Steve Fallon Explained

Steve Fallon
Fullname:Stephen Paul Fallon
Birth Date:3 August 1956
Birth Place:Peterborough, England
Height:[1]
Position:Defender
Clubs1:Whittlesey
Years2:1973–1974
Years3:1974–1986
Caps3:410
Goals3:27
Years4:1986–1995
Manageryears1:1986–1995
Managerclubs1:Cambridge City (player-manager)
Manageryears2:1999–2010
Managerclubs2:Histon
Manageryears3:2012–2015
Managerclubs3:Soham Town Rangers
Manageryears4:2015–2016
Managerclubs4:Histon

Stephen Paul Fallon (born 3 August 1956) is an English former footballer who made 410 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Cambridge United.[2] From 1999 to 2010 he was manager of Histon. From 2012 Fallon was manager of Soham Town Rangers before he stepped down in October 2015, later in the same month he was reappointed manager of Histon. He is currently a PE teacher for Cambridge Primary Education Trust.

Career

Fallon was born in Peterborough and brought up in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.[3] He played for Whittlesey and for Kettering Town before joining Cambridge United as an 18-year-old, where he went on to make 410 league appearances, helping the club to promotions from the Fourth to the Second Division. Fallon retired from League football in 1986 because of a knee injury,[4] and then spent nine years as player-manager of Southern League club (and cross-city rivals) Cambridge City.[5]

In 1999 Fallon took over as manager of Histon, and led them from the Eastern Counties League Premier Division (level 9 of the English football league system) to the Conference National (level 5).[6] In December 2006, Histon faced Fallon's former club Cambridge United in the first round of the FA Trophy in the first competitive match for more than 40 years between the two clubs, who had been seven divisions apart as recently as the early 1990s. Histon won 5–0.[7] On 12 January 2010, a day after being re-instated as manager after being suspended following disagreements with the Chairman, it was announced that Histon had sacked Fallon citing "irreconcilable differences".

Fallon was appointed manager of Soham Town Rangers in March 2012 and stepped down in October 2015 and was then reappointed as manager of Histon in the same month. In October 2016 he became Director of Football, with Lance Key replacing him as manager.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . Peter . Dunk . Queen Anne Press . London . 1987 . 106 . 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. Web site: Cambridge United : 1970/71–2004/05 . UK A–Z Transfers . Neil Brown . 2 December 2009.
  3. News: Whittlesey boy Fallon has done good ... very good . Mark . Plummer . Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 27 November 2008 . 14 December 2009 . 'I was born in Peterborough and also lived in King's Dyke for a while before we settled in Whittlesey,' said Fallon..
  4. Web site: The Other Side: Histon . Doug . Shulman . 2 March 2009 . Cambridge United F.C . 14 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090307031547/http://www.cambridge-united.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10423~1575945%2C00.html . 7 March 2009 . dmy .
  5. News: Steve Fallon. Histon: Little Club With Big Ideas . Ian . Dunlavy . The Non-League Paper . 14 October 2007 . 14 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717015957/http://thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/article.asp?aid=439&iid=43&sud=123 . 17 July 2011 . dmy .
  6. Web site: Steve Fallon Celebrates 10 years at the Histon Helm . 31 July 2009 . Histon F.C . 14 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721140019/http://www.histonfc.co.uk/news.php?id=467 . 21 July 2011 . dmy .
  7. News: Humiliation for Cambridge in family affair . Ricky . George . The Daily Telegraph . 18 December 2006 . 14 December 2009.
  8. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lance-key-returns-histon-manager-12030227 Lance Key returns to Histon as manager as Steve Fallon takes new role