Kirk William Stephens (born 27 February 1955) is an English former

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player, best known for his time at Luton Town and

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

Playing career

Kirk Stephens started out as a schoolboy with local club

, but after four years on their books he was told he wasn't yet up to top-flight standard. Stephens joined non-League

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

, managed by

David Pleat David John Pleat (born 15 January 1945) is an English football player turned manager, and sports commentator. Pleat made 185 Football League appearances for five clubs, scoring 26 goals. He had two spells as manager of Luton Town, and four as ma ...

. After five years, Pleat moved on to Second Division side Luton Town, and one of his first signings for his new club was the 23-year-old Stephens. He made his debut on 19 August 1978, in a 6–1 home win over Oldham Athletic, and went on to play 227 times for the club, scoring twice. He was sold to his home town club

in 1984, and he played 34 times for them over two seasons before injury forced an end to his professional career. He returned to his former team Nuneaton Borough. He also played at Barnet scoring two goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Kirk 1955 births Living people English footballers Luton Town F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Footballers from Coventry Association football defenders Outfield association footballers who played in goal