Steve Buckley is an English

England

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 former footballer

Football (soccer)

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. His brother Alan Buckley

Alan Buckley

Alan Peter Buckley is an English football manager. He was manager of League Two side Grimsby Town until his dismissal in September 2008...

 and nephew Adam Buckley

Adam Buckley

Adam Christian Buckley is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder at a semi-professional level for Sleaford Town....

 also played professionally.

In 1974 he was snapped up by Luton Town

Luton Town F.C.

Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...

 where he spent four seasons before moving to Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

. At Derby he was twice voted player-of-the-season, winning the award for the 1979-1980 and 1981-1982 seasons.

Buckley joined Lincoln City

Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

 for the 1986–87 season and he made a total of 72 appearances for them in two seasons. After his time at Lincoln he moved on to Boston United

Boston United F.C.

Boston United Football Club are an association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They currently play in the Conference North. The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who fled from Boston to the USA and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's...

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