Steve Foster

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Steve Foster
Personnel
Surname Stephen Brian Foster
birthday September 24, 1957
place of birth Portsmouth ,  England
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
1972-1975 Southampton FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1975-1979 Portsmouth FC 109 0(6)
1979-1984 Brighton & Hove Albion 172 0(6)
1984 Aston Villa 15 0(3)
1984-1989 Luton Town 163 (11)
1989-1992 Oxford United 95 0(9)
1992-1996 Brighton & Hove Albion 115 0(7)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1982-1984 England 3 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Stephen "Steve" Brian Foster (born September 24, 1957 in Portsmouth ) is a retired English football player . Between 1982 and 1984 he played three international matches for England and was part of the English squad for the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Career

Portsmouth FC (1975-1979)

Steve Foster started his playing career in the 1975/76 season with second-rate Portsmouth FC . After relegation to the third division in its first season, Portsmouth rose in 1978 to the Football League Fourth Division . Foster spent another season as a regular in this division before moving to first division newcomer Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer of 1979 .

Brighton & Hove Albion (1979-1984)

The 21-year-old Steve Foster (38 games / 1 goal) earned himself a regular place in the First Division 1979/80 with the promoted team and achieved relegation as tenth in the table. After the team from Brighton in the south of England had realized the first division stay in the following two seasons, Foster rose (36 games / 1 goal) in the 1982/83 season with his team as the last in the Second Division. Instead, the club achieved the greatest success in the club's history when it made it to the final of the FA Cup 1982/83 . The underdogs drew 2-2 against Manchester United in their first game without Foster through a late goal from Gary Stevens . On May 26, 1983, Steve Foster led his team as team captain on the Wembley lawn , but this time lost significantly 4-0.

Aston Villa and Luton Town (1984–1989)

Steve Foster joined Aston Villa on March 3, 1984 . With the European Cup winner from 1982 he played seven league games (one goal) by the end of the 1983/84 season . After two hits in eight games in 1984/85, he moved to league rivals Luton Town after only eight months in Birmingham on November 29, 1984 . Also in Luton Foster established himself as a regular player and reached a seventh place in the Football League First Division 1986/87 . In addition to ninth place in the following year, Steve Foster moved with his teammates Danny Wilson and David Preece into the final of the English League Cup 1987/88 . In his second game in the final at Wembley, he won his first title with a 3-2 draw against Arsenal . A year later, the relegation-threatened club moved into the league cup final again , but this time lost 3-1 to Nottingham Forest .

After the close relegation, Steve Foster left Luton after more than five years and moved to the second division club Oxford United on July 13, 1989 . After three years in the Second Division , he returned to Brighton & Hove Albion on August 14, 1992, aged nearly 35. His old club was relegated to the third division in the previous year and remained in this division until the 1995/96 season, when Brighton was relegated to the fourth division as the penultimate. Steve Foster ended his playing career at the age of 38.

English national team (1982-1984)

Steve Foster made his debut on February 23, 1982 in a 4-0 home win in a friendly against Northern Ireland in the England team. After another game in preparation for the World Cup, the 24-year-old was appointed to the English World Cup squad by national coach Ron Greenwood . After two wins in the first two games of the 1982 World Cup in Spain, Foster made his first World Cup appearance in the third game against Kuwait. England moved into the intermediate round as group winners and failed there against the future finalists Germany. Steve Foster was never considered by Greenwood's successor, Bobby Robson .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ England - Northern Ireland 4-0
  2. Jump up ↑ England - Kuwait 1-0
personal data
SURNAME Foster, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foster, Stephen Brian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Portsmouth , England