Stephen Devine (born 11 December 1964) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s as a full-back. He first played for Tyrone County in Northern Ireland. His professional career started his career at

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but never played a first team match, although he did play for Northern Ireland at youth level. In March 1983 he joined

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, appearing in 9 league matches as the Rams were relegated to the then Third Division. He made one further appearance in the following season before joining

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in summer 1985. After two league appearances in two months he joined

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where he eventually became a first team regular, going on to make 272 league appearances for the club, scoring 4 goals. In 1993, he left Hereford and dropped into non-league football with a spell at

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before spending three seasons at

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. He later had two spells at Gresley Rovers, sandwiching another spell at Hednesford where he was assistant manager. He later worked at Derby as a sports therapist, before joining

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as a physio in 2003. Devine later returned to Derby in August 2017.

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1964 births Living people Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff Men's association football defenders English Football League players {{NorthernIreland-footy-bio-stub