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Steven James Ball (born 9 September 1969) is an English football manager and former player. Ball began his career with Arsenal, where he won the FA Youth Cup in 1988, but failed to make a first-team appearance for the club. He made his Football League debut with Colchester United and also played for Norwich City. Ball has managed Stanway Rovers and Clacton Town. ==Career== Ball, born in Colchester, began his career with London-based club Arsenal. In 1988, he won the FA Youth Cup, but failed to live up to his promise with the club, failing to make a first-team appearance following an ankle-ligament injury.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/ball.htm )〕 After his release from Arsenal, Ball joined hometown club Colchester United and made four appearances during their ill-fated 1989–90 season in which they were relegated from the Football League to the Conference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/colchester-united/former_u_s_midfielder_steve_ball_joins_academy_coaching_staff_1_1368077 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/steveball.html )〕 Ball signed for Norwich City after leaving Colchester, managing just two appearances for the club between 1990 and 1992.〔〔 He briefly signed for Cambridge United in August 1992 but had left by September to re-sign for Colchester.〔 He had an improved second stint with the U's, accumulating 64 league appearances and scoring seven goals.〔 He had been restricted to signing a rolling monthly contract, struggling with injuries, before leaving to join Sudbury Town in 1996.〔 Ball made 77 appearances and scored 14 goals for Sudbury until 1998. He joined Heybridge Swifts briefly, before being appointed manager of Stanway Rovers. While managing Rovers, Ball worked for a Colchester-based stationery company. He left in 2003 to join Long Melford as a player, but was not fit enough to play regularly. He quit in December 2003.〔 Ball was appointed assistant manager of Clacton Town in 2004, but financial problems in the summer of 2005 led to him leaving the club. He returned in 2006 as manager, but was required to resign after his job based in Colchester was restructured to cover Birmingham and the Midlands. Ball later returned to Stanway Rovers as assistant manager, before joining Leiston as assistant manager in 2010.〔 In summer 2012, Ball was offered a full-time coaching position with the Colchester United academy at their new training complex based in Tiptree.〔 He returned to Leiston as assistant manager to Steve Pitt in October 2013. 〔http://www.greenun24.co.uk/non-league/leiston_chief_reveals_reasons_behind_appointments_of_steve_pitt_and_steve_ball_1_2908963〕 However Pitt left the club after six weeks leaving Ball in charge. 〔http://www.greenun24.co.uk/non-league/new_leiston_boss_steve_ball_takes_charge_with_rob_bate_at_victory_road_1_3068529〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Ball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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