Steve Gatting

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Steve Gatting
Full name	Stephen Paul Gatting
Date of birth	29 May 1959 (1959-05-29) (age 49)
Place of birth	Willesden, London, England
Playing position	Centre half, central midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975–1981 1981–1991 1991–1993	Arsenal Brighton & Hove Albion Charlton Athletic	058 0(5) 316 (19) 064 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stephen Paul Gatting (born 29 May 1959 in Willesden, London) is an English former footballer, who is best known for playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1983 FA Cup Final. He is currently a youth team coach at Arsenal. His brother is the former England cricketer Mike Gatting, and his son Joe Gatting is currently a footballer for Brighton.

Gatting started his career at Arsenal, joining as an apprentice in July 1975. He turned professional in 1977, and quickly rose up the ranks, making his first-team debut as a substitute against Lokomotiv Leipzig in a UEFA Cup match on September 13, 1978; Arsenal won 3-0. He immediately held down a first-team place, making 30 appearances in the 1978-79 season, although he did not make the cut for Arsenal's 1979 FA Cup Final-winning side, where they beat Manchester United 3-2 with a late Alan Sunderland goal.

Gatting continued to feature for Arsenal over the next two seasons, but the presence of Brian Talbot in the side meant he was never an automatic first-choice. In September 1981, having made 76 appearances with six goals to his name, he left Arsenal for Brighton & Hove Albion. There, he was part of the side that reached the 1983 FA Cup Final, which his team eventually lost to Manchester United in a replay. Gatting made over 300 appearances for Brighton in ten years, before finishing his career at Charlton Athletic, retiring in 1993.

After retiring as a player, Gatting became a coach. He rejoined Arsenal as youth team coach under Steve Bould in July 2007.

[edit] References

Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
Steve Gatting. Arsenal.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.