Steve Perryman

For the Warwickshire and Worcestershire cricketer, see Stephen Perryman.

Steve Perryman

File:Steve Perryman (1981).jpg
Personal information
Full name	Stephen John Perryman
Date of birth	(1951-12-21) 21 December 1951
Place of birth	Ealing, Middlesex England
Height
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Exeter City (Director of Football)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1986	Tottenham Hotspur	655	(31)
1986–1987	Oxford United	17	(0)
1987–1990	Brentford	53	(0)
Total		725	(31)
International career
1982	England	1	(0)
Managerial career
1987–1990	Brentford (player manager)
1990–1993	Watford
1994	Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker)
1995	Start
1999–2001	Shimizu S-Pulse
2001–2002	Kashiwa Reysol
2003	Exeter City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen John "Steve" Perryman MBE (born 21 December 1951 in Ealing, Middlesex) is a former English international football player who is best remembered for his successes with Tottenham Hotspur during the 1970s and early 1980s. Perryman was voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1982 and made a club record 854 first team appearances for Tottenham. He is now the director of football at Exeter City.

Playing career

A midfielder and later defender, Perryman played in a club record 866 first team appearances, in all competitions for Tottenham Hotspur between 1969 and 1986 and was their longest serving player. During his seventeen-year career with the north London club, Perryman collected many medals, winning the UEFA Cup in 1972 and 1984 (playing in both legs of the 1972 final and just the first leg of the 1984 final), the FA Cup in 1981 and 1982 and the League Cup in 1971 and 1973.

After leaving White Hart Lane Perryman moved to Oxford United in 1986, then Brentford as player-manager in the same year, before retiring in 1990.

Coaching career

Perryman became manager of Watford from 1990–93 saving them from relegation in the early years, before managing Start in Norway (1995), Shimizu S-Pulse, (1996–2000) and Kashiwa Reysol in Japan (2001–2002). He also served as caretaker manager for Spurs in November 1994. As a coach he has won the J.League stage championship (1999 2nd Stage) and the Asian Cup Winners Cup (2000), both with Shimizu S-Pulse. He then worked at Exeter City with no official title to help them stay in the then football Division 3. After this he returned to Japan to manage J.League side Kashiwa Reysol.

Perryman lent his name to a brand of Sports stores in the 1980s which were concentrated in the West London area and sported the Tottenham Hotspur cockerel. There were stores in Ruislip, Greenford and Hayes (Middlesex). A store in Bergen, Norway, also opened in the early 1980s, and that is still running.

Perryman now works as the director of football for Exeter City. On 5 May 2012, while watching Exeter's final game of the 2011-12 season against Sheffield United at St James Park he became unwell and was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth where he underwent successful heart surgery. A month later he revealed that he might have died if it had not been for the instant medical support available at the ground, and he spent three weeks in a coma on life support. He said he wanted to resume his job with Exeter City as soon as he was fit enough.

International career

Perryman made a solitary appearance for England, appearing as a 70th-minute substitute against Iceland on 2 June 1982.

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
1969–70	Tottenham Hotspur	First Division	23	1	4	0	0	0	–		–		27	1
1970–71			42	3	5	0	6	1	–		3	0	56	4
1971–72			39	1	5	0	6	1	12	3	2	0	64	4
1972–73			41	2	3	0	10	1	10	0	–		64	3
1973–74			39	1	1	0	1	0	12	0	–		53	1
1974–75			42	6	2	0	1	0	–		–		45	6
1975–76			40	6	2	1	6	0	–		–		48	7
1976–77			42	1	1	0	2	0	–		–		45	1
1977–78		Second Division	42	1	2	0	2	0	–		–		46	1
1978–79		First Division	42	1	7	1	2	0	–		–		51	2
1979–80			40	1	6	0	2	0	–		–		48	1
1980–81			42	2	9	0	6	0	–		–		57	2
1981–82			42	1	7	0	8	0	8	0	1	0	66	1
1982–83			33	1	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	42	1
1983–84			41	1	4	0	3	0	11	0	–		59	1
1984–85			42	1	3	0	5	0	8	0	–		58	1
1985–86			23	1	5	1	4	0	–		5	0	37	2
1985–86	Oxford United	First Division	9	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	9	0
1986–87			8	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	8	0
1986–87	Brentford	Third Division	24	0	3	0	0	0	–		0	0	27	0
1987–88			21	0	1	0	2	0	–		3	0	27	0
1988–89			5	0	2	0	1	0	–		1	0	9	0
1989–90			3	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0	4	0
Total	Tottenham Hotspur		655	31	69	2	66	3	64	3	12	0	866	39
	Oxford United		17	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	17	0
	Brentford		53	0	6	0	3	0	—		5	0	67	0
Career total			725	31	75	2	69	3	64	3	17	0	950	39

Honours

Player

Tottenham Hotspur

• FA Cup (2): 1980-81, 1981-82
• Football League Cup (2): 1970-71, 1972-73
• UEFA Cup (2): 1971-72, 1983-84

Manager

Shimizu S-Pulse

• J. League: 1999 Second stage champions, runner-up Suntory Championship
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1999–2000

Individual

• Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year: 1982
• J. League Manager of the Year: 1999

External links

• Official Steve Perryman website at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 April 2012)
• Steve Perryman at National-Football-Teams.com
• Great players – Steve Perryman at TottenhamHotspur.com