The anthem "Steve Bloomer's Watchin'" is played at every Derby home game and there is a bust of him at the Pride Park Stadium.
53 Facts About Steve Bloomer
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Steve Bloomer is listed in the Football League 100 Legends and English Football Hall of Fame.
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Steve Bloomer scored 28 goals in 23 appearances for England.
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Steve Bloomer played baseball for Derby Baseball Club and helped them become British champions three times in the 1890s.
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Steve Bloomer was born in Cradley, Worcestershire to Caleb Steve Bloomer and Merab Dunn, on 20 January 1874.
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At the age of 12 Steve Bloomer left School, and started working as an apprentice for a local blacksmith.
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Steve Bloomer had an aptitude for football that he later described as "a natural gift".
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Steve Bloomer first made an impression on the Derby football scene playing for St Chad's Choir on 11 April 1887.
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Steve Bloomer's mother died on 27 November 1887 at 87, Yates Street in Derby.
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Steve Bloomer chose to retain his amateur status because he wanted to help out his team Derby Swifts in their shield competition.
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Steve Bloomer turned out for the third-team twice, and the second team once in this season.
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Steve Bloomer signed a professional contract for Derby County on Thursday 28 April 1892.
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Steve Bloomer was approached by Mr Clarke again on Monday 2 May 1892, and this time signed a professional contract with Burton Wanderers but the Football Association soon ruled the contract to be invalid and reprimanded the Burton official.
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Steve Bloomer remained a key member of the first team, and was given penalty taking duties, and finished the campaign with 11 goals from 28 matches.
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Steve Bloomer recovered and claimed 19 goals from 27 appearances during the campaign.
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Steve Bloomer was the leading "Rams" scorer for 14 consecutive seasons and scored 17 hat-tricks in the league.
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Steve Bloomer scored six goals for the club in a game against Sheffield Wednesday in January 1899.
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Steve Bloomer's goals helped Derby finish runners-up in the First Division in 1896 and helped them reach three FA Cup finals in 1898,1899 and 1903.
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Steve Bloomer scored four goals in a game against Woolwich Arsenal on 5 January 1907.
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The Sporting Life viewed Steve Bloomer as being the best forward on the field for England in this game with Billy Bassett coming a close second.
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Steve Bloomer scored in all of his first 10 international appearances, which remains a record for number of consecutive scoring appearances.
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Steve Bloomer netted 19 times during these games, including 5 goals against Wales on 16 March 1896, winning three British Home Championships.
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Steve Bloomer became England's all-time top goalscorer on 2 April 1898, when he surpassed Tinsley Lindley's total of 14 with two goals against Scotland.
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Steve Bloomer played for England 11 times over the next 6 years, all in the British Home Championship, winning four more, bringing England's total to eight during his career, however he only scored 3 more goals during this period.
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Steve Bloomer captained England once; against Scotland on 3 May 1902.
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Steve Bloomer finished his international career in 1907 as England's longest serving player and England's all-time top goalscorer with 28 goals.
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Steve Bloomer held the record until his tally was overhauled by Vivian Woodward in 1911.
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When Germany declared war on Russia, his contract was cancelled at once, and Herr Fauber, President of Britannia Berlin 92 advised Steve Bloomer to get out of Germany as soon as possible but he could not get out of the country.
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Steve Bloomer was stopped by two gendarmes who questioned him, and his translator.
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Steve Bloomer was given a slip of paper with his name and description, and told to report to the police at periodic intervals.
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Steve Bloomer was one of several former professional footballers among the detainees.
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The teams adopted the names of established teams and in November 1914, Steve Bloomer captained a Tottenham Hotspur XI, that included Dutton, to victory in a cup final against an Oldham Athletic XI.
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On 2 May 1915, an England XI featuring Pentland, Wolstenholme, Brearley and Steve Bloomer played a World XI captained by Cameron.
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Steve Bloomer played cricket at the camp and in May 1915 a Rubleben XI, featuring Steve Bloomer and Brearley, played a Varsities XI in the Rubleban Cricket League.
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In July 1916 a Lancashire XI, featuring Steve Bloomer, beat a Yorkshire XI that included Wolstenholme.
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Steve Bloomer established the camp batting record with an innings of 204 and recorded bowling figures of 6 for 15.
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Steve Bloomer won the 'Old Age Handicap' at the Ruhleben Olympics, sprinting the 75 yards in 9.6 seconds.
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Steve Bloomer was released to neutral Holland, where he was employed as a coach of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.
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Steve Bloomer was not allowed to return home until the end of the war.
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Immediately after World War I Steve Bloomer briefly coached Blauw-Wit Amsterdam in The Netherlands.
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Steve Bloomer returned to England on 22 November 1918, and became player-coach of the Derby County reserve team, retiring from playing in January 1920.
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Steve Bloomer was coach of the Derby first team in 1921.
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Steve Bloomer arrived back in England on 11 August 1922, and resumed his coaching duties with Derby County.
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Steve Bloomer died in Derby of bronchitis on 16 April 1938 aged 64.
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On 10 June 1893, Steve Bloomer played for a Rest Of League team against Derby in a 22 - 26 defeat.
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Steve Bloomer then played baseball for Derby Baseball Club, making his debut for the team at the age of 20 on 5 May 1894, at the Baseball Ground in Derby.
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Steve Bloomer captained the team in the final and played at second base.
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Derby County formed a baseball team in 1900 which Steve Bloomer played for in that season.
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On 17 January 2009, after a long and sustained period of campaigning, a bust of Steve Bloomer was finally unveiled inside Pride Park, Derby.
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On 17 January 2009, a bust of Steve Bloomer was unveiled next to the home dugout at Pride Park Stadium.
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Steve Bloomer remains a legend at Derby County and the club anthem, "Steve Bloomer's Watchin'", is played and sang before every home game.
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Steve Bloomer is listed in the Football League 100 Legends and English Football Hall of Fame.
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On 16 February 2018, a Blue plaque honouring Steve Bloomer was unveiled on Steve Bloomer's former school, in Portland Street, Derby, by the Derby Civic Society, in the presence of the Mayor of Derby, councillor John Whitby.