Steve Morrow

Arsenal

Morrow first played for Bangor as youth, before joining Arsenal in July 1987. A versatile utility man, who could play at full back, centre back or midfielder, Morrow had loan spells at Reading, Watford and Barnet, before making his debut for Arsenal as a substitute in a First Division match on 8 April 1992 against Norwich City, in place of the injured Nigel Winterburn. By the start of 1992–93 he had played more times for his country than for Arsenal, but another injury to Winterburn brought him back to Highbury for a spell in November, and he finally established himself in the side. He played some of his matches in midfield in a marker role, as Arsenal reached the League Cup and FA Cup finals. Morrow started the League Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday; after falling behind to a John Harkes goal, Arsenal equalised through Paul Merson, and then Merson set up Morrow to score the winner (which was also his first for the club). In the celebrations after the match, Arsenal skipper Tony Adams attempted to pick up Morrow and parade him on his shoulders, but Adams slipped and Morrow awkwardly hit the ground. He broke his arm and had to be rushed to hospital. As a result, Morrow missed the rest of that season, including the FA Cup final (also against Sheffield Wednesday), where Arsenal completed the Cup Double. Before the final kicked off, Morrow received his League Cup winners' medal. The next season Morrow was in and out of the team and played only 13 matches,…

Morrow made his full international debut for Northern Ireland, in May 1990 against Uruguay; he went on to win 39 caps for his country from then until 1999.

On 3 February 2004, Morrow was named as an assistant coach to FC Dallas but resigned in late May for personal reasons. However, he returned to the club on 27 January 2005 under coach Colin Clarke. When Clarke was fired on 7 November 2006, Morrow was named interim head coach. On 11 December 2006, FC Dallas removed the 'interim' from his title. Morrow was fired as coach on 20 May 2008. On 12 September 2008 Morrow returned to Arsenal as International Partnerships – Performance Supervisor, managing Arsenal's international partnerships, which included the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer in the United States, BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand and Hoàng Anh Gia Lai of Vietnam, and assisting Arsenal's academies in countries such as Egypt and Ghana. From 2014, Morrow worked as Arsenal's head of youth development – a period which saw the likes of Emile Smith Rowe, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Reiss Nelson, Bukayo Saka, Joe Willock and Eddie Nketiah come through the ranks for club and country. He left Arsenal in 2019 following a coaching staff shake up. On 7 May 2021, Morrow was appointed The FA's head of player selection and talent strategy working across England men's teams.