Steve Penney (footballer)
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Steve Penney (born January 16, 1964 in Ballymena) was a Northern Ireland football player, normally deployed as a right winger.
Penney started his career with hometown Ballymena United, before moving to England with Brighton & Hove Albion in 1983. Penney spent 8 seasons playing for Brighton in the second and third tier of English football before a single season cameo with Heart of Midlothian in 1991-92. A serious knee injury then forced him in to early retirement.
Penney was capped 17 times by Northern Ireland, earning selection for the 1986 World Cup squad in Mexico.
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Northern Ireland squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Jennings | 2 Nicholl | 3 Donaghy | 4 O'Neill | 5 McDonald | 6 McCreery | 7 Penney | 8 McIlroy | 9 Quinn | 10 Whiteside | 11 Stewart | 12 Platt | 13 Hughes | 14 Armstrong | 15 Worthington | 16 Ramsey | 17 Clarke | 18 McClelland | 19 Hamilton | 20 McNally | 21 Campbell | 22 Caughey | Coach: Bingham |
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