Steve Buckley (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Steve Buckley

| image =

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| fullname = Steven Buckley

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/218 218] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/218}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England{{NeilBrownPlayers|player1/stevebuckley}}

| position = Defender

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| youthclubs1 = Nottingham Forest

| years1 =

| years2 = {{0|0000}}–1974

| years3 = 1974–1978

| years4 = 1978–1986

| years5 = 1986–1988

| years6 = 1988–1990

| clubs1 = Borrowash Victoria

| clubs2 = Burton Albion

| clubs3 = Luton Town

| clubs4 = Derby County

| clubs5 = Lincoln City

| clubs6 = Boston United

| caps1 =

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| caps3 = 123

| caps4 = 323

| caps5 = 36

| caps6 = 56

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| goals3 = 9

| goals4 = 21

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 0

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| club-update = 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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Steve Buckley (born 16 October 1953) is an English former footballer. His brother Alan Buckley and nephew Adam Buckley also played professionally.

In 1974, he was snapped up by Luton Town where he spent four seasons before moving to Derby County. At Derby he was twice voted player-of-the-season, winning the award for the 1979-1980 and 1981–1982 seasons.[http://beehive.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=csv&ID=11165&PageID=66235 Derby Players of the Season]

Buckley joined Lincoln City for the 1986–87 season and he made a total of 72 appearances for them in two seasons.{{cite web|title=Steve Buckley|url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=buck03|work=The Official Archive|publisher=Lincoln City Football Club|access-date=14 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715165439/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=buck03|archive-date=15 July 2011}} After his time at Lincoln he moved on to Boston United.