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 Notts County as cover for their goalkeeping line up. With no real prospect of regular match selection Sutton was released from his Notts 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 1997–98 season, with the team ending the year as Southern League Midlands Division Champions. Coaching and media career After hanging up his playing gloves Sutton was employed by a number of clubs as goalkeeping coach, including Leeds United and Notts County, before finding his way back to his alma mater, Nottingham Forest, 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 2013–14 season. On his arrival, new manager Dougie Freedman, who replaced Pearce in February 2015, promoted Sutton to goalkeeping coach for the Forest first team. In May 2017, Sutton announced his resignation from Forest, and was replaced by Jim Stewart. Following his departure from Forest, Sutton made appearances on BBC Radio Nottingham as a match summariser. Honours Nottingham Forest Football League Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90 Full Members Cup: 1988–89, 1991–92 References 1961 births Living people People from Hartington, Derbyshire English footballers Association football goalkeepers Birmingham City F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Reading F.C. players Leeds United F.C. non-playing staff Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff Notts County F.C. players Association football goalkeeping coaches Footballers from Derbyshire