Chris Sutton

Chris Sutton
For other people named Chris Sutton, see Chris Sutton (disambiguation).
Chris Sutton
Personal information
Full name Christopher Roy Sutton
Date of birth 10 March 1973 (1973-03-10) (age 38)
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1994 Norwich City 103 (35)
1994–1999 Blackburn Rovers 131 (50)
1999–2000 Chelsea 28 (1)
2000–2006 Celtic 130 (63)
2006 Birmingham City 10 (1)
2006–2007 Aston Villa 8 (1)
Total 410 (151)
National team
1992–1994 England U21 13 (1)
1994 England B 2 (0)
1997 England 1 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2010 Lincoln City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Christopher Roy "Chris" Sutton (born 10 March 1973) is an English football manager and former player.

In his career, Sutton played for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues. He was capped once by England.

Sutton played principally in midfield or attack, although usually in the latter role as a striker. A very physical player, Sutton was a fairly prolific goalscorer throughout his career and was joint top goalscorer (with Dion Dublin and Michael Owen) in the FA Premier League 1997–98 season. He is also known as being one of the foremost exponents of the glancing header. He scored many a goal with this technique which made him particularly effective from set-pieces.

In September 2009, Sutton was appointed manager of Lincoln City, but he resigned due to personal reasons in September 2010.[2]

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Personal life

Sutton was born in Nottingham, the son of Mike Sutton, formerly a footballer with Norwich City.[3] His younger brother John also became a footballer, and played for a number of clubs in both England and Scotland.[4] As of February 2007, Sutton was married with five children.[5]

After retiring from football, Sutton remained an athlete, playing cricket for Norwich Cricket Club in the EAPL.[6]

Playing career

Norwich City (1991–1994)

He started his career at Norwich City, initially as a centre-half before being converted into a striker by manager Dave Stringer. He made his debut on 4 May 1991 in a 1–0 home win over Queens Park Rangers in the First Division.[7]

In Stringer's final season as manager, 1991–92, Norwich were FA Cup semi-finalists and Sutton gradually broke into the first team. Sutton made 21 league appearances that season, scoring twice.[7]

He quickly found success in his new position as Norwich spent most of the first season of the new FA Premier League, 1992–93, as league leaders, before eventually slipping back to third place under new manager Mike Walker. Sutton featured in 38 Premier League games that season, scoring eight goals – making him the club's second highest scorer behind Mark Robins.[7]

In the autumn of 1993, he was part of the Norwich side which famously eliminated Bayern Munich from the UEFA Cup. He scored 25 Premier League goals that season, but after Walker defected to Everton in January to be succeeded by assistant John Deehan, Norwich slipped out of the top five and finished a disappointing 12th in the final table.

By now, Sutton was being linked with some of the biggest clubs in the country, including Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal[8]and Manchester United,[9]

Blackburn Rovers (1994–1999)

Sutton became the most expensive player in English football in July 1994, when he was transferred from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million.[10] In his first season at Ewood Park he developed a strong partnership (known as 'SAS') with Alan Shearer (who scored 34 times that season) and scored fifteen Premier League goals to help secure the club's first league title since 1914.

A succession of injuries, combined with a loss of form, saw him make just 13 Premier League appearances during 1995–96 and fail to score a single league goal. Shearer's regular strike partner that season was Mike Newell, but at the end of the season both Shearer and Newell left the club, leaving Sutton and Kevin Gallacher as Blackburn's only major strikers.

He regained his form over the next three seasons and was the joint highest goalscorer in the Premier League in 1997–98, scoring 18 times.[7]

Sutton was involved in controversy in the final game of the 1996–97 season against Arsenal. Late in the game with the "Gunners" leading by a single goal, the ball was kicked out of play by Arsenal to allow an injured team-mate to receive treatment. Under the unwritten sportsmanship rule, Arsenal would expect the ball to be returned to them unhindered. However, Sutton chased the ball instead of allowing it to be thrown back to Arsenal and won a corner from his efforts. Blackburn scored from this corner and as a result Arsenal missed out on a lucrative place in the Champions League to Newcastle United on goal difference. Following the incident Blackburn's interim manager Tony Parkes described Sutton as "a boy who is sometimes a bit dizzy ... a bit silly",[11] stating "It was against the spirit of the game and he should not have done it".[12] Sutton refused to apologise for his actions.[3]

Although Sutton's 18 goals helped Blackburn finish sixth and qualify for the UEFA Cup in 1998, he managed just 17 league games and 3 goals the following season as they were relegated from the Premier League at the end of 1998–99, just four years after being crowned champions. His absences were the result of a series of injuries. Most notably, he was absent for the penultimate game of the season on 12 May 1999, which Blackburn had to win to keep their survival hopes alive. They could only manage a goalless draw at home to Manchester United, who went on to win the title four days later.

Chelsea (1999–2000)

Sutton was sold to Chelsea for £10 million after Blackburn's relegation. His time at Stamford Bridge proved an unhappy one, as he struggled both to live up to the price tag and to adapt to Chelsea's style of play, scoring just one league goal against Manchester United[13] in 29 appearances, and three goals in total, the other two coming against Skonto Riga in a Champions League qualifier[14] and Hull City in the FA Cup.[15] He failed to even make the bench for the club's FA Cup Final win against Aston Villa and was sold to Scottish Premier League side Celtic for £6 million in the summer of 2000.

Celtic (2000–2006)

Sutton scored the winner on his debut against Dundee United in 2000, and in his first Old Firm match against Rangers he scored the first and last goals in a dramatic 6–2 victory for Celtic.[16]

Sutton's goals helped Celtic win three SPL titles, three Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup, as well as reaching a UEFA Cup final. Sutton formed a prolific partnership with Swede Henrik Larsson, one which eclipsed his earlier one with Shearer.

Sutton also holds the record for the quickest goal ever in an Old Firm Clash, scored at Ibrox in 2002, scoring inside just 18 seconds. At the end of season 2002–03, Sutton accused Dunfermline of "lying down" to in order for Celtic to lose the title. Though he later apologised, he was charged with bringing the game into disrepute, and received a one-match ban to add to the four-match suspension he was serving for abusing match officials on the same day.[17]

His best season at Celtic was arguably the 2003–04 season, when he scored 19 SPL goals.[18] and was voted SPFA Player of the Year.[19]

Birmingham City (2006)

He joined Premier League club Birmingham City on a free transfer in January 2006 but injuries restricted him to just eleven appearances, scoring once in the derby defeat to Aston Villa in mid-April. One of a number of players on high wages subjected to criticism by club owner David Sullivan, Sutton was released at the end of the season following Birmingham's relegation to the Championship.[20][21]

Aston Villa (2006–2007)

Sutton signed for Aston Villa in October 2006 until the end of the 2006–07 season, where he linked up with former Celtic boss Martin O'Neill. Sutton scored his first goal for the club with the winner against Everton in November 2006.[22]

However, in a game against Manchester United in December 2006, he suffered blurred vision, and having visited several specialists, did not recover. O'Neill said, "Chris has got a genuine concern. No-one can give him any guarantees about what might be the consequences if he got cracked on the head again. Whatever eyesight Chris has now, he would obviously want to keep, so he must bear that in mind when deciding his whole future and career."[23] On 5 July 2007, Sutton retired from football due to the eye injury.[10]

International career

Sutton's form for Blackburn won him an England cap in November 1997, although he was left out of the World Cup squad after a fall-out with national manager Glenn Hoddle. Having been relegated to the England B team Sutton refused to play, and Hoddle never selected Sutton for an England squad again.

Management career

Lincoln City

Sutton was interviewed in January 2009 by Inverness Caledonian Thistle for the post of manager, but was unsuccessful.[24] On 28 September 2009, Sutton was appointed manager of League Two side Lincoln City, succeeding Peter Jackson who was dismissed earlier in the month. Despite having no managerial experience, Sutton was preferred to more than 70 other applicants. Caretaker manager Simon Clark would take charge of the following day's game, with Sutton and assistant Ian Pearce to take over the day after.[25][26]

His first game as manager came at Sincil Bank against Aldershot Town on 3 October 2009.[27] Lincoln were victorious through a second half Sergio Torres goal to give Sutton a winning start in management. Sutton took Lincoln to the FA Cup third round for the first time since 1999, but lost 4–0 to Premier League outfit Bolton Wanderers.

Football League survival was confirmed on 24 April 2010 when Sutton guided the Imps to a 1–0 victory over promotion chasing Bury at Sincil Bank, with two games remaining.[28] Sutton left his post as Lincoln City manager on 29 September stating it was due to family reasons.

Controversy

Sutton and nine friends went to a Soho restaurant to celebrate his wife's birthday in October 1999. It was alleged that someone called out to the football party that one was a "third-string player".

Mr Partridge claimed that Sutton became abusive: "This went on for no more than 30 seconds. Then he spat at my face".

On 11 July 2000, Sutton was found guilty of twice spitting in the face of the trainee barrister. He was fined on two charges of common assault and ordered to pay costs of £200 with £200 compensation to Richard Partridge.[29]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1990–91 Norwich City First Division 2 0
1991–92 21 2
1992–93 Premier League 38 8
1993–94 41 25
1994–95 Blackburn Rovers Premier League 40 15 2 2 4 3 2 1 48 21
1995–96 13 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 22 1
1996–97 25 11 2 0 2 1 0 0 29 12
1997–98 35 18 4 2 2 1 0 0 41 21
1998–99 17 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 20 4
1999–00 Chelsea Premier League 28 1 4 1 0 0 7 1 39 3
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2000–01 Celtic Premier League 24 11
2001–02 18 4
2002–03 28 15
2003–04 25 19
2004–05 27 12
2005–06 8 3
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2005–06 Birmingham City Premier League 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
2006–07 Aston Villa Premier League 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1
Total England 280 85 23 10 21 10 23 2 347 107
Scotland 130 63 16 5 9 2 44 16 199 86
Career total 410 148 40 15 31 12 67 18 548 193

Managerial

Team Nat From To Record
P W D L Win %
Lincoln City England 28 September 2009 28 September 2010 &1000000000000005000000050 &1000000000000001400000014 &1000000000000001300000013 &1000000000000002300000023 &1000000000000002800000028.00
Total &1000000000000005000000050 &1000000000000001400000014 &1000000000000001300000013 &1000000000000002300000023 &1000000000000002800000028.00

7 August 2010

Honours

Club

Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea
Celtic

Individual

  • Barclays Golden Boot: 1997–98

See also

  • Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame

References

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1993–94		 Succeeded by
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