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Steve Whitton
Personal information
Full name Stephen Paul Whitton[1]
Date of birth (1960-12-04) 4 December 1960 (age 65)[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)
1980Seiko SA (loan)
1983–1986 West Ham United 39 (6)
1986Birmingham City (loan) 8 (2)
1986–1989 Birmingham City 95 (28)
1989–1991 Sheffield Wednesday 32 (4)
1990Halmstads 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

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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

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Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Colchester United 28 August 1999 29 January 2003 18152458428.7

Honours

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Ipswich Town

Colchester United

Individual

References

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General
  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  • Steve Whitton at Soccerbase
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 "Steve Whitton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. "Steve Whitton". Post War English & Scottish Football League A-–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  4. "Steve Whitton" (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  5. "Steve Whitton". League Managers' Association. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. "Whitton exits Colchester". BBC Sport. 28 November 2002. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Players: Steve Whitton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  8. "Colchester United — Appearances - 1994–95". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)