Kirk William Stephens (born 27 February 1955) is an English former

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player, best known for his time at

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

and

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

Playing career

Kirk Stephens started out as a schoolboy with local club

, but after four years on their books he was told he wasn't yet up to top-flight standard. Stephens joined

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Nuneaton Borough, managed by

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. After five years, Pleat moved on to Second Division side

, and one of his first signings for his new club was the 23-year-old Stephens. He made his debut on 19 August 1978, in a 6–1 home win over

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, and went on to play 227 times for the club, scoring twice. He was sold to his home town club

in 1984, and he played 34 times for them over two seasons before injury forced an end to his professional career. He returned to his former team Nuneaton Borough. He also played at Barnet scoring two goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Kirk 1955 births Living people English men's footballers Luton Town F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Nuneaton Town F.C. players Footballers from Coventry Men's association football defenders English Football League players