Steven Richard Flack (born 29 May 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Cardiff City and Exeter City. After playing amateur football as a teenager in Cambridgeshire, he attracted attention from several Football League clubs and signed for Cardiff City in November 1995 for £10,000. However, after making eleven appearances for the side, he was sold to Exeter City for the same price the following year. Flack remained with Exeter for ten years, making over 400 appearances in all competitions and becoming the club's fourth highest league goalscorer of all-time. He later briefly played for non-league sides Tiverton Town and Dorchester Town. Career Early career Born in Cambridge, Flack grew up in the village of Orwell and played youth football for several local clubs before joining the village's football team Orwell, where his father Richard had played his entire amateur career. Making his senior debut as a left-back at the age of sixteen, he later converted to playing as a striker and finished as the club's top scorer in two seasons. The Orwell senior side was disbanded soon after and he instead joined Foxton where his prolific goalscoring attracted the attention of Cambridge City, joining the club in July 1995. While playing for Cambridge, he attracted attention from several Football League clubs, including Cambridge United, Lincoln City and Barnet, before signing for Third Division side Cardiff City in November 1995 for £10,000. Cambridge United had already agreed a deal with Flack over a transfer but a late bid from Cardiff convinced him to move to South Wales. Prior to turning professional, Flack had worked as a hod carrier and bricklayer on building sites, competed as a boxer and been a stand-up comedian. He made his professional debut for the club on 13 January 1996 in a 1–0 defeat to Northampton Town, before scoring his first goal during a 3–1 defeat to Wigan Athletic on 16 March 1996. He made ten appearances in his first season of professional football, five coming as a substitute, but the arrival of Steve White at the start of the 1996–97 season saw Flack struggle to break into the first-team. Exeter City Having made just one appearance for Cardiff in the first two months of the season during a 2–0 defeat to Torquay United, Flack was sold to Exeter City in September 1996 for a fee of £10,000, making