Steve Peplow

Steve Peplow
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Thomas Peplow
Date of birth	8 January 1949
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	29 December 2021 (aged 72)
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1970	Liverpool
1970–1973	Swindon Town
1973	Nottingham Forest
1973–1974	→ Mansfield Town (loan)
1973–1981	Tranmere Rovers
1976	Chicago Sting (loan)
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Thomas Peplow (8 January 1949 – 29 December 2021) was an English footballer who played as a winger. He made 248 league appearances for Tranmere Rovers between 1973 and 1981.

Peplow married Mary in Birkenhead in 1995. His best-man was Scottish former professional footballer Barrie Mitchell, who provided him with a commissioned tape of the first ever Match of the Day to be televised in colour, on which Peplow appeared making his debut for Liverpool.^[1]

He died after a long illness on 29 December 2021, at the age of 72.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	1969–70	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
Swindon Town	1970–71	Second Division	11	4	0	0	0	0	4^[a]	2	15	6
	1971–72	Second Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	–		5	0
	1972–73	Second Division	24	7	0	0	1	0	–		25	7
	Total		40	11	0	0	1	0	4	2	45	13
Nottingham Forest	1973–74	Second Division	3	0	0	0	2	0	–		5	0
Mansfield Town (loan)	1973–74	Fourth Division	4	3	0	0	0	0	–		4	3
Tranmere Rovers	1973–74	Third Division	18	2	0	0	0	0	–		18	2
	1974–75	Third Division	17	3	1	0	0	0	–		18	3
	1975–76	Fourth Division	46	11	1	0	3	0	–		50	11
	1976–77	Third Division	32	3	1	0	0	0	–		33	3
	1977–78	Third Division	42	7	2	0	2	0	–		46	7
	1978–79	Third Division	28	8	3	0	2	0	–		33	8
	1979–80	Fourth Division	43	6	2	1	4	2	–		49	9
	1980–81	Fourth Division	22	4	1	0	2	0	–		25	4
	Total		248	44	11	1	13	2	0	0	272	46
Chicago Sting (loan)	1976	North American Soccer League	20	4	0	0	0	0	–		20	4
Career total			317	62	11	1	16	2	4	2	348	67

^ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup

References

^ Hilton, Nick (20 January 2007). "'I thought that he'd got hold of a naughty video' Interview: Steve Peplow - but winger Peplow's wedding gift turned out to be an Anfield surprise". Liverpool Echo.
^ Hilton, Nick (29 December 2021). "Tribute to former Tranmere Rovers winger Steve Peplow". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ Steve Peplow at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

"Steve Peplow". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
LFC History profile

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[ai-4] Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup

[1] Hilton, Nick (20 January 2007). "'I thought that he'd got hold of a naughty video' Interview: Steve Peplow - but winger Peplow's wedding gift turned out to be an Anfield surprise". Liverpool Echo.

[2] Hilton, Nick (29 December 2021). "Tribute to former Tranmere Rovers winger Steve Peplow". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

[3] Steve Peplow at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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