Gary S. Stebbing (born 11 August 1965) is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Crystal Palace, Southend United and

Maidstone United Maidstone United Football Club is a professional football club based in Maidstone, Kent, England. The team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league system. The current club filled the void left by the ol ...

. He was signed from the Crystal Palace junior ranks in 1983 and went on to play 102 times in the Football League Second Division for the club. In 1989 he signed for

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

newcomers Maidstone United. He was with the club for three years and played 76 times in the

Football League Fourth Division The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Whilst the division disappeared in name ...

, and was one of the club's final two registered players when they went bankrupt and resigned from the league in August 1992.http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/garystebbing.html He subsequently moved into

non-league football Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de ...

with

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...

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English men's footballers Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players Crystal Palace F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players English Football League players 1965 births Living people K.V. Oostende players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon People from Croydon {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub