Steve Chettle
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stephen Chettle | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender - Right back/Center back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Nuneaton Town (Assistant Manager) |
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| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1986 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1999 | Nottingham Forest | 415 | (11) |
| 1999 | → Barnsley (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Barnsley | 90 | (2) |
| 2001 | → Walsall (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Grimsby Town | 20 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Burton Albion | 24 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Ilkeston Town | 26 | (1) |
| Total | 557 | (16) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1989 | England U21 | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen "Steve" Chettle (born 27 September 1968) is an English former professional footballer and assistant manager of Nuneaton Town.
As a player, he was a defender from 1986 to 2005 and was best known for his time as a player at Nottingham Forest where he made 415 league appearances and played numerous seasons in the Premier League, won the League Cup and was a runner-up in the FA Cup. Despite playing most of his career in the top level of English football, Chettle never made the England squad, but came close in 1992, despite this Chettle played 12 games for the England Under-21s, captaining them in his final appearance. He went on to play for Barnsley, Walsall and Grimsby Town before ending his career in Non-League football with stints at Burton Albion and Ilkeston Town.
Since his retirement Chettle had coached at former club Forest at academy level before joining Ilkeston in 2014. As a result of his relatively high-profile career, his name has entered use as a rhyming slang alternative to "kettle".
Chettle was promoted from the youth team setup at his hometown club of Nottingham Forest. His first senior season was the 1986–1987 campaign. He went on to become a talisman in the Forest side of the late eighties and late nineties, and was ever present in each of the sides he played in, and managers he worked under. Steve is held in high regard by the Forest faithful after spending 13 years at the City Ground where he is considered a hero. He was initially part of a young crop of players that came into life at Forest under the famous Brian Clough, and was part of the Forest side that lost the 1991 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium against Tottenham Hotspur, as well as being part of the triumphant 1990 League Cup winning side. Chettle went on to play 527 times for Forest in all competitions, scoring 11 goals between 1986 and 1999.
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