Stephen Robert Purches (born 14 January 1980 in Ilford, England) is the current first team coach at Premier League side Newcastle United.
A former professional footballer, he made more than 400 appearances during a 16 year playing career which included two spells at AFC Bournemouth and as captain of Leyton Orient.
Stephen Robert Purches (born 14 January 1980 in Ilford, England) is the current first team coach at Premier League side Newcastle United. A former professional...
trial himself and impressed enough during training with under-21 coach StephenPurches and friendly matches against Arsenal and Salisbury to be handed an...
play-off final with goals from Steve Fletcher, Carl Fletcher (2), StephenPurches and Garreth O'Connor. Under O'Driscoll, Bournemouth narrowly missed...
part of Howe's new coaching staff, which also included Jason Tindall, StephenPurches and Simon Weatherstone, whom he worked with at Bournemouth, as well...
the new season and also became Leyton Orient's Captain, succeeding StephenPurches. Dawson made his Leyton Orient debut, starting the whole game, in a...
helped the club go through to the FA Trophy final. After the match, StephenPurches praised his performance, as well as his strength of character. As a...
professional debut on 18 February 2012, coming on as a substitute for StephenPurches in a 1:0 defeat to Rochdale in Football League One. On 2 March 2012...