1. Stephen John Perryman MBE was born on 21 December 1951 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.
16 Facts About Steve Perryman
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Steve Perryman is best-known for his successes with Tottenham Hotspur during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Steve Perryman has won the FA Cup, League Cup, and UEFA Cup all twice with Tottenham in his 17 years at the club.
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Steve Perryman was voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1982 and made a club record 854 first team appearances for Tottenham.
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Steve Perryman was the director of football at Exeter City from 2003 until his temporary retirement in March 2018.
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Steve Perryman followed in the footsteps of Joe Harvey and Danny Blanchflower and skippered Tottenham to successive FA Cup wins in 1981 and 1982.
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Steve Perryman was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1982.
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Steve Perryman then played for Brentford as player-manager in the same year, before retiring in 1990.
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Steve Perryman became manager of Watford from 1990 to 1993 saving them from relegation in the early years, before managing Start in Norway, Shimizu S-Pulse, and Kashiwa Reysol in Japan.
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Steve Perryman served as caretaker manager for Spurs in November 1994.
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Steve Perryman then worked at Exeter City with no official title to help them stay in the then football Division 3.
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Steve Perryman lent his name to a brand of Sports stores in the 1980s which were concentrated in the West London area and sported the Tottenham Hotspur cockerel.
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Between 2003 and 2018, Steve Perryman was director of football for Exeter City.
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However, in August of that year, Steve Perryman joined former Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale at MK Dons, becoming an associate director of the club until November 2019 when Tisdale left.
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The game was originally an England B fixture but was upgraded to full international status meaning Steve Perryman was awarded his cap.
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Steve Perryman was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1986 Birthday Honours, "for services to association football".