Stephen James Vaughan (born 22 January 1985) is an English former professional footballer and current UEFA qualified football coach and convicted criminal.[2] He was also a BBBofC licensed Boxing promoter. He is also the former President of Maltese Premier League side Floriana FC.,[3] ex-assistant coach/technical director of Mosta FC and also served a period as director of football at Bangor City.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen James Vaughan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Chester City | 83 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Rochdale (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Boston United | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Chester City | 9 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Droylsden (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Northwich Victoria (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016-2018 | Bangor City (director of football) | ||
| 2018 | Bangor City (caretaker) | ||
| 2019 | Bangor City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vaughan played as a midfielder from 2003 to 2010, mainly for Chester City, a club his father owned. He also played for Rochdale, Boston United, Droylsden and Northwich Victoria. In his second spell with Chester he became player/owner after taking over the reins from his father. In 2010, he left the club and retired from playing at the age of 25 due to a serious Achilles injury.
In 2016, he was convicted of perverting the course of justice in relation to the murder of a Liverpool police constable, and served a custodial sentence.[4]
In August 2023, Vaughan was appointed the President of Maltese third-tier club St. George's F.C.
Playing career
editVaughan started his career at Liverpool, playing reserve and youth football. However, he was released in 2004 having played over 70 reserve games. He represented England at Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 level.
He was soon signed by League Two side Chester City, which was owned by his father Stephen Vaughan Sr., under the guidance of Mark Wright. He quickly became a regular at the Deva Stadium, and became the owner of the club in 2009.
At the start of the 2006–07 season, he was made Chester's captain at aged 21. He made 58 league appearances. On 3 January 2007, new Rochdale manager Keith Hill made Vaughan his first signing, initially on loan until 4 February, with a view to a permanent deal.[5] However, on 18 January 2007, Boston United signed him on a one-year contract from Chester City.[6] He made seven appearances for the Pilgrims before rupturing his Achilles tendon against Hartlepool, which sidelined him for nine-months. Now fully recovered, he rejoined Chester on 8 February 2008. He was then loaned out to Droylsden in the Conference National for a month, as part of a rehabilitation programme.
Stephen made his first league appearance back for the club in a 5–1 win over Barnet on 30 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes along with his brother, James. He made eight appearances during the 2008–09 season in The Football League and started the opening game of the following season against Cambridge United in the Conference National.
In September 2009 he joined Northwich Victoria on loan.[7]
Post-playing career
editVaughan was the president of Floriana FC.[3] He resigned on 4 February 2014 and became technical director of Mosta FC. He left his position at Mosta FC following a successful six-month period, leading the club to its highest position in history as they finished fourth in the Maltese Premier League in the 2013–14 season, before returning to the UK. At the present (2023) He has returned to Malta and has been elected president of the pioneers St. George's F.C in the city of Cospicua (founded 1890)
On 4 November 2016, it was announced that Vaughan had been appointed as full-time director of football at Welsh Premier League side Bangor City having already been working in the role on a part-time basis from 1 August 2016. In his first season the club qualified for the Europa League by winning the play-offs. This followed in the second season with the club finishing second and automatically qualifying again for the Europa League. On 26 April 2018 the FAW Club Licensing Appeals Body decided to revoke Bangor City's]] Tier 1 and UEFA license due to not meeting financial criteria [8] meaning that they would automatically drop down to the second level of Welsh football the next season and would not be able to compete for a place in the following season's Europa League.[9] Prior to this Bangor had been one of only three clubs to have been ever present in the league since it began in 1992.
In October 2018, he was appointed as interim manager of Bangor City following the resignation of Craig Harrison.[10] He left the club in November to take up a position as assistant manager of Maltese club Mosta.[11]
On 5 July 2019, he was appointed as manager of Bangor City following the resignation of Gary Taylor-Fletcher.[12] He left the club in September.[13]
In June 2020, he was appointed manager of Boca Gibraltar in the Gibraltar National League,[14] but did not formally take up the role.
Boxing promotions
editVaughan is a licensed boxing promoter in Malta.[15]
Personal life
editHe is the son of former football chairman, and fellow boxing promoter and criminal Stephen Vaughan Sr.
He was charged with and convicted of perverting the course of justice in relation to the murder of Neil Doyle, a Liverpool police constable.[16]
References
edit- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 421. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
- ^ "Former footballer jailed for helping one of PC Neil Doyle's killers flee justice". 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Floriana F.C. News". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
- ^ Liverpool Echo. "Former footballer Stephen Vaughan jailed for helping one of PC Neil Doyle's killers flee justice". Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Rochdale sign Chester's Vaughan". 3 January 2007.
- ^ "Boston seal Vaughan deal".
- ^ "Football: Northwich Vics boss Andy Preece signs Stephen Vaughan on loan from Chester City after unlucky defeat at Corby in Blue Square North". 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Decisions of the FAW Club Licencing Appeals Body". Welsh Premier League. 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "JD Welsh Premier League permutations following Licencing Decisions". Welsh Premier League. 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Jones, Dave (19 October 2018). "Craig Harrison departs as Bangor City FC manager and joins Connah's Quay Nomads". Daily Post. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Stephen Vaughan JNR departs Bangor to take up role with Mosta FC". 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Vaughan Jr. appointed as manager". Bangor City F.C. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Vaughan Jr resigns as Bangor City manager". 30 September 2019.
- ^ New Technical Team Announced Archived 30 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine Boca Gibraltar.
- ^ "BoxRec: Stephen Vaughan Jr".
- ^ "Home News UK News Court case PC Neil Doyle murder: Ex-Liverpool FC player charged with perverting course of justice". Siddle, John. Mirror. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
External links
edit- Stephen Vaughan at Soccerbase
- Chester City Career Update (third paragraph down)