steve castle born 17 may 1966 in barking is a former english football midfielder who played in the football league between 1984 and 2001 he played for leyton orient in three separate spells amassing a total of 322 appearances for them castles combative style attracted the attention of liverpool boss kenny dalglish and wimbledon manager bobby gould castle was named in the pfa third division team of the year for the 199091 season a twitter poll in 2014 saw castle voted as orients greatest ever captainhe also played league football with plymouth argyle birmingham city gillingham and peterborough unitedplymouth argyle boss peter shilton was seeking a midfield general to rally his newlook squad following relegation from the second tier in 1992 on the advice of a scout he took in a game at brisbane road and left at halftime instructing argyle director denis angilley to start negotiations as he had seen enough of his target a 225000 transfer fee duly paid castle headed to home park and was promptly injured in a preseason friendly argyle fans would have to wait until late october to see their new midfield marvel in meaningful action but it turned out to be well worth the wait he scored on his debut in a 20 victory vs wigan athletic and by seasons end had notched up 12 more he continued in a similar vein the following season as argyle marched to the playoffs bagging 16 goals by christmas and eventually ending the campaign with 22 the undisputed highlight of his argyle career and one of his own personal highlights incidentally was a recordbreaking hattrick in a fine 32 win at stockport county in december 1993 his three goals in six secondhalf minutes were an astonishing feat and one that confirmed his place as a firm favourite of the fans indeed super stevie castle became home parks undisputed golden boy thanks to his barnstorming allaction style and a left foot that developed an intimate relationship with the back of the net castle was named alongside his midfield partner steve mccall in the alltime argyle xi in a poll taken on the clubs website in 2011 he was named in the pfa second division team of the year for the 199394 season before transferring to birmingham city in 1995castle joined peterborough on a free transfer as playercoach for the 199798 season and over the next three seasons he played 122 senior matches and scored 20 goals winning the playoff final at wembley in his final game he moved to leyton orient on a free for 200001 in his final season at orient castle gained his uefa a coaching licence castle retired due to a persistent knee injuryin september 2006 he became assistant manager to jimmy quinn at cambridge unitedon the 13th december 2013 he became royston town manager with his first game in charge expected to be the boxing day home fixture against top of the table dunstable town