Steve Tilson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Brian Tilson | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Wickford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Witham Town | ||
| 1988–1998 | Southend United | 239 | (26) |
| 1994 | → Brentford (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–2002 | Canvey Island | 143 | (58) |
| 2002–2004 | Southend United | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 388 | (84) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2010 | Southend United | ||
| 2010–2011 | Lincoln City | ||
| 2012–2013 | Canvey Island | ||
| – | ?-present | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen Brian "Steve" Tilson (born 27 July 1966) is an English football manager and former player best known for his time in charge of Southend United, where he was in charge for seven years, overseeing two promotions and later two relegations.
Born in Wickford, Essex Tilson began his footballing career with non-league sides Basildon United, Bowers United and Witham Town before being signed by then Southend manager David Webb. During the 1990s, Tilson appeared in just under 250 matches and played in the side that won two consecutive promotions in the early part of the decade. Tilson played continually for Southend, except for a loan spell at Brentford, until 1998, when he signed for Canvey Island, serving as club captain during his 4-year spell with the team.
In 1999, Tilson returned to Southend United as Director of the club's new centre of excellence, the establishment of which was made possible by a grant of £276,000 from the English Sports Council. The post, which enabled him to continue his playing career with Canvey Island, saw him responsible for overseeing and developing all of the centre's teams, raging from the under-9 to 16. Following the departure of David Webb as Southend United's manager in October 2001 and the promotion of Rob Newman from reserve team manager to first team manager, Tilson's role widened to take on Newman's previous duties with the reserve team. In May 2002, he drew time on his five-year career with Canvey Island to join Newman's backroom team on a full-time basis becoming joint assistant manager with Blues' former striker David Crown.
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