27 Facts About Chris Sutton

Christopher Roy Sutton was born on 10 March 1973 and is an English former professional football player and manager.

Chris Sutton later became a pundit, commentator and presenter of football coverage on television and radio.

Chris Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues.

Chris Sutton won the Premier League in 1995 with Blackburn Rovers and was capped once by England.

Chris Sutton was known as one of the foremost exponents of the glancing header, scoring many goals with this technique, which made him particularly effective from set-pieces.

In September 2009, Chris Sutton was appointed manager of Lincoln City, but he resigned for personal reasons twelve months later.

Chris Sutton was born on 10 March 1973 in Nottingham, East Midlands, England, the son of Mike Sutton, formerly a footballer with Norwich City.

Chris Sutton started his career as a professional footballer at Norwich City, initially as a centre-half before being converted into a striker by manager Dave Stringer.

Chris Sutton made 21 league appearances that season, scoring twice.

Chris Sutton featured in 38 Premier League games that season, scoring eight goals, which made him the club's second-highest scorer behind Mark Robins.

At that time, Chris Sutton was being linked with other clubs, including Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal and Manchester United.

Chris Sutton chased the ball instead of allowing it to be thrown back to Arsenal and won a corner from his efforts, from which Blackburn scored.

Chris Sutton failed to even make the bench for the club's FA Cup Final win against Aston Villa.

Chris Sutton went on to form a prolific partnership with Swede Henrik Larsson.

Chris Sutton's goals helped Celtic win three SPL titles, three Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup, as well as reaching the UEFA Cup final.

Chris Sutton holds the record for the quickest goal ever in an Old Firm clash, scored at Ibrox in 2002, hitting the net inside of 18 seconds.

Chris Sutton departed from Celtic on a free transfer in January 2006.

Chris Sutton joined Premier League club Birmingham City in January 2006, but injuries restricted him to just eleven appearances and one goal, scored 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, Chris Sutton was released at the end of the season following Birmingham's relegation to the Championship.

Chris Sutton scored his first goal for the club with the winner against Everton in November 2006.

Whatever eyesight Chris Sutton has now, he would obviously want to keep, so he must bear that in mind when deciding his whole future and career.

Six years after the reckoning in the Man United game, in October 2012, and his 2007 retirement, Chris Sutton made a surprise appearance in the Isthmian League Division One North squad of Wroxham, coming on in the 63rd minute of the Yachtsmen's home game in Trafford Park against Tilbury, as a substitute.

Chris Sutton was interviewed in January 2009 by Inverness Caledonian Thistle for the post of manager, but was unsuccessful.

On 28 September 2009, Chris Sutton was appointed manager of League Two side Lincoln City, succeeding Peter Jackson who was dismissed earlier in the month.

Lincoln were victorious through a second half Sergio Torres goal to give Chris Sutton a winning start in management.

Chris Sutton acted as a main co-commentator, including on all of Celtic FC's UEFA Champions League games, alongside either Rob MacLean or Rory Hamilton for TNT Sports, leaving in 2023 to join Sky Sports, again working as pundit and co-commentator for the channels Scottish football coverage.

In January 2015, Chris Sutton attracted criticism for saying that Celtic's Scottish League Cup semi-final against Rangers would be "so one-sided" that Celtic "could win it blindfolded".