Steve Castle is a former English

England

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 football Midfielder who played in the Football League

The Football League

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 between 1984 and 2002. Castle started his career playing alongside Tony Cottee

Tony Cottee

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 for Romford Royal in the Havering district as a child. He later played for Leyton Orient in three separate spells, amassing a total of 322 appearances for them. He also played League football with Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

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, Gillingham

Gillingham F.C.

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 and Peterborough United.

Castle joined Peterborough on a free transfer as player-coach for the 1997–98 season, and over the next three seasons he played 122 senior matches and scored 20 goals. He moved to Leyton Orient on a free for 2000/01.

He later became assistant manager to Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn (Northern Irish footballer)

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 at Football Conference

Football Conference

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 side Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

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. . He also once managed at St Albans City

St Albans City F.C.

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 in the Isthmian League

Isthmian League

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 and Conference South

Conference South

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, where he also played too. He was the man who took the Saints to the Conference South for the first time, beating Bedford Town

Bedford Town F.C.

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5–4, although this was the season when the leagues were changing format and this only required a top 14 finish. Castle led the side to 18th in league from which they managed to win the playoffs with the aforementioned 5-4 win over Bedford Town.