Steve Whitton
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Paul Whitton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1960[1] | ||
| Place of birth | East Ham, London,[1] England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1978 | Coventry City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1983 | Coventry City | 74 | (21) |
| 1980 | → Seiko SA (loan) | ||
| 1983–1986 | West Ham United | 39 | (6) |
| 1986 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 1986–1989 | Birmingham City | 95 | (28) |
| 1989–1991 | Sheffield Wednesday | 32 | (4) |
| 1990 | → Halmstads BK (loan) | 13 | (7) |
| 1991–1994 | Ipswich Town | 88 | (15) |
| 1994–1998 | Colchester United | 116 | (21) |
| Total | 465 | (104) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2003 | Colchester United | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stephen Paul Whitton (born 4 December 1960) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. He was born in East Ham, London.
Career
[edit | edit source]In a playing career spanning 20 years (1978–1998), Whitton made more than 450 league appearances. He played in the Football League and Premier League in England,[3] the Swedish Allsvenskan[4] and the Hong Kong First Division League. After being forced to retire with injury he became assistant manager at Colchester United under Steve Wignall and his successor Mick Wadsworth. He went on to manage the team after Wadsworth resigned just weeks before the start of the season.[5] He continued as manager until he left by mutual consent in early 2003.[6]
Managerial statistics
[edit | edit source]| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Colchester United | 28 August 1999 | 29 January 2003 | 181 | 52 | 45 | 84 | 28.7 |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Ipswich Town
Colchester United
- Football League Trophy runner-up: 1996–97[7]
Individual
References
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Categories:
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Newham
- People from East Ham
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Seiko SA players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Halmstads BK players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Allsvenskan players
- Premier League players
- English football managers
- Colchester United F.C. managers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- English Football League managers
- English football forward, 1960s birth stubs