Stephen Richard Tully (born 10 February 1980) is an English footballer, who is last player-manager at Truro City. He was born in

Paignton Paignton ( ) is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the borough of Torbay which was created in 1998. The Torbay area is a holiday destination known as the English Riviera. Paignt ...

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. He began his career as a fullback with his local side

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, turning professional in August 1997 and making his league debut in a 0–0 draw away to

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on 18 November that year. He went on to make over 160 appearances for the Gulls before being released at the end of the 2001–02 season. He joined non-league side Weymouth in August 2002, quickly establishing himself in the side and winning the awards for Player of the Year and Away Player of the Season in 2003–2004. He lost his place in the side after the appointment of Steve Johnson as manager and asked for a transfer in January 2005. Although he later withdrew this request, he was allowed to join

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

in February 2005. However, he returned to Weymouth in May that year as new manager

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's first summer signing on a two-year deal. He returned to Exeter in January 2007 and was a regular in the side that made the play-off final at the end of that season, scoring the winning penalty in the semi-final against

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. On 2 July 2013 Tully was released by Exeter City. After leaving Exeter, Tully briefly joined

Tiverton Town Tiverton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Tiverton, Devon. The club are currently members of the and play at Ladysmead. History The club was established in 1913 as Tiverton Athletic, and initially played at the Athle ...

before joining Truro City on 19 October 2013. He scored his first goal for Truro from the penalty spot in the 3–2 win at

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on 2 November. He was appointed player-manager on 13 March 2014, at least until the end of the 2013–14 season, after the sacking of Steve Massey.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tully, Steve 1980 births Living people People from Paignton English men's footballers Torquay United F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Tiverton Town F.C. players Truro City F.C. players English football managers Truro City F.C. managers Southern Football League managers Men's association football fullbacks