Neil Cutler

Neil Cutler
Personal information
Full nameNeil Anthony Cutler
Date of birth3 September 1976
Place of birthPerton, Staffordshire, England
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Walsall (Goalkeeper Coach)
Youth career
1993–1994West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996West Bromwich Albion0(0)
1995–1996Coventry City (loan)0(0)
1996Chester City (loan)1(0)
1996–1998Crewe Alexandra0(0)
1996Chester City (loan)4(0)
1998–1999Chester City23(0)
1999–2000Aston Villa1(0)
2000–2001Oxford United (loan)11(0)
2001–2004Stoke City69(0)
2002–2003Swansea City (loan)13(0)
2004–2005Stockport County25(0)
2005–2007Rotherham United63(0)
2010–2011Bury0(0)
2011Scunthorpe United0(0)
Total207(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Neil Anthony Cutler (born 3 September 1976 in Perton) is an English Goalkeeper Coach and former football goalkeeper who retired in September 2007. He re-registered as a player in November 2010 for Bury. He last played for Rotherham United, whom he joined just a couple of days before the 2005–06 season got under way. He is a former England Youth International and a graduated member of the Lilleshall National School of Excellence.

Career

He started his career as a young professional at West Bromwich Albion but was sold to Crewe Alexandra without playing a game for West Brom. He spent his entire spell at Crewe as understudy to Jason Kearton. He then played for Chester City from 1998 to 1999, after two previous loan spells with the club. He also enjoyed time on loan with Cheltenham Town. During his time at Chester Cutler earned himself a move to Premier League side Aston Villa in October 1999, where he made one substitute appearance.

He enjoyed a loan spell at Oxford United before joining Stoke City in July 2001, playing a huge part in their promotion to the First Division in 2002, playing in the 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final which saw Stoke beat Brentford 2–0. In March 2003 he joined Swansea City as cover for injured goalkeeper Roger Freestone. He played in the next 13 league games culminating in a superb performance against Hull City which kept the Swans in the football league. Cutler joined Stockport County in the summer of 2004.

His final club was Rotherham United, where he had to retire from the game due to a persistent back injury, at the end of the 2006–07 season. He joined Bury as a goalkeeping coach and is part of Just4keepers goalkeeping coaching company. He re-registered as a player at the club in November 2010 and was given the number 30 squad number, expecting to remain on the books on non-contract terms until the end of the 2010–11 season.[1]

On 31 March 2011, however, Cutler joined manager Alan Knill and Assistant Manager Chris Brass in leaving the club for Scunthorpe United.[2][3] On 22 October 2011 Cutler was named on the substitute's bench in Scunthorpe United's game with MK Dons due to Scunthorpe's lack of fit goalkeepers. On 30 May 2013, Cutler joined Walsall after Scunthorpe's relegation to League Two.[4]

Honours

Stoke City

Career statistics

Source:[5]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Bromwich Albion 1995–96 First Division 0000000000
Coventry City (loan) 1995–96 Premier League 0000000000
Chester City (loan) 1995–96 Third Division 1000000010
Crewe Alexandra 1996–97 Second Division 0000000000
Chester City (loan) 1996–97 Third Division 4000000040
Chester City 1998–99 Third Division 230101010260
Aston Villa 1999–2000 Premier League 1000000010
Oxford United (loan) 2000–01 Second Division 110000000110
Stoke City 2001–02 Second Division 360301030430
2002–03 First Division 200201000230
2003–04 First Division 130201000160
Swansea City (loan) 2002–03 Second Division 130000000130
Stockpot County 2004–05 League One 220201010260
Rotherham United 2005–06 League One 220002010250
2006–07 League One 410102010450
Career total 207011090702340

References

  1. "Cut's is 30". Bury FC. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  2. "Club Statement". Bury F.C official website. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  3. "Scunthorpe United appoint Bury manager Alan Knill". BBC Sport. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  4. "Walsall: Keeper coach Cutler succeeds long-serving Kearns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. "Neil Cutler". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

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