Steve Bould
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| Steve Bould | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Stephen Andrew Bould | |
| Date of birth | 16 November 1962 | |
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |
| Playing position | Centre-back | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1978–1980 | Stoke City | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980–1988 1982 1988–1999 1999–2000 |
Stoke City → Torquay United (loan) Arsenal Sunderland Total |
183 (6) 9 (0) 288 (5) 21 (0) 501 (11) |
| National team | ||
| 1994 1994 |
England B England |
1 (1) 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stephen Andrew Bould (born 16 November 1962) is an English former football player.
[edit] Playing career
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Bould signed for his hometown club Stoke City as a schoolboy in 1978, turning professional in November 1980. He made his debut at right back in a 3-2 defeat away to Middlesbrough in September 1981. However, he was unable to command a regular place in the team, and was loaned out to Torquay United in October 1982, playing nine league games for Bruce Rioch's side.
Bould slowly became a regular in the Stoke side, switching to centre half, although a major back injury in 1987 threatened his career, but after several operations he recovered. He moved to Arsenal in 1988, and became part of Arsenal's "famous four" defensive lineup, with Tony Adams, Nigel Winterburn and his former Stoke team-mate Lee Dixon. Bould won the First Division title twice in 1988-89 and 1990-91; injury however ruled him out of the FA Cup and League Cup finals that Arsenal won in 1992-93, and his place in the team was taken by Andy Linighan who scored Arsenal's winning goal in the FA Cup final replay against Sheffield Wednesday.
After winning the Cup Winners' Cup final in 1993-94, success eluded Arsenal and Bould for several years, and the arrival of French manager Arsène Wenger led some to speculate the ageing Bould would leave the club (especially as he was now often second-choice behind Martin Keown); instead it spurred a brief revival, and Bould was a member of the squad that won the double in 1997-98 - Bould famously set up Tony Adams with a chipped throughball, for the final goal in Arsenal's 4-0 win over Everton, the match that won them the Premier League title. Two weeks later they won the FA Cup to complete the double.
By now age was not on Bould's side and after a final season at Highbury he moved to newly-promoted Sunderland in July 1999 for a fee of £500,000. Following the departure of skipper Kevin Ball in December 1999, manager Peter Reid made him club captain and he helped them finish seventh - just short of a UEFA Cup place. Bould stayed at the Stadium of Light until arthritis contributed to his retirement in September 2000 having played only 21 Premier League games for Sunderland.
Despite forming part of one of the most secure top-flight defences of the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, Bould won only two caps for England, far fewer than fellow centre half Tony Adams, and didn't make his first full international appearance until the age of 31.
[edit] Coaching career
After retiring, he began working towards his UEFA coaching badges and in June 2001 moved back to Arsenal and became a coach for the youth teams. He is currently head coach of Arsenal's U18 Academy side.
[edit] External links
- Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net
- Statistics at soccerbase.com
- arsenal.com profile
| Preceded by Kevin Ball |
Sunderland captain 1999-2000 |
Succeeded by Michael Gray |
