Steven James Housham (born 24 February 1976) is an English football manager and former

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. Housham played as a

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from 1993 to 2007, notably in

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for

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

where he was part of the club that triumphed in the 1998/1999 Division Three Play-offs. He moved on to Barrow before finishing his playing career with

Brigg Town Brigg Town Football Club CIC is a football club based in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Hawthorns. Established in 1864, they are one of the oldest football clubs in the world. History The club w ...

. He moved into management with Brigg in 2007, before spells with

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gains ...

, North Ferriby United and Lincoln United.

Career

Playing career

Housham was born in

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, Lincolnshire. He progressed through

's youth system and was promoted to the first-team squad in 1993. While at United he was part of the side that earned promotion to the

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via the playoffs. The majority of his football at

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was under the stewardship of

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. It was Laws who loaned him out initially to Barrow during the 1999–2000 season. He later moved to the club permanently before joining

a year later.

Managerial career

He was appointed Player/Manager of Brigg in 2007, and shortly afterwards retired from playing to tackle his new position in a non-playing capacity. In May 2011 he quit his post at Brigg and took up the role as youth team manager at his hometown club

where he briefly worked under manager

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until he replaced Little as caretaker manager in August 2011. Following five wins out of five in caretaker charge at

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Housham was appointed as full-time manager on 12 September 2011. In his first season in charge Housham led Trinity to the

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play-offs after finishing 4th. They defeated

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over two legs before, despite being favorites they were beaten 1–0 by

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in the final. During the 2012–13 season Trinity reached the semi-final of the

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having defeated Barrow in the quarter finals. The Blues were drawn against

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promotion contenders

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and despite drawing level they were beaten 3–1 away in the first leg. The following week Trinity came from behind to win 2–1 in the second leg, but despite applying a lot of pressure in the final stages they were unable to get a third goal to take the tie into extra time. Wrexham went on to play

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...

in the final, with Trinity missing out on their first ever chance to play at

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. Housham left Gainsborough by mutual consent on 10 March 2016. On 6 June 2016, Housham was appointed manager of newly promoted

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club North Ferriby United. He was sacked on 24 November 2017, after a run of poor performances and results that left North Ferriby at the bottom of the

shortly after Jamie Waltham took over as the club's owner. He was appointed Lincoln United manager in 2019 with

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as his assistant. The two left the club in March 2020.Steve Housham steps down as Lincoln United manager
Lincolnshire Live, 9 March 2020

Managerial statistics

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* * (Barrow permanent spell only) {{DEFAULTSORT:Housham, Steve 1976 births Living people People from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Footballers from Lincolnshire English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Scunthorpe United F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Brigg Town F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Brigg Town F.C. managers Gainsborough Trinity F.C. managers North Ferriby United A.F.C. managers National League (English football) managers Lincoln United F.C. managers