Steven Frederick Eyre (born 9 May 1972) is an English

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who was formerly assistant manager at

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. Born in Salford, his father is ex-player and radio pundit Fred Eyre.

Playing career

Eyre played for several

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clubs in the northwest of England, including

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Managerial career

After quitting playing aged 19 to take up coaching Eyre moved up the ranks to coach

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's youth team, with whom he won five youth league titles and led the club to two

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final appearances, winning in 2008. He spent 21 years with Manchester City. On 13 June 2011, Eyre was appointed

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manager, after Keith Hill joined

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. On 19 December 2011, with the club in 22nd place in

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, Rochdale terminated the contracts of Eyre and his assistant

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. On 12 April 2012, Eyre was appointed the role of Senior Professional Development Coach at

club

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, taking a leading role in the club's Development Squad. Following

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's sacking on 24 January 2013, he and

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became joint caretaker managers until a successor was chosen. In March 2022, he joined

side

as part of

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backroom staff, replacing

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who had joined

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weeks earlier. On 17 October 2022, Eyre along with

were sacked by Doncaster Rovers.

Media work

In late 2020 he started to summarise

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

matches for local radio. He also summarises for

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Honours

Coach

; Manchester City *

2007–08

Personal life

Eyre is married to Claire, with whom he has three daughters.

References

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