Ian Stewart (Northern Irish footballer) explained

Ian Stewart
Fullname:Ian Edwin Stewart[1]
Birth Date:1961 9, df=y
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height:5 ft 6 in[2]
Years1:1980–1985
Caps1:67
Goals1:2
Years2:1982–1983
Clubs2:Millwall (loan)
Caps2:11
Goals2:3
Years3:1985–1987
Caps3:43
Goals3:3
Years4:1987–1988
Caps4:1
Goals4:0
Years5:1988
Clubs5:Brentford (loan)
Caps5:7
Goals5:0
Years6:1988–1992
Caps6:101
Goals6:0
Years7:1992
Caps7:10
Goals7:2
Years8:1992–1993
Caps8:?
Goals8:?
Nationalyears1:1982–1987
Nationalcaps1:31
Nationalgoals1:2

Ian Edwin Stewart (born 10 September 1961) is a former footballer from Northern Ireland.

Career

He played as winger for Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Portsmouth and Aldershot in the 1980s, as well as Colchester United in their Football Conference/FA Trophy double in the 1991-92 season, scoring several important goals during the Trophy success in particular. He made his league debut for QPR as substitute against Blackburn Rovers in October 1980. On 17 November 1982 he scored his first international and Northern Ireland's winning goal versus that year's World Cup runners up, and reigning European Champions, West Germany in a European Championship qualifying match at Windsor Park, Belfast. One year later in the return game in Hamburg he created the winning goal for Norman Whiteside in another 1-0 win.

Stewart was a crowd favourite at QPR but moved to Newcastle United in the summer of 1985 and joined Portsmouth two years later.[3] Stewart represented Northern Ireland in the 1986 Fifa World Cup in Mexico. He was the first British footballer to be endorsed by Nike. Today he works as a grassroots development officer for the Irish Football Association. He has a keen interest in music and puts on events around Northern Ireland.

Honours

Club

Queens Park Rangers[4]
Colchester United[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ian Stewart . NIFG . 17 March 2011.
  2. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . Peter . Dunk . Queen Anne Press . London . 1987 . 250 . 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. Web site: Ian Stewart Profile . Coludata.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Tier Two (Championship) Honours . Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  5. Web site: Conference Honours . Coludaybyday.co.uk.