Career
Houghton was a midfielder who began his career with Tottenham Hotspur before going on to play for a succession of lower league clubs including Peterborough United. After retiring from the game, Houghton decided to join the police force. In his first posting as a police officer, he was appointed the on-site police officer for The Voyager School.
Houghton has also had television exposure, as he also appears in the Sky television Police series Cop Squad that follows the going"s on at Cambridgeshire Constabulary. with Walsall.
