Steven Frederick Eyre (born 9 May 1972) is an English former

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. He was a youth player with

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between 1988 and 1990, before joining

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in 1990. He did not make any league appearances for the club prior to retiring at the age of 19.

Playing career

Eyre played for several

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clubs in the northwest of England, including Barrow,

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

and

Radcliffe Borough Radcliffe Football Club (formerly Radcliffe Borough) is an English football club based in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, where they play their home games at Stainton Park. The club was formed on 24 May 1949 and currently plays in the National L ...

Managerial career

After quitting playing full time aged 19 to take up coaching, Eyre moved up the ranks to coach

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's youth team, with whom he won five youth league titles and led the club to two

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final appearances, winning in 2008. He spent 21 years with Manchester City. On 13 June 2011, Eyre was appointed

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manager, after Keith Hill joined

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. Six months later, with the club in 22nd place in

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, Rochdale terminated the contracts of Eyre and his assistant

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. On 12 April 2012, Eyre was appointed the role of Senior Professional Development Coach at League One club

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, taking a leading role in the club's Development Squad. Following

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's sacking on 24 January 2013, he and

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became joint caretaker managers until a successor was chosen. In March 2022, he joined League One side

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as part of

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backroom staff, replacing

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, who had joined

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weeks earlier. On 17 October 2022, Eyre and McSheffrey, were sacked by Doncaster.

Media work

In late 2020, he started to summarise

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matches for local radio. He also summarises for

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Personal life

Born in

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, he is the son of former footballer and radio pundit Fred Eyre. Eyre is married to Claire, with whom he has three daughters.

Honours

Coach

Manchester City *

2007–08

References

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