Steve Emery

{{Short description|English footballer (born 1956)}}

{{for|the Australian footballer|Steve Emery (Australian footballer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Steve Emery

| image =

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| fullname = Stephen Roger Emery

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|2|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ledbury, England

| height = 5 ft 10 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=122 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1972–1974

| youthclubs1 = Hereford United

| years1 = 1974–1979 | clubs1 = Hereford United | caps1 = 204 | goals1 = 10

| years2 = 1979–1983 | clubs2 = Derby County | caps2 = 75 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1983 | clubs3 = Newport County | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1983–1985 | clubs4 = Hereford United | caps4 = 75 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 1985–1986 | clubs5 = Wrexham | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = – | clubs6 = Gloucester City | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = – | clubs7 = Westfields | caps7 = | goals7 =

| manageryears1 = – | managerclubs1 = Westfields (player-manager)

| manageryears2 = – | managerclubs2 = Ledbury Town

| manageryears3 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs3 = Ledbury Town

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Stephen Roger Emery (born 7 February 1956) is an English former footballer who played for 13 seasons in the Football League. He spent much of his career at Hereford United, where he made 333 competitive appearances, and also played League football for Derby County and Wrexham.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/steveemery.html |title=Steve Emery |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=16 February 2010}}

He was a versatile midfield player and started his career at Hereford when he became the club's first apprentice professional, signing just before his 18th birthday. Initially he spent seven seasons at Edgar Street and was a first team regular as Hereford rose to the Second Division and during their decline back down to the Fourth. In 1979, he was sold to Derby County for £100,000, making the step up to the First Division.{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=39783 |title=Steve Emery Derby County FC |work=Football Heroes |publisher=Sporting Heroes Collections |accessdate=16 February 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hayandbrecon.info/hufc/players/emery.htm |title=Steve Emery |work=The Independent Hereford United Online Resource |publisher=Terry Goodwin |accessdate=15 February 2010}}

After three seasons, and a brief spell at Newport County, he returned to Hereford in 1983 before moving to Wrexham. He finished his career in non-league football with Gloucester City and Westfields, where he was player-manager while also working in the licensed trade. He also managed Ledbury Town for nearly five years, and returned as manager in late 2008,{{cite news |url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/archive/2008/10/19/Round-up+(malvern_sport_roundup)/3764882.Emery_returns_to_take_over_at_Town/ |title=Emery returns to take over at Town |first=Mark |last=Stanford |newspaper=Hereford Times |date=19 October 2008 |accessdate=16 February 2010}} but was dismissed after only three months.{{cite news |url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/archive/2009/01/23/Football+(malvern_sport_football)/4067788.Derby_day_looms_as_Emery_leaves/ |title=Derby day looms as Emery leaves |first=Mark |last=Stanford |newspaper=Hereford Times |date=23 January 2009 |accessdate=16 February 2010}}

His son Josh Emery had a spell playing for Hereford.