Steve FOSTER | 1981-1982 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

FOSTER PES STATS | 1981-1982

electric_trigger Steve FOSTER | 1981-1982 Foster on the left in his Luton days Club:Brighton Number: 5 Position: CB Nationality: English Era: 1981-1982, Aged: 25 Foot: R Side: B Length: 183 Weight: 80 Attack: 61 Defence: 84 Balance: 84 Stamina: 82 Top Speed: 77 Acceleration: 78 Response: 81 Agility: 78 Dribble Accuracy: 72 Dribble Speed: 76 Short Pass Accuracy: 73 Short Pass Speed: 75 Long Pass Acc.: 73 Long Pass Speed: 74 Shot Accuracy: 63 Shot Power: 82 Shot Technique: 66 Free Kick Accuracy: 71 Curling: 71 Header: 86 Jump: 86 Technique: 76 Aggression: 65 Mentality: 86 Keeper Skills: 50 Team Work: 80 Injury Tolerance: B Condition/Fitness: 6 Weak Foot Accuracy: 5 Weak Foot frequency: 5 *Marking *D-Line Control Steve Foster (born 24 September 1957, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is a former English football player, famed for wearing a headband. He started his career at Portsmouth in 1973 and played for the club until 1979 when he joined Brighton. While at Brighton, Foster won three caps for England, was a member of England's 1982 World Cup squad, and reached the final of the 1983 FA Cup. After five seasons at Brighton, Foster was sold to Aston Villa in March 1984. However, after only eight largely unsuccessful months at Villa Park, he was transferred to Luton Town in November 1984. At Luton, he became a rock in central defence, and captained the Hatters to the 1988 League Cup. He left Luton in 1989, and later played for Oxford United, before returning to Brighton, where he spent the last four years of his career. Steve Foster's leadership qualities and distinctive on-pitch appearance often belied his genuine status as a solid, ball playing defender and it was these attributes which prompted Ron Greenwood into making arguably his most controversial squad selection prior to the 1982 World Cup in Spain. Foster had only four months and two games of international football under his belt, yet he was given the reserve central defender's spot behind Terry Butcher and Phil Thompson while Dave Watson, a sprightly 36 years old and 65 caps up, was left out altogether. Ultimately, defence had little to do with England's elimination as the back four always did its job, conceding just one goal in five games as England's attacking potency deserted them and they exited after two weak goalless draws in the second round pool against old adversaries Germany and hosts Spain. With qualification assured from the first round after victories over France and Czechoslovakia, Greenwood rested Butcher and gave Foster a run out for the 1-0 win against Kuwait before restoring Butcher to the team for the next phase. After England went out, Bobby Robson took over and never called Foster up, with Brighton's rapid decline out of the top division that season not helping his cause. Steve FOSTER | 1981-1982 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)