Stephen James Vaughan (born 22 January 1985) is an English former professional footballer and current
UEFA
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qualified football coach and convicted criminal. He was also a
BBBofC
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History
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licensed Boxing promoter. He is also the former President of
Maltese Premier League side
Floriana FC
Floriana Football Club is a Maltese professional football club in the town of Floriana that currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. In all, Floriana F.C. has won 26 national leagues and 21 FA Trophies (present and longest surviving main kn ...
.,
[ ] ex-assistant coach/technical director of
Mosta FC
Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Mosta. The team played four seasons in Malta's highest league 1974–75, 1987–88, 2002–03 and 2005–06. They achieved promotion to the Maltese Premier League again in 2010–11 ...
and also served a period as director of football at
Bangor City
Bangor City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor) are an inactive Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. They started the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system, but ...
.
Vaughan played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
from 2003 to 2010, mainly for
Chester City, a club his father owned. He also played for
Rochdale
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,
Boston United
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,
Droylsden
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Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the ...
and
Northwich Victoria
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, country ...
. In his second spell with Chester he became player/owner after taking over the reins from his father. In 2010, he left the club and retired from playing at the age of 25 due to a serious Achilles injury.
In 2016, he was convicted of
perverting the course of justice in relation to the murder of a Liverpool police constable, and served a custodial sentence.
In August 2023, Vaughan was appointed the President of Maltese third-tier club
St. George's F.C.
St. George's Football Club, is a Maltese football (soccer), football club from the city of Cospicua in the Mediterranean island of Malta, believed to be the oldest club on the island. They are currently playing in the Maltese National Amateur Le ...
Playing career
Vaughan started his career at
Liverpool
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, playing reserve and youth football. However, he was released in 2004 having played over 70 reserve games. He represented
England
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at Under-15,
Under-17 and
Under-19 level.
He was soon signed by League Two side
Chester City, which was owned by his father
Stephen Vaughan Sr.
Stephen Vaughan (born )Rossington, Ben; 11 January 2008Soccer chief Stephen Vaughan on fraud charges''Liverpool Echo''; Accessed 21 February 2008 is a convicted criminal and English businessman from Liverpool. Through his ownership of Vaughan Pr ...
, under the guidance of
Mark Wright. He quickly became a regular at the
Deva Stadium, and became the owner of the club in 2009.
At the start of the 2006–07 season, he was made Chester's captain at aged 21. He made 58 league appearances. On 3 January 2007, new Rochdale manager
Keith Hill made Vaughan his first signing, initially on loan until 4 February, with a view to a permanent deal. However, on 18 January 2007, Boston United signed him on a one-year contract from Chester City. He made seven appearances for the Pilgrims before rupturing his Achilles tendon against Hartlepool, which sidelined him for nine-months. Now fully recovered, he rejoined Chester on 8 February 2008. He was then loaned out to Droylsden in the
Conference National
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for a month, as part of a rehabilitation programme.
Stephen made his first league appearance back for the club in a 5–1 win over
Barnet
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on 30 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes along with his brother,
James
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. He made eight appearances during the 2008–09 season in
The Football League
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and started the opening game of the following season against
Cambridge United in the Conference National.
In September 2009 he joined
Northwich Victoria
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, official_name = Northwich
, country ...
on loan.
Post-playing career
Vaughan was the president of
Floriana FC
Floriana Football Club is a Maltese professional football club in the town of Floriana that currently plays in the Maltese Premier League. In all, Floriana F.C. has won 26 national leagues and 21 FA Trophies (present and longest surviving main kn ...
.
He resigned on 4 February 2014 and became technical director of
Mosta FC
Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Mosta. The team played four seasons in Malta's highest league 1974–75, 1987–88, 2002–03 and 2005–06. They achieved promotion to the Maltese Premier League again in 2010–11 ...
. He left his position at
Mosta FC
Mosta Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Mosta. The team played four seasons in Malta's highest league 1974–75, 1987–88, 2002–03 and 2005–06. They achieved promotion to the Maltese Premier League again in 2010–11 ...
following a successful six-month period, leading the club to its highest position in history as they finished fourth in the
Maltese Premier League in the 2013–14 season, before returning to the UK. At the present (2023) He has returned to Malta and has been elected president of the pioneers St. George's F.C in the city of Cospicua (founded 1890)
On 4 November 2016, it was announced that Vaughan had been appointed as full-time director of football at
Welsh Premier League side
Bangor City
Bangor City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor) are an inactive Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. They started the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system, but ...
having already been working in the role on a part-time basis from 1 August 2016. In his first season the club qualified for the Europa League by winning the play-offs. This followed in the second season with the club finishing second and automatically qualifying again for the Europa League. On 26 April 2018 the FAW Club Licensing Appeals Body decided to revoke Bangor City's Tier 1 and UEFA license due to not meeting financial criteria meaning that they would automatically drop down to the second level of Welsh football the next season and would not be able to compete for a place in the
2018–19 UEFA Europa League, following season's Europa League. Prior to this Bangor had been one of only three clubs to have been ever present in the league since it began in 1992.
In October 2018, he was appointed as interim manager of Bangor City following the resignation of
Craig Harrison. He left the club in November to take up a position as assistant manager of Maltese club Mosta.
On 5 July 2019, he was appointed as manager of Bangor City following the resignation of
Gary Taylor-Fletcher
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. He left the club in September.
In June 2020, he was appointed manager of
Boca Gibraltar in the
Gibraltar National League
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, but did not formally take up the role.
Boxing promotions
Vaughan is a licensed boxing promoter in Malta.
Personal life
He is the son of former football chairman, and fellow boxing promoter and criminal
Stephen Vaughan Sr.
Stephen Vaughan (born )Rossington, Ben; 11 January 2008Soccer chief Stephen Vaughan on fraud charges''Liverpool Echo''; Accessed 21 February 2008 is a convicted criminal and English businessman from Liverpool. Through his ownership of Vaughan Pr ...
He was charged with and convicted of
perverting the course of justice in relation to the murder of Neil Doyle, a Liverpool
police constable
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.
References
External links
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Chester City Career Update(third paragraph down)
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Living people
1985 births
English men's footballers
Liverpool F.C. players
Chester City F.C. players
Rochdale A.F.C. players
Boston United F.C. players
Droylsden F.C. players
Footballers from Liverpool
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football midfielders
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Marine A.F.C. players
English football managers
Bangor City F.C. managers
English criminals
Northwich Victoria F.C. players
British sportspeople convicted of crimes