Stephen David James Torpey (born 8 December 1970) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker
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Playing career
Born in
Islington
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, London,
Torpey had played for a number of clubs, before signing for
Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...
from
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
in February 2000. He was Scunthorpe's record transfer signing, costing £175,000. Torpey broke the ten goal barrier in each of his first five seasons at Scunthorpe and represented the club over 250 times.
He was released at the end of the
2006–07 season, after only playing a small part in the club's promotion to the
Championship. He subsequently signed for
League Two
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side
Lincoln City on a one-year contract on 27 June 2007,
but was loaned out to
Conference Premier side
Farsley Celtic
Farsley Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Farsley, West Yorkshire, England. The club was founded in 1908, but folded in 2010 and were reformed as Farsley AFC before returning to the name Farsley Celtic in 2015. on 20 November until 7 January 2008.
He was released by Lincoln on this date and joined Farsley on a permanent contract.
He later joined the backroom staff at the club.
He found himself consigned to the bench at the start of the
2008–09 season and, after making just two substitute appearances, moved on to
North Ferriby United of the
Northern Premier League Premier Division. He made his Ferriby debut as a substitute in a 2–1 home defeat to
Kendal Town on 6 September 2008.
With Ferriby he made 23 appearances and scored five goals in all competitions.
Coaching career
Torpey was appointed as
youth-team coach at
York City on 15 December 2008 on a part-time basis, as this would allow him to continue training apprentices at
Hull City.
He offered his services as a player for York in April 2009 and he came on as a 79th-minute substitute in a 1–0 victory over
Eastbourne Borough on 18 April.
He started the last game of the Conference Premier season, a 1–1 draw at
Lewes
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on 26 April 2009, which was his last appearance as a player.
He resumed his playing career after being registered by York on 3 September 2010.
Following
Martin Foyle
Martin John Foyle (born 2 May 1963) is an English former professional footballer and manager who is the Head of Recruitment at club St Mirren. In his 20-year playing career he played 533 League games, scoring 155 goals. As a manager, he took ...
's resignation on 24 September 2010 Torpey took over as assistant to
caretaker manager
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Andy Porter,
before becoming caretaker manager on 8 October following Porter's departure.
His first and only game in charge came the following day with a 4–0 defeat away at
Newport County, and his tenure ended on 13 October 2010 when
Tamworth manager
Gary Mills was appointed.
After
Nigel Worthington
Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City.
He played a defender and a midfielder, playing his club football for Ballymena United, Notts County, ...
was appointed manager, Torpey was given the position of first-team coach on 5 March 2013, and after Worthington signed a new contract as manager on 3 May, Torpey was promoted to the position of assistant manager.
After Worthington resigned as manager of York on 13 October 2014 Torpey took over as caretaker manager,
but resumed his role as assistant manager after his former Scunthorpe teammate
Russ Wilcox
Russell "Russ" Wilcox (born 25 March 1964) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of Farsley Celtic.
Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorp ...
was appointed manager on 16 October 2014.
He parted company with York on 11 May 2015, but returned to the club as youth-team coach on 17 December. On 29 March 2018, it was announced that he was leaving as he had accepted a post with the
Professional Footballers' Association as a coach educator.
Career statistics
Managerial statistics
Honours
Swansea City
*
Football League Trophy:
1993–94
Scunthorpe United
*
Football League One
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:
2006–07
References
External links
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* (2008–09)
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1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Islington (district)
English footballers
Association football forwards
Millwall F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
Swansea City A.F.C. players
Bristol City F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
Farsley Celtic A.F.C. players
North Ferriby United A.F.C. players
York City F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
Northern Premier League players
English football managers
York City F.C. managers
National League (English football) managers
York City F.C. non-playing staff