about the tigers   about tiger roar   appearances   fixtures & results   table   women results   womens' players   u18 fixtures   dev xi fixtures   reserve fixtures   reserve archive   ben richards-e'ton   brandon smalley   conor thompson   dan ball   daniel leadbitter   dayle grubb   ed williams   harry emmett   harry burns   harry pinchard   jadyn crosbie   jamie creed   jamie reckord   jared thompson   jaxson hundt   joe hanks   kev dawson   kieran phillips   luca robinson   matt richards   mekhai bessasa-g   philip chovanec   riley mcgregor   spencer hamilton   stan anaebonam   theo giles   thomas blake   ty duffus   zack pinchard   mike cook   marc mcgregor   john brough   players 1986-24   players 1946-85   players 1925-43   afc totton   bracknell town   basingstoke town   chertsey town   dorchester town   frome town   gosport borough   hanwell town   havant & w'loov   hungerford town   marlow   merthyr town   plymouth p'way   poole town   sholing   swindon s'marine   taunton town   tiverton town   walton & hersham   wimborne town   winchester city   tigerimages   1920's results   1930's results   1940's results   1950's results   1960's results   1970's results   1980's results   1990's results   2000's results   2010's results   2020's results   birthdays   city history   county cup   fa cup   fa trophy   floods   georgian tour   horton road   joe & clifty   kit archive   league cup   league history   managers   old tr   opponents   overall records   panoramas   press cuttings   reserves   statistics   team photos   wtps   facebook   official website   league website   city wiki   city open forum   contact  Steve Abbley - Defender D.O.B. - 19/03/1957 - Liverpool 1st Debut : Rushden Town (H) - 18/08/90 Last Game : Ton Pentre (H) - 22/09/90 2nd Debut : Worcester City (A) - 13/02/93 Last Game : Cheltenham Town (H) - 12/04/93 Disappointingly left the club after recovering from a serious injury which kept him out of contention for the majority of the 1990/91 "nearly" season. Steve was an attack minded right back who brought a wealth of experience when Brian Godfrey snapped him up in the summer of 1990 but he managed just seven games after his injury at home to Ton Pentre in the FA Cup that September. He was part of the tour party that played three games in Georgia but as the players returned to the UK they were victims of the clubs need to cut costs following the resignation of Les Alderman. Abbley headed to Trowbridge. In February 1992 after the team had concluded a gruelling four games tie against Runcorn in the FA Trophy Brian Godfrey re-signed both Steve and Ray Baverstock to bolster his ailing squad. In this time he made twelve appearance (one as sub), scored his only goal for the club at VS Rugby and suffered the indignity of the only red card of his career when he was sent off for two bookings away at Halesowen Town. Steve is now the Chairman at Cirencester Town.   Clubs: Parks FC, Swindon Town (23-0), Cheltenham Town, Witney Town, Cheltenham Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Gloucester City, Trowbridge Town, Gloucester City, Trowbridge Town, Cirencester Town Appearances & Goals: Season Apps Subs Goals  1990/91     7      -      -    1992/93    11      1      1   Total   18      1      1   Page last updated : 3rd October 2024 Tiger Roar is an unofficial, independant production. It has nothing to do with Gloucester City AFC 1980 Ltd or the Gloucester City Supporters Trust. All comments expressed on here (unless stated) are those of the author and not those of the football club. Most content on this site is copyright of the site owner and must not be reproduced without prior permission (unless waived by the author). Please do not use or remotely link to any of the images or videos on this site. Lots of statistical information is courtesy of the great work done by club historian Tim Clark. His book is The Complete Record of Gloucester City AFC 1883–2009. (566 pgs) Tiger Timbo Publications. ISBN 978-0-9557425-1-4. I would like to express thanks to everyone who has helped make this website possible through donations, images, video clips and statistical information. If you feel I have used your own copyrighted material and would like it removed, please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss it's removal because it makes Nathan Walker cry. Above all, enjoy the website and please come back for more!