22 Facts About Steve Bleasdale

Stephen Bleasdale was born on 23 June 1963 and is a former English football coach.

Steve Bleasdale has managed Bangor City, Leigh Genesis and Football League side Peterborough United.

Steve Bleasdale has often worked alongside former England footballer Mark Wright having worked with him as a coach at Oxford United, Southport, Peterborough United and twice as assistant at Chester City.

Steve Bleasdale is best known for appearing in the fly-on-the-wall documentary Big Ron Manager while he was manager at Peterborough.

Steve Bleasdale's playing career was cut short by a knee injury while he was in the youth team at Sheffield Wednesday.

Steve Bleasdale played in the academy sides at Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Steve Bleasdale's early coaching roles saw him work at Preston North End and Everton where he coached the Under 14s and 16s respectively.

Steve Bleasdale ran soccer schools in the Liverpool area and has worked for The FA on coaching programmes aimed at young coaches.

In 2000, Steve Bleasdale worked as youth team coach at Southport while Mark Wright was first team manager.

In 2001, Steve Bleasdale was assistant manager to Wright at Oxford United.

Steve Bleasdale later joined Chester City as first team coach under Wright and was then promoted as Wright's assistant manager in July 2002.

Leigh were relegated from the Conference National and Steve Bleasdale left shortly after to take up the role of assistant manager at Peterborough United alongside Wright.

Peterborough manager Mark Wright was sacked in January 2006 which led to Steve Bleasdale being appointed caretaker manager until the end of the season.

Steve Bleasdale infamously quit an hour before Posh's game with Macclesfield Town due to chairman Barry Fry selecting the team and inferring that Steve Bleasdale was out of his depth as manager.

The next day, Steve Bleasdale claimed that he only wished to resign as manager but wanted to remain at the club as a coach.

Steve Bleasdale unsuccessfully applied for the vacant managers jobs at AFC Bournemouth, Stevenage, Forest Green Rovers and Cambridge United.

Steve Bleasdale took up the managerial role at Cymru Premier side Bangor City in November 2006.

In May 2007, Steve Bleasdale resigned as manager of Bangor much to the surprise of the board.

In October 2007, Steve Bleasdale was appointed manager at Conference North side Leigh Genesis.

Steve Bleasdale resigned as manager in October 2008 due to the financial troubles at the club.

On 14 November 2008, Steve Bleasdale again joined Mark Wright as assistant at Chester City who at the time were in League Two.

Steve Bleasdale has obtained both the UEFA A and Pro licences.