Steve Blatherwick
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Scott Blatherwick | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Hucknall, England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1991 | Notts County | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1997 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Hereford United (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Reading (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Burnley | 24 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–2006 | Chesterfield | 223 | (10) |
| 2007–2009 | Gainsborough Trinity | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 278 | (11) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Gainsborough Trinity (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Steven Scott "Steve" Blatherwick (born 20 September 1973 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire) is an English former footballer who played as a defender from 1991 to 2006.
He spent much of his career playing for Chesterfield; however, he had previously played in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest. He also played in the Football League with Notts County, Wycombe Wanderers, Hereford United, Reading and Burnley. He retired from the game at the age of 32, on medical advice after suffering a back injury. He later became a coach at non-league club Gainsborough Trinity and briefly managed the club in a caretaker capacity before leaving the game to set up his own sports management company.
He started his career at Notts County but did not make a first team appearance for the Magpies. In August 1992, he made the short trip across the River Trent to Nottingham Forest. During a five-year spell at the City Ground he started 10 league matches and had spells on loan at Wycombe Wanderers, Hereford United and Reading.
In July 1997 he signed for Burnley for a £150,000 fee. But just over a year later he was loaned to Chesterfield, making the move permanent in December 1998 for a fee of £50,000. He was to spend the rest of his career at Saltergate and helped them win promotion to Division Two in 2001. He retired from playing in October 2006 at the age of 33. He had a testimonial match with former club Nottingham Forest, in which Chesterfield won 1 - 0 thanks to a goal by veteran striker Wayne Allison.
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