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Sutton was born in Hartington, Derbyshire.
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Steve Sutton
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After retiring from playing, Sutton moved into coaching. In 2015 he was appointed as Forest"s first team goalkeeping coach. (1977–1992) He began his career at in 1977, rising from youth apprentice to become understudy to legendary England international goalkeeper Peter Shilton.
He made his first team debut, aged only 19, in 1980, although he only began to play regularly after Shilton"s departure from Forest in mid-1982.
Following the departure in turn of Shilton"s replacement, Netherlands international Hans van Breukelen, in 1984, Sutton then had to compete with Hans Segers for the Number.1 jersey. When Segers sustained an injury in 1985, Sutton became Brian Clough"s regular first-choice in goal for Forest until the end of the decade.
After playing in two victorious League Cup finals for Forest in 1989 and 1990, Sutton"s position increasingly came under threat from promising understudy Mark Crossley. Brief loan periods to Coventry and Luton followed later in 1991.
On New Year"s Day 1992, Sutton was in goal for Luton against Forest when Des Walker scored his one and only career goal, rescuing a last minute point in a 1-1 draw.
Forest finally sold Sutton for £300,000 to local rivals Derby County later in 1992. In his thirteen years with Sutton recorded 257 appearances for the first team, his moustache and lazy right eye making him something of a club icon during the period. Later career (1992–1998) At Derby Sutton again established himself as a regular, if not immediate choice, in the first team
However, gradually his role became that of permanent reserve and in 1996 he was granted a free transfer to Birmingham City.
Following only six appearances, at the expiry of his single year contract with Birmingham Sutton joined N ottinghamshire County as cover for their goalkeeping line up. With no real prospect of regular match selection Sutton was released from his N ottinghamshire contract after only four months, to join non-league Grantham Town.
As a swansong to his career Sutton went out on something of a high He played in all but one of Grantham"s remaining fixtures in the 1997-1998 season, with the team ending the year as Southern League Midlands Division Champions.
After hanging up his playing gloves Sutton was employed by a number of clubs as goalkeeping coach, including Leeds United and N ottinghamshire County, before finding his way back to his alma mater,, with the arrival of new manager Colin Calderwood in 2006.
Until early 2015 Sutton was employed primarily as the club"s Youth Academy goalkeeping coach, but he also stepped up to Assistant Coach for the first team during the caretaker managership of Gary Brazil in the latter part of the 2013-2014 season. On his arrival, new manager Dougie Freedman, who replaced Pearce in February 2015, promoted Sutton to goalkeeping coach for the Forest first team
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