Steven Pressley Player Profile
Player Details
- Full Name: Steven John Pressley
- Born: October 11th, 1973 (Elgin)
- Height: 6'
- Position: Defender
- Signed: July 24th, 1995 (£750,000)
- First Manager: Billy Kirkwood
- Career Totals: 129 appearances, 6 goals
- Also Played For: Celtic, Coventry City, Falkirk, Heart of Midlothian, Rangers
Playing History
| Season | Division |  |
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G2G |  |
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Win % | Draw % | Loss % |
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| 1997-98 | Premier Division | 41 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 36.6% | 29.3% | 34.1% |
| 1996-97 | Premier Division | 43 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 48.8% | 25.6% | 25.6% |
| 1995-96 | First Division | 45 | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 53.3% | 26.7% | 20.0% |
| Totals: | 129 (0) | 6 |
| Apps = First Team Appearances (Sub Appearances) | Gls = Goals |
| Cln = Clean Sheets | CtGR = Clean Sheets to Games Ratio | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in |
| Yel = Yellow Cards/Cautions | Red = Red Cards/Dismissals |
| Recent First Team Starts |
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| May 2nd, 1998 | 02/05/98 | League | Premier Division | vs. Hibernian (A) | 2 - 1 |
| Apr 18th, 1998 | 18/04/98 | League | Premier Division | vs. Kilmarnock (A) | 0 - 1 |
| Mar 8th, 1998 | 08/03/98 | Scottish Cup | 5th Round | vs. Celtic (H) | 2 - 3 |
| Feb 28th, 1998 | 28/02/98 | League | Premier Division | vs. St Johnstone (A) | 1 - 1 |
| Feb 24th, 1998 | 24/02/98 | League | Premier Division | vs. Hibernian (H) | 1 - 1 |
| Recent First Team Goals |
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| Oct 25th, 1997 | 25/10/97 | League | Premier Division | vs. Rangers (H) | 2 - 1 |
| Aug 23rd, 1997 | 23/08/97 | League | Premier Division | vs. Rangers (A) | 1 - 5 |
| Jan 1st, 1997 | 01/01/97 | League | Premier Division | vs. Aberdeen (H) | 4 - 0 |
| Feb 3rd, 1996 | 03/02/96 | League | First Division | vs. St Johnstone (H) | 1 - 3 |
| Sep 2nd, 1995 | 02/09/95 | League | First Division | vs. Hamilton (H) | 2 - 1 |
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Biography
Steven began his career at Rangers where, with limited first team opportunities, he managed to collect two League Championship medals and a Scottish Cup winners medal. He became a Scotland U-21 internationalist whilst at Ibrox and would go on to become the second highest capped player at that level.
He moved to Coventry City in October 1994, where he was later joined by former Rangers teammate Sandy Robertson, but the two players failed to hold down a first team place at Highfield Road. In the summer of 1995, with manager Billy Kirkwood using his contacts as a former Rangers coach to rebuild the United side after relegation from the Premier Division, both players arrived at Tannadice for a joint fee of £1million - Steven's £750,000 being a Club record fee paid.
After appearing in a friendly against Forfar Athletic, he made his competitive debut in the opening League match of the season against Morton at Tannadice. He was an extremely influential player at Tannadice in his first season and played an important part in lifting the Club out of the First Division and back to the Premier League. He was on the losing side in the League Challenge Cup final in November 1995. In the 1996 Under 21 European Championships, he helped Scotland reach the semi-finals, playing alongside his United teammate Christian Dailly. Rarely out of the United side, Steven formed a solid defensive partnership with Maurice Malpas, and helping the team go on a 17-game unbeaten run in their first season back in the topflight as the Club qualified for European football once more. In the last of his three-year deal, he collected a runners-up medal against Celtic in the League Cup final.
At the end of the 1997-98 season, he left United under freedom of contract and signed for Hearts where he spent eight successful years, gaining full international recognition when he collected the first of 32 caps for Scotland in March 2000. He also became club captain and won a second Scottish Cup winners medal in May 2006. In December 2006 he joined Celtic, collecting a Championship medal and his third Scottish Cup winners medal. He was enlisted as a coach by the new Scotland manager George Burley in February 2008. In September that year he joined Danish side Randers on a short-term deal before signing for Falkirk, where he collected a Scottish Cup runners-up medal in 2009.
After retiring as a player, Steven became assistant manager of Falkirk, before being appointed manager in February 2010. He went on to have managerial spells with Coventry City, Fleetwood Town, Greek side Pafos, and Carlisle United.
Last updated on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 by B Orr.
Debut
August 12th, 1995
Dundee United 1 - 1 Greenock Morton
League (First Division)
Timeline
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Date of Birth
Steven was born on this date in Elgin.
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Signed For Dundee United
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First Non-Competitive Appearance (Friendly)
Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 Dundee United
Friendly
Although the scoreline may not have reflected it, this was another encouraging performance. Before Forfar took a shock lead immediately before the break, United had been well on top with Andy McLaren
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First Team Debut
Dundee United 1 - 1 Morton
League (First Division)
Morton's message to United playing their first match out with the top flight of Scottish football for 35 years was "welcome to the First Division" as they gave us an early sample of how hard a task li
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First Goal
Dundee United 2 - 1 Hamilton
League (First Division)
Injuries to Brian Welsh and Sandy Robertson, plus the enforced absence of Billy McKinlay on international duty, meant it was all change yet again for the visit of Hamilton. Territorially, United domin
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50th Appearance
Dundee United 2 - 2 Dundee
League Cup (3rd Round)
This great cup tie ended with United losing out on penalties, but it was a controversial spot kick which brought Dundee back into the game after United had gone ahead. Dave Bowman for Ray McKinnon was
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50th League Appearance
Dundee United 1 - 2 Raith Rovers
League (Premier Division)
Bottom dogs Raith Rovers upset the form book and got their first away points of the season on the board with a deserved victory against a lack-lustre lited side. Much was made of the fact that the vis
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100th Appearance
Hearts 2 - 1 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
Having weathered Hearts early storm, it was somewhat ironic that we should fall behind to an own goal just before the interval. But the immediate reply through Kjetl Olofssons goal was no less than we
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Last Goal
Dundee United 2 - 1 Rangers
League (Premier Division)
We couldn't stop Negri from scoring again, but more importantly, we inflicted Rangers first defeat in the league and at the same time posted a confidence boosting second successive win. Unchar
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100th League Appearance
St Johnstone 1 - 1 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
For the third time in a week, we let a lead slip and watch three pointe evaporate into just one. In control for almost the entire first half, we took the lead through Robbie Winters' header from A
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Last Appearance
Hibernian 1 - 2 Dundee United
League (Premier Division)
The tension of the occasion was highly evident in the opening stages. Immediately after Crawford sent an angular drive narrowly wide, we passed up an even better chance, Lars Zetterlund placing a Kjel
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Left the Club
Collectables (Stickers & Cards)
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