Billy Stewart (footballer, born 1965)

Billy Stewart (born 1 January 1965) is a former professional footballer who played goal, primarily with Chester City. He currently coaches with West Ham United Ladies first team as their Goalkeeping Coach. He joined West Ham United after spending the previous three seasons with Accrington Stanley FC first team and helped them gain promotion to the EFL league 1 as League 2 Champions in the 2017–8 season. He is a current Goalkeeping Coach Educator for the FA and has coached at international level for England and Northern Ireland at the under-21, under-19 and schoolboy levels, and with the Liverpool County FA disability team on a part-time basis. He also coached the Bolton Wanderers Ladies goalkeepers for 2 seasons. He left Liverpool in July 2009 after 10 seasons as a coach, and is a freelance goalkeeping coach. He also played for the England Non League Team in May 1997, against the Scottish Highland Football League at Cove Rangers FC, the Highland Football League Team whose ground is six miles south of Aberdeen. His side won 5–0 that Saturday afternoon in the North of Scotland, with Barry Hayles, Lee Hughes, and Marcus Bignot in the England team, all three players who subsequently went on to play at high levels in the English Football League.

Billy Stewart
Personal information
Full name William Ian Stewart
Date of birth (1965-01-01) 1 January 1965
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
West Ham United Women (first-team & goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1981–1983 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Liverpool 0 (0)
1984–1986 Wigan Athletic 14 (0)
1986–1994 Chester City 272 (0)
1994–1995 Northampton Town 27 (0)
1995 Chesterfield 1 (0)
1995–1996 Chester City 45 (0)
1996–1999 Southport 119 (0)
1999–2000 Hednesford Town 5 (0)
2000–2002 Bamber Bridge ? (0)
2002 Rhyl 9 (0)
2002 Marine ? (?)
2002–2003 Colwyn Bay ? (?)
International career
1998 England Semi-Professional XI 1 (0)
Managerial career
2020 West Ham United Women (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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