Steven William Tosh (born 27 April 1973) is a Scottish former professional
association football
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er. 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 ...
of many Scottish clubs, Tosh's last club was
Cove Rangers
Cove Rangers Football Club is a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Championship. They are based in the Cove Bay area of Aberdeen and play their football at Balmoral Stadium, having left their former home at Allan ...
.
Playing career
Tosh, who was born in
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...
, played for Leven Royals then played for Savoy Thistle, Abbey Star, Leven Hibs then Glenrothes Strollers during his youth career. He started his senior career with
Arbroath
Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902.
It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen.
The ...
. Tosh signed for
Perth
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side
St Johnstone
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in 1995. Tosh scored 5 goals in 44 league appearances for the club.
Tosh signed for
Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...
(his hometown football club) in 1998. Tosh scored eight goals in 69 league appearances for the club. He moved to
Livingston
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in 2000 and scored three goals in 55 league appearances for the club. Tosh signed for
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
in 2002 and scored one goal in 16 league appearances for the club.
Tosh signed for
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
in 2003 and scored 6 goals in 55 league appearances for the club. Tosh was a popular figure at
Pittodrie
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after
Steve Paterson
Steven William Paterson (born 8 April 1958) is a Scottish football manager and former player.
Nicknamed "Pele", after six first team games for Manchester United, his career was curtailed due an injury in a pre-season game after transferring t ...
signed him. Tosh left Aberdeen in the January 2005 transfer window.
Tosh signed for Gretna midway through the 2004–05 season, helping them to win the Scottish Third Division Championship. Tosh was still at the club when they won a second successive league title in season 2005–06, when they won the Scottish Second Division Championship. Tosh was also at the club when they were runners-up in the
2006 Scottish Cup Final
The 2006 Scottish Cup Final was played on 13 May 2006 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 120th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Heart of Midlothian (Hearts), who beat Hibernian 4–0 in the semi-final, and Gretna, who ...
to Hearts. Tosh scored 20 goals in 60 league appearances for the club. Tosh left Gretna in the January 2007 transfer window, before the demise of the football club at the end of the 2007–08 season.
Tosh signed for
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...
club Queen of the South at the end of January 2007 on a deal until the end of the 2008–09 season. Set up by Andy Aitken, Tosh scored the opening goal for Queens in their 4–3 victory in the semi-final of the 2007–08
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Rangers to bring the score back to 2–1. Jim Thomson made it 2–2 before Rangers eventually ran out 3–2 winners. Tosh commented in ''
The Scotsman
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'' after the cup final with Queens, "We showed what we're capable of in the second half, and when I went into the Rangers dressing room they knew they had been in a game. But I'm still bitterly disappointed, even more devastated than I was with Gretna – I'm getting sick of picking up losers medals and I'd have much preferred us winning a crappy game 1–0." Tosh added, "I thought the free-kick that led to their first goal was very soft and that lots of decisions that were given against us were very easy to give. Sean O'Connor got pushed in the back in the box at the back post and it was as blatant as the nose on my face but that would have been a decision against Rangers in a cup final at the Rangers end and that's just not going to happen."
On 23 September 2009 Tosh played for Queens against Rangers in a League Cup home fixture at
Palmerston Park
Palmerston Park is a football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South, who have played there since 1919. South of Scotland League club He ...
. Midway through the second half Tosh suffered a broken left leg and
ligament
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* Peritoneal li ...
damage. Queens lost the game 2–1. Tosh underwent surgery two days after the match. It was with Queens that Tosh chalked up the largest league appearances tally of all the clubs he played for in his senior career – 73 league appearances including 12 goals in his three seasons at Palmerston Park.
On 29 January 2010, Queens announced that Tosh had moved to
Livingston
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* Livingston Energy Flight, an Italian airline (2003–2010)
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for the rest of the season in a loan deal, with
Joe Hamill
Joseph Patrick Hamill (born 25 February 1984) is a Scottish professional footballer. He has played for Heart of Midlothian, Leicester City, Livingston, Queen of the South, Raith Rovers, Formartine United, Airdrieonians and Bonnyrigg Rose.
C ...
moving in the opposite direction. Tosh scored two goals in 15 league appearances for the
Almondvale
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club during his loan spell.
Tosh signed a two-year contract with
Cove Rangers
Cove Rangers Football Club is a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Championship. They are based in the Cove Bay area of Aberdeen and play their football at Balmoral Stadium, having left their former home at Allan ...
, who play in the
Highland Football League
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on 27 July 2010, after leaving Queen of the South at the end of the 2009–10 season. After Cove - Tosh played for Rosehearty Thistle.