Steve Walsh (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 November 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Preston, Lancashire, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1986 | Wigan Athletic | 126 | (4) |
| 1986–2000 | Leicester City | 369 | (53) |
| 2000–2001 | Norwich City | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Tamworth | ? | (?) |
| 2002 | Coventry City | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Tamworth | ? | (?) |
| Total | 501 | (57) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Steven "Steve" Walsh (born 3 November 1964) is a former professional footballer, who spent most of his career at Leicester City. He also played for Wigan, Norwich, Tamworth and Coventry City. He was normally a defender but at times was used as a striker. He is the record holder for the most red cards in the Football League, with 13, a record he holds jointly with Roy McDonough.
Born in Preston, Lancashire, Walsh won the 1984–85 Freight Rover Trophy with Wigan before following Bryan Hamilton to Leicester for £100,000, where he soon established himself as a no-nonsense central defender. In 1986, he received an eleven match ban after smashing the jaw of striker David Geddis, whilst playing for Leicester against Shrewsbury, part of his often violent reputation which included a longstanding rivalry with Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Steve Bull, which led to both being sent off in separate matches.
Brian Little made Walsh Leicester's club captain in 1992 and started playing him as a striker. He went on to score 15 goals that season including one in the Division 1 play-off final against Swindon Town at the end of the season. In 1993–94 he scored twice as Leicester won the final and promotion to the Premier League over Derby County, having missed much of that season due to a cruciate knee ligament injury.
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