Career
Starting his career with Charlton Athletic in the early 1980s, Elliott signed for First Division Luton Town in 1982. He then joined Aston Villa in 1985 and spent two years at Italian club Pisa before joining Celtic in 1989. In the summer of 1991, he signed for Chelsea for £1,400,000.
In September 1992, Elliott sustained a serious knee injury, resulting from a challenge by Liverpool"s Dean Saunders.
Player and club had been confident of a return to action in 1993-1994 and he had been issued with the number 22 shirt with the introduction of squad numbers in the FA Premier League. Just after his retirement, Elliott filed a lawsuit against Saunders seeking damages for the career-ending injury.
However, he lost the case when a civil court found that Saunders was not at fault. Elliott was often a pundit on Football Italia.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to equality and diversity in football.
He also left his role at Kick lieutenant Out. The FA accepted his resignation following a reported text conversation in which "discriminatory abusive comments" were made to fellow former football player Richard Rufus. On 15 July 2014, Elliott rejoined the Inclusion Advisory Board.