777 Steve Morgan

Biography

Steve Morgan was a versatile and tough tackling left sided defender and midfielder who joined the Tigers in July 1999 as manager Warren Joyce used his North West football contacts to assemble a squad that could move on from the highs and lows of the preceding “Great Escape” season. Despite impressing during pre-season friendlies, a hamstring injury meant Morgan did not make his senior debut until late September 1999 and it wasn’t until late October that he got a run of games. Injuries dogged Morgan throughout his season at City, though he did start nine consecutive games in December and January during which he scored two goals in the Associate Members’ Cup away at York and at home to Chester. He scored his only League goal for City in an April Fools’ Day thumping of Carlisle, which was Joyce’s final game as City boss. With Brian Little installed as manager Morgan was not retained for the 2000/01 season.

Stephen Alphonso Morgan was born in Oldham and started his footballing career at Division Three side Blackpool in the mid-1980s. He made his senior debut for the Tangerines in a January 1986 Football League Trophy tie against Wrexham while still 17 and by March 1987 was a first team regular. He played for Blackpool for another three seasons and amassing fourteen goals in 184 appearances.

At the end of the 1989/90 season Blackpool were relegated to Division Four and Morgan moved on, joining Division Two side Plymouth Argyle in July 1990 in return for a fee decided by tribunal as £115,000. He was Plymouth’s first choice left back for three seasons and stayed with the Pilgrims after they were relegated at the end of the 1991/92 season. When he left Home Park in the 1993 close season he had scored six goals in 139 appearances. This consistent form eventually prompted Premier League side Coventry City to sign Morgan in July 1993, paying £150,000 for his signature. He was an established top flight player for a season and a half before David Burrows replaced him at left back in February 1995. Morgan made only one further appearance for the Sky Blues in March 1995 and spent a season away from first team football, returning briefly in March 1996 with a month’s loan at League Division 2 side that yielded 7 appearances. Morgan left Coventry City in the 1996 close season having scored five goals in 78 appearances.

In July 1996 he joined League Division 3 promotion contenders Wigan Athletic, where he scored against Hull City in October 1996and assisted the Latics to winning the league title. Out of the first team picture at the beginning of the 1997/98 season, Morgan spent October 1997 on loan at League Division 1 side Bury, making 5 appearances. He returned to Wigan and took his Latics tally to two goals in 43 appearances before leaving during the 1998 close season. Steve signed for League Division 2 side Burnley in August 1998 and made 20 appearances for the Clarets before signing for Hull City in July 1999.

After leaving the Tigers in the summer of 2000 Morgan had a short spell at Halifax Town in the early weeks of the 2000/01 season, making just 1 senior appearance before spending the rest of the season at Altrincham and retiring in the summer of 2001. Across his professional career he made 502 appearances in all competitions and scored 30 goals. Following retirement Morgan settled in his native Oldham and was a youth team coach for Oldham Athletic. He also coached youngsters at Oldham College.

Details

Nationality: England
Date/Place of Birth: 19 September 1968, Oldham
Hull City First Game: 25 September 1999, York City H (League Division 3), 31 years, 6 days old
Hull City Final Game: 6 May 2000, Hartlepool United H (League Division 3), 31 years, 230 days old

Clubs

Blackpool (1985-1990), Plymouth Argyle (1990-1993), Coventry City (1993-1996), Bristol Rovers (1996, loan), Wigan Athletic (1996-1998), Bury (1997, loan), Burnley (1998-1999), Hull City (1999-2000), Halifax Town (2000), Altrincham (2000-2001)

Hull City Record

Career: 25 apps, 3 goals

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