Mark Stein (footballer)

Mark Stein

Personal information
Full name	Earl Mark Sean Stein
Date of birth	29 January 1966 (1966-01-29) (age 45)
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–1988	Luton Town	32	(4)
1986	→ Aldershot (loan)	7	(4)
1988–1889	Queens Park Rangers	33	(5)
1989–1991	Oxford United	77	(22)
1991	→ Stoke City (loan)	8	(3)
1991–1993	Stoke City	89	(52)
1993–1998	Chelsea	50	(21)
1996–1997	→ Stoke City (loan)	11	(4)
1997	→ Ipswich Town (loan)	11	(3)
1998	→ Bournemouth (loan)	17	(17)
1998–2000	Bournemouth	77	(26)
2000–2001	Luton Town	43	(6)
2001–2003	Dagenham & Redbridge	76	(49)
2004	Waltham Forest	7	(4)
Total		538	(220)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Earl Mark Sean Stein (born 29 January 1966 in Cape Town, South Africa), known as Mark Stein, is a South African-born English former footballer who played for numerous English clubs as a striker. He is the younger brother of former Luton Town striker Brian Stein; another brother, Ed Stein, played for Barnet.^[1]

Career

In 1987–88, he helped Luton win their first - and only to date - major trophy as they achieved a shock 3–2 over Arsenal in the Football League Cup final, with Stein coming on as a substitute in the final. He was sold to Queen's Park Rangers shortly afterwards, spending just one year at Loftus Road before being transferred to Oxford United.

In 1991–92, Stein was taken to Stoke from Oxford United for £100,000 by Lou Macari following an impressive loan spell. He soon formed a prolific partnership with Wayne Biggins but the Potters narrowly missed out on automatic promotion from Division Three (the third tier of English football). Stoke lost to Stockport County in a hot-tempered two-legged play-off semi-final but gained quick revenge against the Hatters when Stein scored the only goal at Wembley to beat them in the final of the Football League Trophy.

Biggins was sold early in 1992–93 but Stein scored 26 league goals to fire the side to the newly-renamed Division Two championship, racking up 93 points in a season which included a 25-game run without defeat.

Stein scored in Potteries derbies against Port Vale and two goals in a 2–1 second round first leg victory against Manchester United in the 1993–94 League Cup. He joined Chelsea late in 1993 for £1,600,000, shortly after Macari had left Stoke to manage Celtic.

Whilst at Chelsea, Stein set a Premier League record by scoring in seven consecutive matches from December 1993 to February 1994. The record stood until 2002, when Ruud van Nistelrooy surpassed it.^[2]

Stein also played in the 1994 FA Cup Final and, in total, he scored 25 goals in 63 games for the West London club.

He returned to Stoke on a short-term loan, scoring four goals in 11 games in 1996–97, the club's final season at the Victoria Ground.

Stein ended his career playing for Isthmian League Division One North club Waltham Forest, scoring three goals in seven appearances in the 2003–04 season.

After football

On 28 June 2007 he was appointed as the new physiotherapist at Barnet after taking on a temporary role at the end of the 2006–07 season.^[3] Stein was the Barnet physio until the end of the of the 2009/10 season.

On July 12, 2008 he played for the England XI in the Gordon Banks Charity Match at the Britannia Stadium. On April 29, 2010 Mark Stein was released from his position as physiotherapist at Barnet FC. On September 22, 2010, he took up a full time role as physiotherapist with Conference National side Crawley Town.

References

1. ^ "Football's band of brothers". London Evening Standard. 27 July 2002. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-347585-footballs-band-of-brothers.do. Retrieved 19 November 2010. 
2. ^ "Ruud's record joy". BBC. 2002-01-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/football/eng_prem/1771410.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-30. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Stein signs new deal with Barnet". BBC Sport. 8 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnet/7495427.stm. 

External links

• Profile at www.sporting-heroes.net
• Mark Stein career stats at Soccerbase
• Kingston University / St George's Hospital "Mark Stein Swaps Football for Career in Physiotherapy"
• Mark Stein - Interview podcast with Why Delilahs Dave Knapper
• Mark Stein Stoke City goals from the 1993-94 season

Persondata
Name	Stein, Mark
Alternative names	Stein, Earl Mark Sean
Short description	South African-born England-based football player
Date of birth	29 January 1966
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death