Chris Sutton leaves Aston Villa to retire
Thursday, 05 July 07, 04:37 AM · Comments (9)
A few news sources have reported that Chris Sutton's agent, Tony McGill, has announced that he has been forced to retire by the eye injury sustained against Man Utd just before Christmas last year.
I was a big fan of Sutton and thought he added a different dimension to our attack. I'm not sure what Birmingham fans think as he spent most of his time their on the treatment table, but up until the injury he was class for us.
Sutton began his career at Norwich before moving to Blackburn where his renowned partnership with Alan Shearer brought the first league title to Ewood Park since 1914.
Despite commanding over £15m in transfer fees he never quite met the same level of success as the title winning season and had a pretty dire spell at Chelsea before moving to Celtic.
Sutton did well at Celtic but moved to Birmingham where he only managed 10 games and 1 goal. He then did the right thing and moved to the Midlands big time at Villa Park. Despite the solitary goal he did help us score a few times and linked up well with the midfield and attack.
I'd like to give Chris a big thanks for his short spell at Villa.
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9 Comments · Add yours
yeah, thx chris and have a good retirement
lets hope ur eyes weree insured like ur legs would be then ul be happier
hmm was never sure about Sutton but its a shame he has to end his career prematurely, that header he scored for us was class and its a shame we couldnt have seen more of him.
Good luck Mr Sutton!
just watched that dvd on utube, got to say at the end when MON said proud history bright future the hairs on me armsstood to attention
i think it would have been propper good to have had MON and Mr Lerner saying it both together and shakin hands at the end. that wld have been perfect
YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CAUCIOUS WHEN VILLA SAY THEYR GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT.
AS IM SITTING 5000 MILES AWAY IN LAKE LOUISE IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES WHERE IM STAYING FOR THE SUMMER ON BREAK FROM UNI CONSTANTLY ON NEWSNOW AND HERE I REALLY DO BELIEVE
WE ARE GOING TO FKING WELL DO IT
AND I ALSO THINK THAT SOMETHING SPECIAL IS GOING TO COME FROM THE SUMMER SIGNINGS I THINK ALSO IT MAY WELL DELIBERATELY BE THE LAST SIGNING MADE PUBLIC ALTHOUGH ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF, WE GONNA SIGN SOMOEONE AND I THINK PERSONALLY A MAGIC DUO THAT NO OTHER TEAM WILL EVER HAVE THOUGHT POSSIBLE. AND I THINK THAT WE WILL SIT BACK AND LAUGH AT THE NAME DEFOE AND SHAKE WITH ABSOLUTE DISBELIEF AT WHAT mon HAS DONE
I did say yesterday on here that he should retire and im so glad that he has because 1 he wouldnt fit into this season team 2 he is allways ingured 3 his age and 4 this is new villa not old villa :P
I liked Sutton,
Good luck to him whatever he does.
Send him back to blues they need him :D
Unfortunate that he has to retire, i wasn't suprised that we hit a slump immediately after his injury and we also lost cover for striker, where we were running thin.
Good luck in future Chris.
I am a celtic fan and i feel chris sutton was one of your best signings ! and u should be proud of him ! He is top quality and ASTON VILLA NEED PLAYERS ! CELTIC have passed many great players to ASTON VILA for example STILLIAN PETROV,SHAUN MALONEY AND CHRIS SUTTON. You even have one of our best managers MARTIN O'NEILL ! Now dont say we are not good to you guys ! :D
[b][/b]Sutton had a great career shame he had to end it at 34.he will be missed by many celtic fans.he was a legend