| Steve Peplow | |
| Fullname: | Stephen Thomas Peplow |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Position: | Right winger |
| Years1: | 1969–1970 |
| Clubs1: | Liverpool |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1970–1973 |
| Clubs2: | Swindon Town |
| Caps2: | 40 |
| Goals2: | 11 |
| Years3: | 1973 |
| Clubs3: | Nottingham Forest |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1973–1974 |
| Clubs4: | → Mansfield Town (loan) |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 1973–1981 |
| Clubs5: | Tranmere Rovers |
| Caps5: | 248 |
| Goals5: | 44 |
| Years6: | 1976 |
| Clubs6: | Chicago Sting (loan) |
| Caps6: | 20 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Totalcaps: | 317 |
| Totalgoals: | 62 |
Stephen Thomas Peplow (8 January 1949 – 29 December 2021) was an English footballer who played as a winger. He made 248 league appearances for Tranmere Rovers between 1973 and 1981.
Peplow married Mary in Birkenhead in 1995. His best-man was Scottish former professional footballer Barrie Mitchell, who provided him with a commissioned tape of the first ever Match of the Day to be televised in colour, on which Peplow appeared making his debut for Liverpool.[1]
He died after a long illness on 29 December 2021, at the age of 72.[2]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Liverpool | 1969–70 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Swindon Town | 1970–71 | Second Division | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | |
| 1971–72 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1972–73 | Second Division | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 7 | |||
| Total | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 13 | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 1973–74 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mansfield Town (loan) | 1973–74 | Fourth Division | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 3 | ||
| Tranmere Rovers | 1973–74 | Third Division | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Third Division | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 3 | |||
| 1975–76 | Fourth Division | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 50 | 11 | |||
| 1976–77 | Third Division | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 3 | |||
| 1977–78 | Third Division | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 46 | 7 | |||
| 1978–79 | Third Division | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 33 | 8 | |||
| 1979–80 | Fourth Division | 43 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 49 | 9 | |||
| 1980–81 | Fourth Division | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| Total | 248 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 46 | |||
| Chicago Sting (loan) | 1976 | North American Soccer League | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 317 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 348 | 67 | |||