Brian Stein
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 October 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Edgware Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1988 | Luton Town | 388 | (127) |
| 1988–1990 | Caen | 41 | (11) |
| 1990–1991 | Annecy | 14 | (3) |
| 1991–1992 | Luton Town | 39 | (3) |
| 1992–1993 | Barnet | 40 | (8) |
| 1994–1995 | St Albans City | 42 | (32) |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1984 | England U21 | 3 | (3) |
| 1984 | England | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007 | Luton Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2009 | Grimsby Town (assistant manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brian Stein (born 19 October 1957) is an English former footballer. Born in South Africa, he played for England, being capped once at senior level for the country in 1984. He is the older brother of former Luton Town, Chelsea and Stoke City striker Mark Stein; another brother, Ed Stein, played for Barnet.
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 4-4 draw away to Stoke City. To cap it all Luton then went to Anfield and surprised the Liverpool fans with Stein scoring twice past Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar, the game eventually finishing 3-3. The initial excitement and promise of the season faded somewhat over the winter as Luton struggled, not least because of Stein missing a substantial part of the season after breaking his foot in December, and by the last game of the season Luton needed to win away at Manchester City to stay in the top division and condemn City themselves to relegation. Stein returned for the game despite lacking match fitness, and played his part with a cross four minutes from time which fell to Raddy Antic to score the winner. The game is primarily remembered for an excited Luton manager, David Pleat, gambolling across the pitch at the final whistle to hug his players.
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