Steve Cammack

Stephen Richard Cammack (born 20 March 1954) is an English former footballer. A forward, he scored 143 goals in 419 league appearances in a 15-year career in the Football League.

Steve Cammack

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Richard Cammack[1]
Date of birth	(1954-03-20) 20 March 1954[1]
Place of birth	Sheffield, England[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1975	Sheffield United	36	(5)
1975–1979	Chesterfield	113	(21)
1979–1981	Scunthorpe United	84	(27)
1981–1982	Lincoln City	18	(6)
1982–1987	Scunthorpe United	161	(83)
1985–1986	→ Port Vale (loan)	3	(0)
1986	→ Stockport County (loan)	4	(1)
	Scarborough
	Worksop Town
Total		419+	(143+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He began his career at Sheffield United in 1971, before transferring to Chesterfield four years later. After over 100 appearances in four years he moved onto Scunthorpe United. He spent seven seasons with the "Iron" in two spells around a spell with Lincoln City in 1981–82. His goals fired Scunthorpe out of the Fourth Division in 1982–83. In all he scored 110 goals for the club in 245 league appearances. He was loaned out to Port Vale and Stockport County, before entering non-league football with Scarborough and Worksop Town.

Playing career

Cammack began his career at Sheffield United. The "Blades" finished tenth in the First Division in 1971–72 and 14th in 1972–73 under the stewardship of John Harris. Following the appointment of Ken Furphy, United finished 13th in 1973–74 and then sixth in 1974–75. Cammack made 36 league appearances during his four years at Bramall Lane, before he signed with Joe Shaw's Chesterfield. The "Spireites" finished 14th in the Third Division in 1975–76. Under the stewardship of Arthur Cox, Chesterfield finished 18th in 1976–77 and ninth in 1977–78, before narrowly avoiding relegation by one place and four points in 1978–79. Cammack scored 21 goals in 113 league games in his four years at Saltergate.

His next move was to Scunthorpe United. Ron Ashman led the "Iron" to 14th in the Fourth Division in 1979–80 and then 16th in 1980–81. Cammack spent the 1981–82 season with Colin Murphy's Lincoln City, who finished one place and one point outside of the Third Division promotion places. He left Sincil Bank and returned to Scunthorpe, now managed by John Duncan, and scored 25 goals in 1982–83 to become the division's top scorer, and help "Scunny" to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in third place. They failed to survive in the league above under new boss Allan Clarke, and were relegated in 1983–84 after failing to win away from the Old Showground all season. After Frank Barlow took charge, they finished ninth in 1984–85. Cammack was given the club's Player of the Year award in 1985 after scoring 25 goals in 39 appearances.[3] Over his two spells at the club, Cammack made 245 league appearances, scoring 110 goals.

He was loaned out to John Rudge's Port Vale in December 1985, but returned to his club the next month after failing to impress in his one start and two substitute appearances.[1] At the end of the 1985–86 season, the "Valiants" won promotion out of the Fourth Division.[1] After a loan spell with Stockport County in which he featured just four times at Edgeley Park, he moved on to Kevin Blackwell's Alliance Premier League side Scarborough. After leaving the McCain Stadium, he later played for Worksop Town in the Northern Premier League.

Statistics

Source:[4]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sheffield United	1971–72	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1972–73	First Division	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
	1973–74	First Division	7	1	0	0	1	0	8	1
	1974–75	First Division	13	3	0	0	1	0	14	3
	1975–76	First Division	12	0	0	0	3	0	15	0
	Total		36	5	0	0	6	0	42	5
Chesterfield	1975–76	Third Division	20	5	0	0	0	0	20	5
	1976–77	Third Division	27	3	0	0	2	1	29	4
	1977–78	Third Division	44	9	2	0	2	1	48	10
	1978–79	Third Division	22	4	2	0	4	1	28	5
	Total		113	21	4	0	8	3	125	24
Scunthorpe United	1979–80	Fourth Division	38	12	1	0	0	0	39	12
	1980–81	Fourth Division	46	15	3	0	2	1	51	16
	Total		84	27	4	0	2	1	90	28
Lincoln City	1981–82	Third Division	18	6	3	1	8	0	29	7
Scunthorpe United	1981–82	Fourth Division	10	3	0	0	0	0	10	3
	1982–83	Fourth Division	41	25	4	1	2	0	47	26
	1983–84	Third Division	39	18	6	4	5	3	50	25
	1984–85	Fourth Division	34	24	3	1	2	0	39	25
	1985–86	Fourth Division	33	12	1	0	3	1	37	13
	1986–87	Fourth Division	4	1	0	0	2	0	6	1
	Total		161	83	14	6	14	4	185	93
Port Vale (loan)	1985–86	Fourth Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Stockport County (loan)	1985–86	Fourth Division	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
Career total			419	143	25	7	38	8	482	158

Honours

Individual

• Scunthorpe United F.C. Player of the Year: 1985[3]

Scunthorpe United

• Football League Fourth Division third place promotion: 1982–83

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 52. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 332. ISBN 0362020175.
3. "Vote For Your Player of the Season 2015/16". scunthorpe-united.co.uk. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
4. Steve Cammack at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)