Stephen Frank Arnold (born 5 January 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Crewe Alexandra, Liverpool, Southport, Torquay United and Rochdale.
[2] He began his football career as an apprentice at Crewe Alexandra, turning professional in January 1969 and making his league debut the same season.
His talent was soon spotted by bigger teams and in September 1970, after only 15 league appearances, he became a forerunner to the many players to leave Crewe for the top flight when he joined Liverpool for a fee of £12,000.
His only start was in the penultimate league match of the season, away to Manchester City, when Bill Shankly made ten changes to protect his first-choice players before the Fairs Cup semi-final against Leeds United just two days later, incurring a heavy fine from the Football League.
He played twice more for the Gulls, scoring in his final appearance, a 2–1 defeat away to league newcomers Hereford United on 30 September.