bleasdale being appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season. After an excellent start, winning five of his first seven games in charge and taking the club to being close to the automatic promotion places, the club suffered a downturn in form with only one win in seven games. He quit an hour before Posh's game with Macclesfield Town, claiming that others had been interfering with the team, in particular Ron Atkinson who had been brought to the club in a "Football Troubleshooting" capacity by Sky Television who were making a documentary for their channel Sky One called Big Ron Manager. As a manager, Steve favoured the long-ball game and tried to ensure his players would not be afraid to get stuck into the opposition when needs be. As Steve himself famously says "When it's a battle, you fucking battle!"
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