{{Short description|English football player and manager (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ed Stein | image = | caption = | fullname = Edwin Stein | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|9|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | height = | position = Right winger | years1 = | clubs1 = Edgware Town | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1977–1978 | clubs2 = Luton Town | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = | clubs3 = Dagenham | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1982–1992 | clubs4 = Barnet | caps4 = | goals4 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | manageryears1 = 1992–1993 | managerclubs1 = Barnet | manageryears2 = 2000–2003 | managerclubs2 = Harrow Borough | manageryears3 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs3 = Banbury United }} '''Edwin Stein''' (born 28 September 1955)<ref>{{cite book |last=Hugman |first=Barry |date=2005 |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946–2005 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |page=585 |isbn=1-85291-665-6}}</ref> is an English former professional football player and coach.
==Playing career== Stein, who played as a midfielder, started his career at Edgware Town alongside his brother Brian, before the pair were signed to Luton Town in November 1977. Ed stayed at Luton for seven months before leaving due to a lack of playing time, returning to non-league football alongside working for the Liberal Party.<ref name=guardian /> He played non-league football for Dagenham, before making one appearance in the Football League for Barnet during the 1991–1992 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/barnet/barnet.html|title=BARNET : 1991/92 - 2000/01 & 2005/06 - 2009/10|access-date=19 November 2010|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref>
Stein made over 500 appearances for Barnet between 1982 and 1993, making his debut on 14 August 1982 in a 1–0 defeat at Bangor City in the Alliance Premier League in the following line up; Gary Lewin, Tony Bennett, Pat Kruse, Alan Garner, Mike Pittaway, Edwin Stein, Ronnie Howell, Gary Sargent, Steve Ragan, Stuart Atkins and Colin Barnes. Sub Peter Robinson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reckless-guide-to-barnet.blogspot.com/2014/03/look-back-in-amber-edwin-stein.html|title=The Reckless Guide to Barnet FC: EDWIN STEIN}}</ref>
Stein was voted Player of the Season at Underhill in 1988-89 by the BFC Supporters Association<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bfcsa.onlybarnet.com/about/awards.htm|title=Barnet Football Club Supporters Association|website=bfcsa.onlybarnet.com|access-date=1 March 2015|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223211708/http://bfcsa.onlybarnet.com/about/awards.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Stein retired from professional footballer in 1992 to become manager at Barnet; at the time he was just one of two black managers in the country, alongside Keith Alexander.{{cn|date=July 2020}} Stein resigned from Barnet in July 1993 in order to become Assistant Manager at Southend United, under former colleague Barry Fry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-barnet-suffer-loss-of-stein-1482247.html|title=Football: Barnet suffer loss of Stein|access-date=19 November 2010|date=1 July 1993|author=Clive White|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> He later became manager of non-league side Harrow Borough, leaving that position in November 2003 after three-and-a-half years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=13952|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001125131/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=13952|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 October 2012|title=STEIN DEPARTS HARROW|access-date=19 November 2010|date=21 November 2003|publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com}}</ref>
Stein took over as manager of Southern Premier Division side Banbury United in September 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.non-league-bets.co.uk/new-management-team-take-over-at-banbury-united/|title=New Management Team Take Over At Banbury United|date=2012-09-08|access-date=2012-09-08|publisher=Non League Bets|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213111335/http://www.non-league-bets.co.uk/new-management-team-take-over-at-banbury-united/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He resigned in August 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/11432461.football-stein-resigns-banbury-united-manager/|title=FOOTBALL: Stein resigns as Banbury United manager|website=Oxford Mail}}</ref>
==Personal life== His brothers Brian and Mark were also professional footballers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnetfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10431~1983043,00.html|title=Mark Stein As Seen On Sky TV|access-date=19 November 2010|date=3 March 2010|publisher=Barnet F.C. official website}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/footballs-band-of-brothers-6316965.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114021152/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-347585-footballs-band-of-brothers.do|url-status=live|archive-date=14 January 2013|title=Football's band of brothers|access-date=19 November 2010|date=27 July 2002|newspaper=London Evening Standard}}</ref> The Stein brothers were born in South Africa, and arrived in the United Kingdom in 1968 when their father Isaiah Stein, an activist with the African National Congress and former boxer, fled the country to escape police persecution and torture for his political activities. Isaiah continued his activism in Britain, serving as a member of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/20/it-created-an-image-how-brian-steins-england-call-up-boosted-anti-apartheid-struggle |title='It created an image': how Brian Stein's England call-up boosted anti-apartheid struggle |last=Aarons |first=Ed |date=20 June 2020 |website=theguardian.com |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/isaiah-stein-activist-who-played-a-significant-role-in-the-overthrowing-of-apartheid-2206210.html|title=Isaiah Stein: Activist who played a significant role in the overthrowing of apartheid |last=Chivers |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Chivers|date=7 February 2011|website=independent.co.uk|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>
==Managerial statistics== {{updated|19 November 2010}}<ref>{{soccerbase (manager)|id=411|name=Ed Stein}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !Team!!From!!class="unsortable"|To!!Matches!!Won!!Drawn!!Lost!!Win % |- |align=left|Barnet |align=left|1 April 1992 |align=left|30 June 1993 {{WDL|54|27|13|14}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://reckless-guide-to-barnet.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/look-back-in-amber-edwin-stein.html Reckless Guide to Barnet FC - Edwin Stein]
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