Steven Fallon (born 8 May 1979) is a Scottish

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who played as a defender in the

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for

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west, where the nea ...

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. ...

and Queen's Park. Stevie has now retired as a football player and moved into coaching with Forfar Athletic.

Career

Steven Fallon was born in Paisley and began his career as a youth player with

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, turning professional in July 1995. His six-year spell with the club was disrupted by injuries; he failed to make a competitive first team appearance, although he did appear in friendly matches and was an unused substitute for a

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tie against

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in July 1997. He spent the last few months of his Dundee United career on loan at

, playing three times. Following his release in May 2001, Fallon signed for

, featuring in only a handful of matches after spending much of the season injured. He left Arbroath in 2002 and joined Queen's Park, where he would appear in over fifty league games over a two-year period. In 2004, Fallon returned to Stenhousemuir for a year, featuring in most of the league campaign. He left the club in 2005 and signed for junior club

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. In 2008, Fallon joined

Tayport Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port on Craig, is a town and burgh, and parish, in the county of Fife, Scotland, acting as a commuter town for Dundee. The motto of the Burgh is ''Te oportet alte ferri'' ("It is incumbent on you to carry yoursel ...

before signing for St Andrews United in October of that year. On 7 March 2018, Fallon become assistant manager at Broughty Athletic. Since then Steven has been coaching at St Andrews United until 2022 he moved to Forfar Athletic as a football assistant manager at Station Park,

Forfar Forfar ( sco, Farfar, gd, Baile Fharfair) is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a po ...

Career statistics

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1979 births Living people Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish men's footballers Dundee United F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Dundee North End F.C. players St Andrews United F.C. players Tayport F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Men's association football defenders {{Scotland-footy-defender-1970s-stub