Chris Sutton: The Making of Me

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.5 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

If things had turned out a little differently for Chris Sutton, he would have ended up pushing pens and paperclips at Norfolk County Council instead of terrorising defenders in Scotland and England for over a decade.Chris uses the word “character” a lot and, in this Big Interview, we explore how his was forged - from an initial rejection from Norwich City to his dad’s boot camp approach to physical fitness.We also discuss his experiences as a promising young cricketer and his particularly uncompromising youth team coach at Norwich.There are stories about Sri Lankan cricketer Ravi Pushpakumara and Andy Theodosiou’s brutal tackles. Chris also explains how to mark Alan Shearer as a centre-half and why he would not want Efan Ekoku in his five-a-side team.This is a side to Chris Sutton that not many people have heard before.Enjoy!

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0:00.0	You're going to. You know if things had worked out just a little bit differently for Chris Sutton
0:19.2	he would have ended up pushing pens and paper clips at Norfolk County Council rather
0:24.4	than terrorising defenders in Scotland and England for over a decade.
0:28.8	Chris uses the word character a lot and we explore how his was forged from an initial rejection by his
0:35.8	home club Norwich although not the club he supported to his dad's boot camp
0:40.3	approach to physical fitness brutally, through his experiences as a promising young
0:45.6	cricketer, what's that ball fizzing around your head? And a particularly uncompromising
0:50.7	youth team coach at Norwich, do you know what to top somebody is in
0:54.4	football terms? Well you're about to find out. Nothing came easy for Chris, but it
1:00.3	made him grow up fast, survive and thrive.
1:03.0	First, in a prodigious Norwich side under Mike Walker,
1:06.0	which earned him a British transferred record switch to Blackburn Age 21.
1:10.0	Where did he nearly go instead?
1:12.0	Well, you'll find out here.
1:13.4	Listen up for stories of Sri Lankan kikater Ravi
1:17.2	Push Pacimara and Andy Theodosio's brutal tackles
1:22.0	how to mark Alan Shearer as a center half, and why he says
1:27.1	you don't want Effinoco in your Five-A-Side team. Although I want to make clear, having played Ephinoco and a five side team
1:34.8	sorry Chris I'm just not joining in that one this I believe is a side of Chris Sutton
1:42.0	that not many folk have heard before. Sit back and enjoy. Part of the great joy of the beginning of this big interview is that we're
1:57.6	overlooking a football pitch and Chris Sutton I don't know if it means the same to you given that you graced lots of football
2:05.6	pictures and you know life as a professional sportsman.
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