Stephen Husband

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stephen Husband
300px
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Kelty, Scotland
Height Script error: No such module "person height".
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kelty Hearts
Youth career
Cowdenbeath
Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Cowdenbeath 5 (0)
2007–2010 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
2009 Livingston (loan) 7 (0)
2010–2012 Blackpool 3 (0)
2011 Stockport County (loan) 5 (2)
2012–2014 Dunfermline Athletic 63 (13)
2014–2015 Forfar Athletic 32 (2)
2015– Kelty Hearts 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 June 2015

Stephen Husband (born 29 October 1990) is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Kelty Hearts.

Early life

Husband was born in Kelty, Fife.[1] and attended Beath High School.[2]

Club career

Early career in Scotland

Husband began his career at Scottish Second Division side Cowdenbeath, where he was at their Youth Academy where he played centre midfield .[3] Manager Brian Welsh gave Husband his debut, at the age of 16,[4] on 23 December 2006 as an 89th-minute substitute in a 5–2 win over Alloa Athletic at Central Park. His full debut came on 14 April 2007, in a 0–0 draw with Alloa Athletic at Recreation Park.[5] He made a total of five appearances for Cowdenbeath.[6]

In July 2007, Husband joined Scottish Premier League side Hearts' Youth Academy. He became a regular in the reserve team, competing in the Scottish Premier Reserve League. A year later on 25 July 2008 Husband signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal until 2011.[7][8][9]

He scored three goals in the 2008–09 season as Hearts reserves finished as runners-up in the Reserve League.[10]

At the start of the 2009–10 season Husband joined Scottish Third Division side Livingston on loan,[6][11] making his debut on 29 August 2009, just a day after he had signed for the club, in a 0–1 defeat to Albion Rovers at Cliftonhill. He made a total of seven league and one cup appearances before returning to Hearts on 31 December at the completion of his loan spell.[12]

Despite being a regular in the Hearts reserve team, Husband didn't make a first-team appearance for the club.[13]

Blackpool

On 1 February 2010, Husband joined English Championship side Blackpool for a nominal fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[13][14] The Edinburgh Evening News reported that the fee was £25,000 initially, rising to £100,000 with add-ons.[15] Two days later, he was an unused substitute in a 3–2 home defeat to West Bromwich Albion.[16] His debut came on 9 February as an 86th-minute substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.[17] He made his full debut on 20 March, in a 2–2 home draw with Crystal Palace.

On 7 January 2011 Husband joined Stockport County on loan for a month[18] and was given the number 10 shirt.[19] He made his club debut on 8 January in a 5–1 home defeat to Gillingham[20] and scored his first and second goals for the club three days later against Rotherham.[21] In his third match for the club, on 15 January against Hereford, he was sent off for a second bookable offence.[22] He returned to Blackpool on 8 February at the end of his loan and has yet to play a game since his return.[23]

Husband was released by Blackpool at the end of the 2011–2012 season,[24] having just made 3 league appearances in just over 2 years (which all came in his first 2 months at the club).

Dunfermline Athletic

Following his departure from Blackpool he joined Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic on trial[25] and featured for them as a trialist during their pre-season friendlies.[26] On 25 July 2012, Husband signed a two-year contract with the club.[2] Husband made his debut on 18 August 2012, coming on as a substitute for Jordan McMillan, as Dunfermline Athletic lose 1–0 to and scored his first goal, which turns out to be a winner, as the club beat Airdrie United 2–1. On 17 November 2012, Husband scored twice and provided assist for Joe Cardle, as the club win 3–1 against Raith Rovers.

Forfar & Kelty Hearts

Husband signed for Scottish League One side Forfar Athletic in July 2014.[27] Husband stayed with The Loons for one season, before moving to his hometown team Kelty Hearts in June 2015.

Career statistics

As of 24 August 2010
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
2006–07 Cowdenbeath Scottish Second Division 5 0 - - 5 0
2009–10 Livingston (loan) Scottish Third Division 7 0 1 0 - 7 0
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
2009–10 Blackpool Championship 3 0 - - 3 0
2010–11 Blackpool Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2010–11 Stockport (loan) Football League Two 5 2 - - 5 2
2011–12 Blackpool Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
2012–13 Dunfermline Scottish First Division 31 8 2 0 2 0 35 8
Total Scotland 43 8 3 0 2 0 48 8
England 8 2 0 0 1 0 9 2
Career total 51 10 3 0 3 0 57 10

Honours

Blackpool

References

  1. Ex-Hearts kid hopes to secure Premier League role with good show against Hibs Scotsman.com, 4 August 2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. Forfar boss adds three to squad. SPFL

External links