Simon Stainrod
Personal information
Full name Simon Allan Stainrod[1]
Date of birth (1959-02-01) 1 February 1959[1]
Place of birth Sheffield, England[1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 Sheffield United 67 (14)
1979–1980 Oldham Athletic 69 (21)
1980–1985 Queens Park Rangers 145 (48)
1985 Sheffield Wednesday 15 (2)
1985–1987 Aston Villa 63 (16)
1987–1988 Stoke City 28 (6)
1988–1989 Strasbourg 8 (2)
1989–1990 Rouen 22 (1)
1990–1992 Falkirk 60 (21)
1992–1993 Dundee 33 (9)
1993–1995 Ayr United 31 (4)
Total 541 (144)
Managerial career
1992–1993 Dundee
1993–1995 Ayr United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon Allan Stainrod (born 1 February 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Sheffield United, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Stoke City. He also played in France for RC Strasbourg and FC Rouen and in Scotland for Falkirk, Dundee and Ayr United.[1]

Career

Stainrod was born in Sheffield and began his career with Sheffield United making his debut towards the end of the 1975–76, he scored twice in seven matches as the Blades suffered relegation to the Second Division.[3] He spent four season at Bramall Lane making 75 appearances scoring 14 goals before he moved to Oldham Athletic in Match 1979. It was at Boundary Park that Stainrod began to make a name for himself scoring 26 goals in 79 appearances which attracted the attentions of Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers.[3] He decided to join Terry Venables' QPR in November 1980 for a fee of £270,000.[3]

In the 1981–82 season he was a key player of the team that reached the 1982 FA Cup Final, losing 1–0 to Tottenham Hotspur after a replay, Stainrod scored a career best of 24 goals that season.[3] In 1982–83 he helped the team win the Second Division title and then finish fifth in the First Division qualifying for Europe. After Venables left Loftus Road in 1984 for Barcelona, the side quickly fell apart under the unsuccessful reign of Alan Mullery and many players including Stainrod left the club.[3]

Stainrod then had an unsuccessful spell at Sheffield Wednesday, and was sold to Aston Villa for £350,000 in September 1985 and he enjoyed a spectacular debut when he scored all four goals against Exeter City in the League Cup.[3] Despite scoring 21 goals for Villa in 1985–86 he struggled to get in the team in 1986–87 and the team were relegated to the Second Division.[1] In January 1988 he joined Mick Mills' Stoke City where he scored twice in 16 appearances in 1987–88.[1] In 1988–89 Stainrod score five goals in 18 appearances before moving to France.[1]

He spent the 1988–89 season in France with RC Strasbourg (eight appearances, two goals). He then spent a further spell with FC Rouen (22 appearances, 1 goal) before moving to Scotland to play for Falkirk and Ayr United and then managing Dundee in Scotland. During Stainrod's spell at Falkirk he famously scored from the halfway line against St Johnstone direct from a kick off.

Post playing career

He is also a FIFA-licensed football agent and is now based in Cannes, France. In 2003, he set up his own company with a couple of his friends called Matchday Media.[4] Stainrod was working with Hatem Ben Arfa following his move to Newcastle United as his adviser.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheffield United 1975–76 First Division 7200000072
1976–77 Second Division 213001010233
1977–78 Second Division 256100010266
1978–79 Second Division 143101030193
Total 67142020507514
Oldham Athletic 1978–79 Second Division 145000000145
1979–80 Second Division 37111010334214
1980–81 Second Division 185002131237
Total 69211031647926
Queens Park Rangers 1980–81 Second Division 154210000175
1981–82 Second Division 39179542005224
1982–83 Second Division 319002000339
1983–84 First Division 41131033004516
1984–85 First Division 1950083333011
Total 145481261783317765
Sheffield Wednesday 1984–85 First Division 9100000091
1985–86 First Division 6100000061
Total 152000000152
Aston Villa 1985–86 First Division 30104289004221
1986–87 First Division 296204010366
1987–88 Second Division 4000000040
Total 631662129108227
Stoke City 1987–88 Second Division 122200020162
1988–89 Second Division 164002100185
Total 286202120347
Career total 3871072383619177463141

Honours

Queens Park Rangers

Aston Villa

  • Football League Second Division runner-up: 1987–88

Falkirk

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Queens Park Rangers Official Matchday Magazine 2 March 2008 v Stoke City
  4. ↑ "Romance of the cup lost on easy come, easy go Stainrod". Scotsman. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Blow for Hatem Ben Arfa's advisor Simon Stainrod". Chronicle Live. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Simon Stainrod at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • Simon Stainrod at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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