Steve Spooner

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| name = Steve Spooner

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| fullname = Stephen Alan Spooner

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sutton, 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=190 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Birmingham City
(professional development coach)

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 1978–1981 | clubs1 = Derby County | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1981–1983 | clubs2 = Halifax Town | caps2 = 72 | goals2 = 13

| years3 = 1983–1986 | clubs3 = Chesterfield | caps3 = 93 | goals3 = 14

| years4 = 1986–1988 | clubs4 = Hereford United | caps4 = 84 | goals4 = 19

| years5 = 1988–1990 | clubs5 = York City | caps5 = 72 | goals5 = 11

| years6 = 1990–1991 | clubs6 = Rotherham United | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1991–1993 | clubs7 = Mansfield Town | caps7 = 58 | goals7 = 3

| years8 = 1993 | clubs8 = Blackpool | caps8 = 2 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1993–1995 | clubs9 = Chesterfield | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1995–1996 | clubs10 = Rushden & Diamonds | caps10 = 37 | goals10 = 2

| years11 = 1996–1997 | clubs11 = Burton Albion | caps11 = ? | goals11 = ?

| totalcaps = 457

| totalgoals = 63

| manageryears1 = 2020

| managerclubs1 = Birmingham City (caretaker)

| manageryears2 = 2024

| managerclubs2 = Birmingham City (caretaker)

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Stephen Alan Spooner (born 25 January 1961) is an English footballer who played as a central midfielder. He was the interim manager of EFL Championship club Birmingham City in 2024.

Spooner began his professional career with Derby County but got his breakthrough with Halifax Town, where in the 1982–83 season he was a key player in midfield in Halifax's highest league finish of the decade (11th). He then moved to Chesterfield where he won promotion in 1985, and then on to Hereford United, York City, Rotherham United, Mansfield Town and Blackpool before finishing his League career at Chesterfield. He then later went into non-league football and has since worked as a coach in numerous roles.

Currently Spooner is the lead Professional Development Coach with Birmingham Cityhttps://www.bcfc.com/birmingham-city-u18/players/steve-spooner/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823211936/https://www.bcfc.com/birmingham-city-u18/players/steve-spooner/ |date=23 August 2018 }} accessed 23.08.2018 and was appointed in temporary charge of the first-team alongside Craig Gardner on 9 July 2020 following the departure of Pep Clotet.https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2020/spooner-and-gardner-to-step-up/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122191415/https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2020/spooner-and-gardner-to-step-up/ |date=22 January 2021 }} accessed 11.07.2020 Spooner also took charge of one match in January 2024 after the dismissal of manager Wayne Rooney.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67899139 |title=Tony Mowbray: Birmingham City name ex-Sunderland boss as manager |first=Ged |last=Scott |website=BBC Sport |date=8 January 2024 |access-date=9 January 2024}}

Spooner is a Christian.{{cite news|date=1 March 2019|url=https://christiansinsport.org.uk/resources/ep-26-steve-spooner-football-journeyman-and-birmingham-city-coach/|title=Ep. 26 – Steve Spooner: Football journeyman and Birmingham City coach |publisher=Christians in Sport|access-date=2 March 2019}}