Steve Cook

Steve Anthony Cook (born 19 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Bournemouth.

For other people named Steve Cook, see Steve Cook (disambiguation).

Steve Cook
Cook playing for Bournemouth against Chelsea in 2015/16
Cook playing for Bournemouth against Chelsea in 2015/16
Personal information
Full name Steve Anthony Cook[1]
Date of birth (1991-04-19) 19 April 1991[2]
Place of birth Hastings, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Bournemouth
Number 3
Youth career
2007–2008 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 (0)
2009 → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010 → Eastleigh (loan) 10 (0)
2010 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 7 (1)
2010–2011 → Mansfield Town (loan) 8 (0)
2011 → Bournemouth (loan) 8 (0)
2012– Bournemouth 301 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2020

Club career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Born in Hastings, East Sussex, Cook made his first-team debut for Brighton & Hove Albion during the League Cup third round victory over Manchester City on 24 September 2008.[3] He made his second substitute appearance for Brighton during a 2–1 FA Cup first round replay defeat against Hartlepool United on 18 November 2008.[4]

On 23 December 2008, Cook joined Conference South team Havant & Waterlooville on loan for six-weeks.[5] When this loan expired, he once again found himself involved in the Brighton first team, making his third substitute appearance for the club during the Football League Trophy Southern Final penalty shoot-out defeat to Luton Town.[6]

Cook made his first league appearance for Brighton during a 4–0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 28 February 2009.[7]

He, along with fellow youth players Steve Brinkhurst and Josh Pelling, signed professional contracts with Brighton on 7 May 2009.[8]

On 20 November 2009, Cook joined Conference South team Eastleigh on loan to gain first-team match experience. He was sent off on his debut in a 1–1 draw with Lewes in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy on 21 November 2009.[9]

On 16 September 2010, Cook once again went on loan, this time to Conference Premier side Eastbourne Borough where he spent a month.[10] After making seven appearances and scoring once, Eastbourne were keen to extend the loan deal for the player,[11] but were however unsuccessful as he later joined Conference Premier rivals Mansfield Town on a loan deal lasting until January 2011.[12] Brighton manager Gus Poyet later revealed that he felt Cook would add another ingredient to his footballing education by spending time away from Sussex and that it would force him to "grow up".[13]

Cook made his first appearance for Brighton in over two-and-a-half years during the League Cup game against Liverpool in September 2011.

Bournemouth

Initial Loan & League One

On 27 October 2011, Cook joined League One side Bournemouth on loan.[14] On 3 January 2012, Cook re-joined Bournemouth permanently for £150,000 signing a three-and-a-half-year deal, after making an initial 8 appearances during his loan spell.[15] Cook made a further 18 appearances for the Cherries in the 2011/12 season, as the club finished 11th in League One.

The following season began poorly for Cook and the Cherries, with the club winning just 1 of their first 11 games, languishing bottom of the league, and parting ways with manager Paul Groves on the 3rd October. [16] Cook appeared in just 8 of the first 20 league games this season, before finally putting together a run of starts for the side, beginning with a 2-1 win against Scunthorpe United on the 8th December. [17] Cook and Bournemouth then enjoyed a club-record setting run of 8 consecutive victories, culminating in a 3-1 home win against Carlisle United. Cook scored his first goal of the season in this game, which saw Bournemouth promoted to the Championship. [18] Cook finished the season having made 38 appearances for the club in total across all competitions.

Championship & Promotion to the Premier League

Cook made a decent start to his first season in the Championship with Bournemouth, starting the first 20 league games of the season and being a consistent presence for the club. He scored his first ever Championship goal in a 5-2 home win against Millwall on the 5th October. [19] Cook scored his second goal of the season, and the only goal of the game, in a 0-1 away win against Barnsley on the 22nd March, [20] and he then scored again in a 2-2 draw away to Ipswich on the 21st April. [21] Cook finished his first season-proper of Championship football having made 40 appearances for the club in all competitions, as Bournemouth recorded their highest ever league finish of 10th.

Cook was ever-present in the 2014–15 season, playing in all 46 games that season as Bournemouth won the Championship and were promoted to the Premier League.[22] The season started well, with Cook starting and keeping a clean sheet in the 0-4 opening day win away at Huddersfield Town. [23] Bournemouth went on an impressive run of 14 games unbeaten, a period in which Cook played every single minute, beginning with a 1-2 away win at Bolton on the 4th October. [24]

Premier League Years

On 4 December 2016, he scored to equalise and then created the winning goal as Bournemouth completed one of the comebacks of the season to beat Liverpool for the first time in their history 4–3 in a sensational Premier League game. He made his 300th appearance for the Cherries in February 2019.[22]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 July 2020
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2008–09[25] League One 2010101[lower-alpha 1]050
2011–12[26] Championship 100010—20
Total 3010201070
Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 2008–09[25] Conference South 5000—3[lower-alpha 2]080
Eastleigh (loan) 2009–10[27] Conference South 10000—2[lower-alpha 2]0120
Eastbourne Borough (loan) 2010–11[28] Conference Premier 7100—0071
Mansfield Town (loan) 2010–11[29] Conference Premier 8020—1[lower-alpha 2]0110
Bournemouth (loan) 2011–12[26] League One 8000—1[lower-alpha 1]090
Bournemouth 2011–12[26] League One 180000000180
2012–13[30] League One 33140001[lower-alpha 1]0381
2013–14[31] Championship 3831010—403
2014–15[32] Championship 4652010—495
2015–16[33] Premier League 3641010—384
2016–17[34] Premier League 3822000—402
2017–18[35] Premier League 3321140—383
2018–19[36] Premier League 2611031—302
2019–20[37] Premier League 2512000—271
Total 309191411011032721
Career total 342201711219037222
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

AFC Bournemouth

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References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. Match Report (Brighton 2–2 Manchester City) Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 24 September 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  4. Hartlepool 2–1 Brighton Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 18 November 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  5. Team News for Boxing Day Archived 8 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 23 December 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  6. Luton Town 1–1 Brighton Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 17 February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009
  7. Brighton 0–4 Crewe Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., 28 February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009
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  9. "Eastleigh v Lewes". Eastleigh F.C. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  10. Cook an added ingredient for Borough, The Argus, 16 September 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  11. "Borough hope to keep loan pair for longer". The Argus, 12 October 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  12. Cook heads for Mansfield, The Argus, 18 October 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  13. Loan move will force Seagulls youngster to grow up, The Argus, 19 October 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011
  14. "Cook Ripe for Cherries". The Argus. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  15. "Cherries sign Cook on permanent basis". AFC Bournemouth. 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  16. "Paul Groves: AFC Bournemouth part with manager". BBC Sport. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  17. "Scunthorpe United 1-2 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  18. . BBC Sport. 20 April 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22133176. Retrieved 13 August 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. "AFC Bournemouth 5-2 Millwall". BBC Sport. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  20. "Barnsley 0-1 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  21. "Ipswich Town 2-2 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  22. Perrett, Neil (5 February 2019). "300 not out: The rise and rise of Steve Cook". AFCB. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  23. "Huddersfield Town 0-4 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  24. "Bolton Wanderers 1-2 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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  29. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2010/2011 for Mansfield Town". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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  32. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  33. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  34. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  35. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  36. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  37. "Games played by Steve Cook in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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