Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Carl Livingstone | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1986 | Coventry City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1991 | Coventry City | 31 | (5) |
1991–1993 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | (10) |
1993 | Chelsea | 1 | (0) |
1993 | → Port Vale (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1993–2003 | Grimsby Town | 289 | (43) |
2003 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Carlisle United | 6 | (0) |
Total | 362 | (58) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Stephen Carl Livingstone (born 8 September 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward and makeshift defender from 1986 to 2004.
He began his career at Coventry City in 1986, though had little impact at the club before he joined Blackburn Rovers for a £450,000 fee in January 1991. He helped Rovers to win promotion to the top-flight via the play-offs 1992. In March 1993 he was sold on to Chelsea for a £350,000 fee, but only played the one league game for the club. He was loaned out to Port Vale in September 1993, before being moved on to Grimsby Town for £140,000 the following month. He spent the next ten years at the club, helping the "Mariners" to win promotion out of the Second Division via the play-offs in 1998, as well as the Football League Trophy title, again in 1998. He joined Carlisle United in 2003 following a short loan spell, before retiring due to injury in January 2004.
Livingstone was promoted to the first team squad at Coventry City in 1986. He went on to make just under 50 appearances for the "Sky Blues" in all competitions between 1986 and 1991, including 31 in the First Division. He played under George Curtis, John Sillett, and Terry Butcher.