[2] Gaining a regular team place with Stoke Potters in 1974, he rode in 35 meetings, raising his average to 5.87.

[2] Harry Bastable brought him to Oxford Cheetahs in their first year of National League in 1976.

[6] Steve became a crowd favourite, not just by riding but by living locally and getting involved off-track, such as dee-jaying at the Supporters Club, and, in Easter 1976, taking chocolate eggs to the children's ward of the John Radcliffe Hospital.

[7] Before speedway, Steve had been a Private in the Royal Corps of Signals, following an apprenticeship as a Hydraulic Fitter.

He lived in Wolverhampton with his family until his death in hospital in the early hours of 13 December 2014.