Ritchie Sutton

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Ritchie Sutton
Personal information
Full name Ritchie Aidan Sutton
Date of birth (1986-04-29) 29 April 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
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Position(s) Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 Tranmere Rovers
Number 2
Youth career
1997–2005 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Crewe Alexandra 0 (0)
→ Leek Town (loan)
→ Leek Town (loan)
2006 → Stafford Rangers (loan) 2 (0)
2006–2007 → Stafford Rangers (loan) 37 (0)
2007–2008 Stafford Rangers 40 (0)
2008–2009 Northwich Victoria 4 (0)
2008 → Halifax Town (loan)
2009 Halifax Town
2009–2010 Nantwich Town
2010–2011 Port Vale 11 (0)
2011–2015 Mansfield Town 136 (0)
2015– Tranmere Rovers 25 (1)
2016 → Barrow (loan) 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 1 May 2016

Ritchie Aidan Sutton (born 29 April 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for National League side Tranmere Rovers. He can operative as a centre-back or a full-back.[2]

Beginning his career at Crewe Alexandra, he never made the first team, and instead enjoyed loan spells at non-league Leek Town and Stafford Rangers. He was released by Crewe in 2007. He returned to the non-league scene with Northwich Victoria, Halifax Town and Nantwich Town. In summer 2010 he signed with Port Vale, before making the switch to Mansfield Town the following year. He won the Conference National title with Mansfield in 2012–13 and won the club's Player of the Season award in 2014–15. He moved to Tranmere Rovers in May 2015, and was loaned out to Barrow in March 2016.

Playing career

Early career

Sutton started as a youth team player at Crewe Alexandra, turning professional in the summer of 2005. His first season was spent on two separate loan spells at local side Leek Town, of the Northern Premier League Premier Division.[3] In March 2006 he joined another local non-league side, Stafford Rangers, on loan.[4] Rangers achieved promotion from the Conference North through the play-offs at the end of the season.[5]

In May 2006 he was offered a new one-year contract by manager Dario Gradi.[6] At the start of the 2006–07 season he was sent out on loan back to Stafford Rangers, now in the Conference National.[7] The loan deal was initially only a month long,[8] but ended up being extended to the end of the season,[9] despite Sutton spending a month out to undergo knee surgery.[10] However, when he returned to Gresty Road he was informed that he would not be offered a new contract,[11] at which point he signed with Rangers permanently. By the end of the season he was an occasional captain.[12] He made 79 Conference appearances for the club over all his spells.[13]

In the summer of 2008 he moved on to Conference club Northwich Victoria, though joined Halifax Town of the Northern Premier League Division One North on loan in December of that year.[14] In January 2009 he joined Halifax on a permanent basis,[15] though would only remain at the club for the rest of the season.

He signed for Nantwich Town in June 2009,[16] and had to turn down an offer of a trial at Football League club Port Vale in the summer of 2009 because of this contract.[17] Manager Pete Hall felt Sutton could play professionally again, but warned of the player's disciplinary record.[18] He made forty appearances for the "Dabbers" in 2009–10; signing a new, more flexible contract in summer 2010.[19] During the season he saw four red cards.[20] Throughout the season he also worked at a Crewe-based accident management company.[21]

Port Vale

In July 2010, he had a successful trial at League Two Port Vale,[22] and was offered a short term deal.[23] This meant a return to professional football, as he gave up a full-time job to join the Vale.[24] He was suspended for the opening six games of the season due to his record of four red cards in the previous season (this suspension included a previously unserved three match ban).[25] He made his debut in the Football League Trophy on 31 August 2010, in a 2–1 win over Rochdale at Vale Park.[26] In December he signed an extension to keep him at the club until the end of the season, despite having made just five appearances, manager Micky Adams felt Sutton performed well when called upon.[27] Sutton had also shed two stone within six months.[28]

Mansfield Town

In June 2011, he was unveiled at Conference club Mansfield Town, having signed on one-year contract a free transfer.[29][30] Manager Paul Cox said that "I've had my eye on Ritchie since his days at Crewe. He is a big strong 'unit' who will hopefully be a good acquisition for the club."[31] He was one of three Mansfield players injured in a pre-season 'friendly' with Ilkeston,[32] and so missed the start of the season.[33] He made his debut from the bench on 27 August, in a 3–0 home win over Kettering Town, before he was given his first start in a 1–0 win against Stockport County two days later. He played the next twenty consecutive league and FA Cup games, until a second yellow card picked up in a 3–1 defeat at Southport saw him suspended for one game.[34] The "Stags" reached the play-off semi-finals, however Sutton was sent off at Field Mill for a late challenge on York City's Matty Blair, and watched from the sidelines as his team were knocked out of the play-offs in extra time.[35] Mansfield won promotion into the Football League as Conference champions in 2012–13, though Sutton was largely confined to the bench following the arrival of James Jennings in January.[36] His contract was extended by a further year in the summer.[37]

He made 39 appearances during the 2013–14 campaign, and became a key feature of the club's 3-5-2 formation.[38] During the 2014–15 season he was asked to play as an attacking right-back by manager Adam Murray.[39] He adapted well to the role, and was named as the club's Player of the Season.[40]

Tranmere Rovers

Sutton signed a two-year contract with Tranmere Rovers, newly relegated into the Conference Premier, in May 2015 after impressing manager Gary Brabin with his "no-nonsense" defending.[41][42] He was sent off in a 1–1 draw at Welling United on 5 September, though had the red card overturned on appeal.[43] He made 24 appearances in the first half of the campaign, before losing his first team place after Steve McNulty and Michael Ihiekwe formed a centre-back partnership in December.[44] Sutton joined Barrow on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season on 4 March 2016.[45] His loan spell at Holker Street was ended early after he suffered a slight hamstring tear in his tenth appearances for the club.[46]

Personal life

Sutton supports Port Vale, and has been a season-ticket holder at the club.[47] He spent the first six years of his life in Burslem, before his family relocated to Crewe.[21]

As of June 2011 he is studying to complete a degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting at Staffordshire University, alongside former Port Vale teammates Gareth Owen, Adam Yates, and Justin Richards.[48]

Statistics

As of 21 April 2016.
Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[49] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2005–06 Crewe Alexandra Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Leek Town Northern Premier League 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2006–07 Crewe Alexandra League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Stafford Rangers (loan) Conference North 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006–07[50] Stafford Rangers Conference National 37 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
2007–08[51] 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Total 79 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 82 0
2008–09[52] Northwich Victoria Conference National 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010–11[53] Port Vale League Two 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
2011–12[1][54] Mansfield Town Conference National 41 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 45 0
2012–13[55] 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
2013–14[56] League Two 36 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 39 0
2014–15[57] 34 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 38 0
Total 136 0 8 0 2 0 4 0 150 0
2015–16[58] Tranmere Rovers National League 25 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 1
2015–16[58] Barrow (loan) National League 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 25 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 1
Notes

Honours

Individual
with Stafford Rangers
with Mansfield Town

References

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