Steve Peplow

Steve Peplow

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Thomas Peplow
Date of birth	(1949-01-08)8 January 1949
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	29 December 2021(2021-12-29) (aged 72)
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1970	Liverpool	2	(0)
1970–1973	Swindon Town	40	(11)
1973	Nottingham Forest	3	(0)
1973–1974	→ Mansfield Town (loan)	4	(3)
1973–1981	Tranmere Rovers	248	(44)
1976	Chicago Sting (loan)	20	(4)
Total		317	(62)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]

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[a]	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

1. Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup

References

1. Hilton, Nick (20 January 2007). "'I thought that he'd got hold of a naughty video' Interview: Steve Peplow - but winger Peplow's wedding gift turned out to be an Anfield surprise". Liverpool Echo.
2. Hilton, Nick (29 December 2021). "Tribute to former Tranmere Rovers winger Steve Peplow". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
3. Steve Peplow at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

• "Steve Peplow". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
• LFC History profile