Steve Stride
Steven M. "Steve" Stride (born c. 1950) is the former Operations Director of Aston Villa Football Club.
Career
[edit]Stride joined the office staff at Aston Villa in 1972 and seven years later was appointed football secretary, a post he held for 16 years. He was elected to the board of directors in 1995,[1] and two years later published a book, Stride inside the Villa, chronicling his 25 years with the club.[2] In 2005, he took responsibility for running the club while longtime chairman Doug Ellis recovered from heart bypass surgery.[1] Stride was the only director to remain at the club following American businessman Randy Lerner's 2006 takeover.[3] He eventually resigned, with his resignation being effective from May 2007.[4]
Wimbledon F.C. relocation
[edit]Stride was a member of the three-man Football Association-appointed commission which, in 2002, controversially[5] decided that Wimbledon F.C. should be allowed to relocate to Milton Keynes.[6] Stride voted in favour of the move (only Alan Turvey dissented).[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Howell, Bill (27 June 2005). "Steve takes role in his Stride". Birmingham Mail.
- ^ Shaw, Phil (16 December 1997). "Football: Books for Christmas - How Claridge thrived despite Aldershot's bouncing cheques and rotten turkeys". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ Bose, Mihir (5 September 2006). "Tbilisi owner linked to West Ham bid". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Villa survivor Stride to bow out". Express and Star. Wolverhampton. 7 March 2007.
- ^ White, Jim (11 January 2003). "Pitch battle". The Guardian.
- ^ Conn, David (28 April 2009). "Tears of joy as AFC Wimbledon prove they are in the wider interest of football". The Guardian.
- ^ Murray, Scott (6 August 2011). "AFC Wimbledon v Bristol Rovers - as it happened". The Guardian. London.
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