Steve Penney
Personal information
Full name Steven Alexander Penney[1]
Date of birth (1964-01-06) 6 January 1964 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth Ballymena,[1] Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Linfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1983 Ballymena United
1983–1991 Brighton & Hove Albion 138 (14)
1991–1992 Heart of Midlothian 9 (0)
1992–1994 Burnley 11 (3)
International career
1984–1988 Northern Ireland 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steven Alexander Penney (born 6 January 1964) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played as a right winger.

Penney started his career with hometown Ballymena United, before moving to England with Brighton & Hove Albion in 1983. Penney spent 8 seasons playing for Brighton in the second and third tier of English football before a single season cameo with Heart of Midlothian in 1991–92. After a similarly short spell with Burnley, a serious knee injury forced him into early retirement.

He was capped 17 times by Northern Ireland, earning selection for the 1986 World Cup squad in Mexico.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Steve Penney". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

External links


Northern Ireland squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup
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