Brian Stein (born October 19, 1957 in Cape Town,South Africa) is a South African born former English footballer. He is the older brother of former Luton Town, Chelsea and Stoke City striker Mark Stein. He is currently without a club after leaving his post as Assistant Manager at Grimsby Town in November 2009.
Stein started his career with Edgware Town before signing for Luton Town in 1977 under David Pleat. This was the first of two spells with t...
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Brian Stein (born October 19, 1957 in Cape Town,South Africa) is a South African born former English footballer. He is the older brother of former Luton Town, Chelsea and Stoke City striker Mark Stein. He is currently without a club after leaving his post as Assistant Manager at Grimsby Town in November 2009.
Stein started his career with Edgware Town before signing for Luton Town in 1977 under David Pleat. This was the first of two spells with the club, where he made 427 appearances and scored 130 goals.
Initially a winger, he soon moved into a central striking role where he formed successive prolific partnerships with Bob Hatton and then Steve White as Luton won the Second Division Championship in 1981/2. The following season his striking partner in the top flight was a youngster, Paul Walsh, and Luton took the league by storm with a flurry of bravura attacking performances in the early weeks of the season, including 5-0 and 5-3 home victories over Brighton and Notts County, and a 4...
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