Kenny Stephens
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kenny Stephens
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Kenneth John Stephens
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bristol, England
| height =
| position = Winger
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Broad Plain
| youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = Phildown Rovers
| youthyears3 = 1962–1964 |youthclubs3 = West Bromwich Albion
| years1 = 1964–1968 |clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion |caps1 = 22 |goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1968–1970 |clubs2 = Walsall |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1970–1977 |clubs3 = Bristol Rovers |caps3 = 225 |goals3 = 11
| years4 = 1977–1980 |clubs4 = Hereford United |caps4 = 60 |goals4 = 2
| years5 = 1982–? |clubs5 = Hanham Athletic |caps5 = |goals5 =
| totalcaps = 314
| totalgoals = 15
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 = Hanham Athletic
}}
Kenneth John Stephens (born 14 November 1946) is a former professional footballer, who played in 314 Football League games for West Bromwich Albion, Walsall, Bristol Rovers, and Hereford United.
Career
Stephens began playing for Speedwell School in his home town of Bristol,{{cite book |last1=Jay |first1=Mike |last2=Byrne |first2=Stephen |title=Pirates in Profile: A Who's Who of Bristol Rovers Players |year=1994 |publisher=Potten, Baber & Murray |location=Bristol |isbn=0-9524835-0-5 |page=252}} before going on to play in the Bristol Downs League as a teenager.{{cite web |url=http://www.rocketsfc.co.uk/downs.html |title=Bristol Downs Football League: A Brief History of the League |publisher=Clifton Rockets F.C. |accessdate=26 February 2010}}
He joined West Brom as an apprentice in 1962, before turning professional with them in 1964. He went on to play 22 League games for The Baggies, scoring twice. After playing seven games for Walsall, who he joined in 1968, he retired from football to become a newsagent in the West Midlands, but was tempted out of retirement to join his home town club Bristol Rovers in 1970. He went on to play in 225 League games for Rovers and scored eleven goals in a seven-year spell with the club.{{cite book |last1=Byrne |first1=Stephen |last2=Jay |first2=Mike |title=Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003 |year=2003 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |isbn=0-7524-2717-2 |page=506}} He ended his League career with Hereford United, for whom he made 60 appearances between 1977 and 1980, then made 35 appearances for Gloucester City in the Southern Football League{{cite book |last=Clark |first=Timothy R.D. |author2=Kujawa, Rob |title=The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009 |year=2009 |publisher=Tiger Timbo Publications |location=Gloucester |isbn=978-0-9557425-1-4}} before dropping down to non-League football to join Hanham Athletic in 1982. He later managed Hanham{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/wdp/news/Hanham-Athletic-looking-good-century/article-720835-detail/article.html |title=Hanham Athletic looking good for another century |date=23 February 2009 |work=This is Bristol |publisher=Western Daily Press |accessdate=26 February 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913035549/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/wdp/news/Hanham-Athletic-looking-good-century/article-720835-detail/article.html |archive-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead }} and also went on to become their chairman.
References
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Category:Footballers from Bristol
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:English Football League players
Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Category:Gloucester City A.F.C. players
Category:Bristol Rovers F.C. players