Stephen Haley Lister (born 17 November 1961) is an English former

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who played mainly as a

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for

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, Scunthorpe United,

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and Boston United.

Playing career

Youth

Steve began his career as an apprentice for Doncaster Rovers in 1978.

Doncaster Rovers

Lister made his first appearance for

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s Doncaster on 20 March 1979 in a 2-2 draw in

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against

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at Belle Vue. The following season 1979-1980 he was top scorer for the club with 12 goals from midfield, and was being watched by some of the bigger clubs including Liverpool who chose to sign

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instead. He went on to score 31 goals in 268 appearances for the club, gaining two promotions and playing for 3 seasons in Division 4 and 3 in Division 3. He was also in the team that beat then top tier QPR in the 3rd round of the FA Cup and subsequently in the side that narrowly lost to Everton at

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Scunthorpe United

At the beginning of the 1985-1986 season Steve moved to Scunthorpe where he spent 7 seasons with them in Division 4. He was the last person to score at the

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as Scunthorpe moved to their new home

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. He was loaned to York where he played 4 games in the 1990-1991 season. Finally he moved onto Boston United where he played 7 league and 1 FA Cup game.

Later life

He was a Football in the Community Officer at

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and more recently the Coach Development Officer at Rastrick Junior F.C. In 2003, he and his wife Bev organised the Kick up the 80's Rovers reunion charity event and subsequent match.

References

External links

*http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/KtoM/Lister,Steve.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Lister, Steve 1961 births Footballers from Doncaster Men's association football midfielders Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players York City F.C. players Boston United F.C. players English Football League players Living people English men's footballers