Name: Stephen Alexander Penney
Born: 16 January 1964, Ballymena
Height: 5.06 ft
Weight: 10.06 st
Position: Winger/Midfielder
Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 17 Full Caps (1984-1988).
Club Honours: (with Brighton) Football League Division Three Runner-Up 1987/88.
Club Career:
Teams 
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Seasons 
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Signed 
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Fee 
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League 
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FA Cup 
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FL Cup 
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Other 
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Ballymena Utd 
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80/81-83/84 
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Aug-79 
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Youth 
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48 (6)/12 
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- 
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- 
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- 
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Brighton
  &a H.A. 
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83/84-90/91 
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Nov-83 
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- 
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125(13)/14 
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12(0)/0 
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9(0)/1 
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2(1)/0 
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Heart.of.Midl'n 
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91/92 
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Jul-91 
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Free 
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3 (6)/ 0 
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0(1)/0 
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0(1)/0 
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1(0)/0 
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Burnley 
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92/93 
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May-92 
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Free 
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10 (1)/ 3 
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3(0)/0 
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2(0)/0 
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- 
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TOTALS 
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- 
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£- 
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186(26)/29 
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13(1)/ 
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11(1)/1 
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3(1)/0 
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Biography:
All of Steve Penney’s seventeen caps were won while playing for Brighton & Hove Albion, making him the club’s most capped player. Injury-troubled for much of his career, Penney retired in January 1994 having not played for over a year.
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
16-10-1984 Israel........ H W 3-0 FR
11-09-1985 Turkey........ A D 0-0 WCQ
16-10-1985 Romania....... A W 1-0 WCQ
13-11-1985 England....... A D 0-0 WCQ
26-02-1986 France........ A D 0-0 FR
26-03-1986 Denmark....... H D 1-1 FR
23-04-1986 Morocco....... H W 2-1 FR
03-06-1986 Algeria....... N D 1-1 WCF
07-06-1986 Spain......... N L 1-2 WCF
15-10-1986 England....... A L 0-3 ECQ
12-11-1986 Turkey........ A D 0-0 ECQ
18-02-1987 Israel........ A D 1-1 FR 1 Goal
23-03-1988 Poland........ H D 1-1 FR
27-04-1988 France........ H D 0-0 FR
21-05-1988 Malta......... H W 3-0 WCQ 1 Goal
14-09-1988 Rep of Ireland H D 0-0 WCQ
21-12-1988 Spain......... A L 0-4 WCQ
Summary: 17/2. Won 4, Drew 10, Lost 3.
Ballymena stats courtesy of ‘Neil Coleman - The Official History of Ballymena United FC’
Comments
Signed in August 1979 by Alan Campbell but played in Reserves under Alex McKee.
Debut on 11th April 1981 v Coleraine (Irish League) - won 2-0
1980/81 - 3 apps (2 + 1 sub) 1 gls
1981/82 - 4 apps (2 + 2 sub) 0 gls
1982/83 - 32 apps (30 + 2 sub) 8 gls
1983/84 - 15 apps (14 + 1 sub) 3 gls
Total - 54 apps (48 + 6 sub) 12 goals