Steve Massey (born 28 March 1958 in Denton, Lancashire) is an English

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manager and former player who played as a

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, mainly for Stockport County and

AFC Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth () is a professional association football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest division of English club football. Formed in 1899 as B ...

. He was manager of Southern League club

Truro City Truro City Football Club ( kw, Klub Peldroes Truru) is an English football club based in Truro, Cornwall. They currently play in the Southern League, at the seventh tier of the English football league system. They are the highest ranked clu ...

until March 2014 and is currently director of football at Western League Premier Division club Helston Athletic.

Career

Playing career

Massey scored on his league debut for Stockport County in a 2–1 home win over

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on 28 February 1975, and went on to make 114 appearances for the club in all competitions before joining Bournemouth in 1978. Signing for Peterborough United in 1981, he made his league debut in a 1–0 win over

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

on 29 August, and made 20 league appearances before signing for Northampton Town the following year. In 1983, Massey transferred to Hull City for £50,000, before moving on to Cambridge United and then Wrexham, for whom he played in the

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. He scored three goals in the 7–0 aggregate win over Żurrieq in September and October 1986, and another in the 2–2 draw against Real Zaragoza on 5 November. He finished his playing career in Cornwall with South Western Football League side

, and subsequently went on to manage the club.

Managerial career

Massey managed Truro from 1992 to 1994, before moving to Devon to concentrate on his business interests, although he took the job of managing the Cornish representative team and guided them to two South West Counties Championship finals. He later managed

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and returned for a second spell at Truro City between 2005 and 2006. In 2010, he became manager of South West Peninsula League club Buckland Athletic, but was sacked after a few months. He then took on the managerial role at Bovey Tracey in 2011 but had to step down later in the year due to his son's illness. During his time at Bovey Tracey, he was in talks with

Tiverton Town Tiverton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Tiverton, Devon. The club are currently members of the and play at Ladysmead. History The club was established in 1913 as Tiverton Athletic, and initially played at the Athle ...

about a role there as director of football. Massey rejoined Truro City during the 2012–13 season as Head of Football while the club were in administration and bottom of the

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. After the club was relegated at the end of the season, manager Lee Hodges left the club, and Massey became manager of Truro City for the third time. Massey was sacked on 12 March 2014 after rejecting an offer of a more passive role at the club, with City in 19th place in the Southern Premier. He was appointed manager of Helston Athletic at the end of the 2016–17 season. On 6 June 2022, Massey stepped down as manager of the club and became director of football. Matt Cusack who had left Plymouth Parkway took over as manager of Helston Athletic.

References

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