Stephen Elliott Signs (6 Viewers)

We are in Div3 now ffs. He is an experienced striker that is not old that will be playing against lower players than before, other than whilst in Scotland that is. There are not many if any clubs that have some quality players like we do. Just depends on who we sell before the start of the season and whoever else we can bring in

Sounds like we beat Notts County to his signature if that thread is to believed

Bollocks, wish we'd signed Kuqi now! Massively underwhelmed, but then, I was likely to be by anybody within our reach. Ah well, give the lad a chance, etc.

Nonleagueherewecome said:

Bollocks, wish we'd signed Kuqi now! Massively underwhelmed, but then, I was likely to be by anybody within our reach. Ah well, give the lad a chance, etc.

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And if we had signed Kuqi there would have been lots moaning about signing a 35 year old striker.

I have a couple of secrets I need to share about our club. We are skint. We are in Div3. Should we have signed a striker at the end of his career where his legs are about gone? Otherwise what player good enough for Championship football or even higher and able to get a higher wage than we can pay would come to us.

Some need a reality check. We have signed a 28 year old striker with experience at a higher level. A player that always tries his best. A player that will put his head in where it hurts. Not a striker that will score lots of goals, but will score and also set up other players. Could be a great partner for Cody. Will also help the midfielders out. Good engine, can run all game. Son gave me rundown on him. I suppose best we can expect now we are in Div3 and only offering low wages.

Give him a chance to settle in before saying he is sh!te. That means more than 2 or 3 games.

If we can keep him injury free i think he will turn out a good signing for the level of football we are now at

International, 28 years old and only on a 1 year deal.

Better than RoD and Jeffers, so as such, we are better off now than we were this morning.

lets see what happens, can not be any worse than last season can it, the strikers we had last season couldn't hit the side of a bus if they were stood on it !!! :thinking about::thinking about::thinking about:

He has just came from a winning team so he should atleast come with a positive attitude and hopefully that winning mentality.

We have signed a player and I think it's positive news.

If we get Kilbane, Sheff can play up top as well.

Not sure what all the fuss is about. He is miles better than ROD and Jeffers...

Now that is the way to do business. We hear about it once it is done. Also a very good signing. Add kilbane, Fleck a creative midfielder, another striker and a centre half. We should be pushing for the play offs.

Brighton Sky Blue said:

Not sure what all the fuss is about. He is miles better than ROD and Jeffers...

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I agree, this is the lowest quality of football he will have played at depending on where you rank scottish football. If he can chip in with 10-12 goals it will be a good contribution if Mcdonald does the business for us.

Sounds like a Andy Morrell type, not the greatest but the fans loved his work rate, so lets give the lad a chance before claiming he is shite.. :facepalm:

I agree, give him a chance at least. Hearts got rid of him as they picked up two under 18s strikers from the Rangers Camp.

dongonzalos said:

Now that is the way to do business. We hear about it once it is done.

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agreed - not let the world know who we are interested in so they can go elsewhere!!!

It's probably the agents that release the stories first and then city have to comment

well that hearts page is encouraging

he may not be prolific but by all accounts we wont be complaining that hes lazy like some of the others!

also read a heartening piece on how he beleives he can prolific and looks to prove that at cov, his finishs for hearts show he can do it some of the time at least.

i just hope we dont end season wishing we had got collins.

solid signing he will put a shift in for us

To be honest if he can do this in the Premiership he should be just fine in Division 3

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AFCCOVENTRY said:

To be honest if he can do this in the Premiership he should be just fine in Division 3

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That is one hell of a strike!!!!

He scored plenty of goals from what i remember for Sunderland on 2 promotion winning campaigns from what I remember.

Club career

Elliott began his career as a youth player with Belvedere[1] and Stella Maris.[2]
[edit]Manchester City
He began his professional career as a youth player at Manchester City after impressing in a trial match with Stella Maris in which he scored five goals in the space of half an hour.[3] His league debut came on 21 February 2004 when Kevin Keegan used him as a late substitute in a 3–1 win at Bolton Wanderers.[4] He failed to establish himself in the first team, making only one further appearances as a substitute,[5] with his development at City hampered by a serious back injury that ruled him out for a season.[3]
[edit]Sunderland
Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy signed him from Manchester City on 1 June 2004[6] for an initial fee of £125,000, set by a tribunal,[7] with well over £250,000 of additional payments linked to his subsequent performance at the Black Cats of around £100,000 if Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League; £50,000 if he played in a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland; five installments of £20,000 for each set of ten appearances he made for Sunderland up to a maximum of 50 games; and 25% of any sell-on transfer fees.[8] McCarthy later admitted that he had bought him outrageously cheaply, although that was before all of the above add-ons were ultimately realised.[9] He made his debut on 7 August against Coventry in their 2-0 defeat,[10] with his first goal for the club coming on 10 August against Crewe Alexandra, scoring the winner in their 3-1 win.[11] He quickly established himself as first-team regular, making 47 appearances scoring 16 goals in his debut season[12] as the team finished as champions in 2005, helping him win the clubs young player of the season award.[5] And in July 2005 he signed a contract extension extending his stay until 2008.[13]
However, his first Premiership season was largely disrupted by injury,[3] only managing 15 appearances[14] although prior to his injuries he scored two long-range goals against Manchester United[15] and Newcastle United.[16]
On Sunderland's return to the Championship the following season, he showed good form when fit, but again was disrupted by an ankle injury which kept him out for two months.[17] In all he made 88 appearances for Sunderland scoring 23 goals.[18]
[edit]Wolverhampton Wanderers
Elliott moved to Wolves in July 2007 for an undisclosed fee signing a three year contract,[19] linking up with Mick McCarthy, his former manager at Sunderland.[20] He made his debut on 11 August 2007 in their 2-1 defeat to Watford,[21] going on to score his first goal for the club on 15 September scoring the opening goal against Sheffield United.[22] However, he failed to make a strong impact at Molineux, and was transfer-listed at the season's end after the club missed out on the play-offs on goal difference.[23]
He made one more appearance for wolves the following season in the Carling Cup against Rotherham.[24] In all he made 32 appearances for Wolves scoring 5 times.[18]
[edit]Preston North End
On 1 September 2008, Elliot signed for Championship side Preston North End on a three year deal for an undisclosed fee.[25] He made his debut as a substitute on 16 September against Nottingham Forest,[26] going on to score his first goal for the club on 18 October Reading, with the winning goal in their 2-1 win.[27]He scored a brace against his former team Wolves at Molineux in their 3-1 win in January.[28] He was to form a partnership with Jon Parkin in Preston's attack.[29] In his debut season he made 39 appearances scoring 6 times.[30]
The following season he made 13 appearances scoring twice[31] before falling out of favour and In March 2010 he joined Norwich on loan.[32] On his return on 7 August[33] he negotiated an early release from his Preston contract.[34]
[edit]Norwich City (loan)
On 6 March 2010, Elliot signed on an emergency loan deal with Norwich City until the end of the season and was given the number 11 shirt.[35] He made his debut on 6 March 2010 against Yeovil in League One,[36] scoring his first goals for the club the following week, scoring a brace against Huddersfield in their 3-1 win.[37] In all he made 10 appearances scoring twice.[31]
[edit]Heart of Midlothian
On 9 August 2010 Elliott joined Scottish Premier League side Heart of Midlothian on a two-year deal,[38] reuniting him with former strike partner at Sunderland Kevin Kyle.[39] He made his debut as a 66th minute substitute on 14 August against St Johnstone at Tynecastle,[40] going on to make his first start on 7 November against rivals Hibernian in the first Edinburgh Derby of the season scoring the second goal in a 2–0 victory for Hearts.[41] He scored his first home goal for the club on 10 December to make the score 3–0 in a 5–0 victory against Aberdeen.[42] Despite a hamstring injury that put him out for a month,[43] he made 31 appearances scoring 8 goals in his debut season.[44]
Elliott become renowned for his crucial goals away from home. Of his eight goals for Hearts in his debut season, seven came away from home[44] including doubles at Hamilton in a 2-0 win,[45][46] and at Kilmarnock in a 2-1 victory, the latter coming after Elliott had come off the substitutes bench for the second half to reverse a 1-0 deficit.[47] Elliott scored an equalising goal in the 83rd minute of the third Edinburgh derby of the season, earning Hearts a 2–2 draw despite having played for over an hour with 10 men.[48]
He made his European debut on 28 July 2011 in a Europa League qualifier against Paksi.[49] Elliott helped Hearts win the 2011–12 Scottish Cup; he started in the 2012 Scottish Cup Final, which Hearts won 5–1 against Hibernian. Days later, Hearts announced that Elliott's contract would not be renewed.
[edit]Coventry City
On 2 July 2012 Elliott joined Football League One side Coventry City on a one-year deal after his Heart of Midlothian contract had expired.[50]
[edit]International career

He has represented Ireland at U-17 level,[51] U-19[52], the U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship,[53] where he was their top goalscorer, and the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team where he made 10 appearances scoring 6 times.[54]
Elliott's good start for Sunderland in 2004 led to a call-up to the Republic of Ireland, and he made his international debut against Croatia at Lansdowne Road on 16 November 2004.[55] He scored his first senior International goal to beat Cyprus 1–0 in a World Cup qualifier on 8 October 2005.[56] In all he made 9 appearances for Ireland at full international level.[57] He has yet to play under head coach Giovanni Trapattoni who was appointed in 2008.[58]

hey thats just like the Wiki page!.....

They must have got it right!

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They format it a little easier on the eyes, thankfully. Paragraphs, man.

if he works hard,helps makes goals and scored 10 at least i will be a happy chappy

This is a repsonse I got from a lifelong Sunderland fan, and a very close friend of mine.

@Sawjer ha! You've signed 'sleeves'. Not a bad striker to be honest. Never got a proper chance at SAFC ...I quite liked him.

I asked why he was called 'sleeves' and he responded ...

@Sawjer Dunno, its just his nickname. Why do they call you 'Sawjer'? Why do they call me 'big massive fat cock'? Life's one big mystery!

Some boy ^