Steve Lovell is pictured in the 1-1 draw against Leicester on 21st March 1981.
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| Crystal Palace: |
1977-1978 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
| |
1978-1979 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
| |
1979-1980 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
| Stockport Co.: |
1979-1980 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 4) |
(on |
loan) |
| |
| Crystal Palace: |
1980-1981 |
Played |
25 |
Scored |
2 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1981-1982 |
Played |
30 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 2) |
| |
1982-1983 |
Played |
19 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
| |
| Transferred to Millwall in March 1983 |
| |
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1983–1987 Millwall[3] 146 (43)
1987 Swansea City (loan) 2 (1)
1987–1992 Gillingham[5] 233 (94)
1992 AFC Bournemouth (loan) 3 (0)
1992–1993 Sittingbourne
1993–1994 Braintree Town
1994 St Albans City
1994–1995 Hastings Town
1995–1996 Sittingbourne
1996–1997 Gravesend & Northfleet
1997 Weymouth
1997–1999 Tonbridge Angels
1999–2000 Deal Town
2000–2001 Ashford Town
2001 Sittingbourne
Although born in Wales, Lovell began his career as an apprentice
with Crystal Palace in 1977. Playing at the time as a midfielder, he
managed 74 Football League appearances in six years at Selhurst Park,
during which he also had a spell on loan at Stockport County. In 1983 he
moved to Millwall, where manager George Graham played him as a striker
during an injury crisis. He went on to score 13 goals in 11 matches and
remained a striker for the remainder of his career.
In 1986 Lovell was injured whilst playing for Wales and was unable to
regain a place in the Millwall team and, after a short loan spell with
his hometown club Swansea City, was sold to Gillingham for £20,000.
During his time with the Kent club he played over 200 matches and scored
nearly 100 goals, finishing as the club's leading scorer in four
consecutive seasons and equalling a club record by scoring in seven
consecutive matches in 1990.
He scored four goals in Gillingham's 8–1
defeat of Southend United in 1987 but bizarrely failed to find the net
at all when the team won 10–0 against Chesterfield the following
Saturday.
After a brief loan spell with AFC Bournemouth in 1992, Lovell dropped
into non-league football, where he played for nine different clubs in
nine years, including three separate spells with Sittingbourne. In 2000
he played for Deal Town in the FA Vase final at Wembley. He finally hung
up his boots in 2001. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) |