Steve's playing career was cut short by a knee injury while he was in the youth team at Sheffield Wednesday.
Leigh were relegated from the Conference National and Bleasdale left shortly after to take up the role of assistant manager at Peterborough United alongside Wright.
[13] Reflecting on his time at Peterborough, Bleasdale was critical of Atkinson and believed the documentary wasn't edited fairly.
[14][11] Speaking to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire after his resignation, Bleasdale said that he felt he did a good job and should have received the Manager of the Month award.
[14] He unsuccessfully applied for the vacant managers jobs at AFC Bournemouth,[16] Stevenage,[17] Forest Green Rovers and Cambridge United.
[11] Despite a poor start, Bleasdale turned around the club's bad run of form and won the Manager of the Month Award in February 2007.
It was later revealed Bleasdale quit as he wished to move back into English football and struggled with the travelling involved.
[21] However, on 21 February 2009, it was announced he had left the club, due to unspecified reasons, described by Wright as "there are a few things we’re not happy about and we’ll just have to get on with it.