Stephen Broad (born 10 June 1980) is an English

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, who played as a defender in

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for

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

. He has also played for

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clubs, Hayes,

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

, Corinthian-Casuals and

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional football club in Sutton, South London, England, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They play home games at Gander Green Lane in Sutton about 11 miles sout ...

Football career

As a youth, Broad played for

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for five years rising through the youth ranks before captaining Chelsea's reserve side, which included

John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea, the England national team and Aston Villa. He was most recently the assi ...

. He joined

Conference National The National League, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. It is the highest league that is semi-profes ...

side, Hayes on loan in 1999. He then joined

on loan in 2001. He made his debut for Southend United in Third Division, in the 1–1 away draw against

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on 31 March 2001. He joined

in June 2003 alongside Mark Beard. Broad rejoined Kingstonian in October 2006, after making a few appearances at Corinthian-Casuals and

during the 2006–07 season.

After football

Broad decided to give up full-time football in 2003, and after working as a

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driver in Essex now works supporting children with autism. In 2016, he appeared as a contestant on

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. Also appeared as a contestant on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 program Pop Master in 2022

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* 1980 births Living people Footballers from Sutton, London English footballers Chelsea F.C. players Hayes F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players Corinthian-Casuals F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Association football defenders British taxi drivers {{England-footy-defender-1980s-stub