Steve_Penney_(footballer)

Steve Penney (footballer)

Steve Penney (footballer)

Northern Irish footballer

Steven Alexander Penney (born 6 January 1964) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played as a right winger.

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Penney started his career with hometown Ballymena United, before moving to England with Brighton & Hove Albion in 1983. Penney spent 8 seasons playing for Brighton in the second and third tier of English football before a single season cameo with Heart of Midlothian in 1991–92. After a similarly short spell with Burnley, a serious knee injury forced him into early retirement.

He was capped 17 times by Northern Ireland, earning selection for the 1986 World Cup squad in Mexico.

References

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    "Steve Penney". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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    Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.


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