Steve Chettle

Steve Chettle
Personal information
Full name Stephen John Chettle
Date of birth (1968-09-27) 27 September 1968
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Basford United (director of football)
Youth career
1983–1986 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1999 Nottingham Forest 415 (11)
1999Barnsley (loan) 2 (1)
1999–2002 Barnsley 90 (2)
2001Walsall (loan) 6 (0)
2002–2003 Grimsby Town 20 (1)
2003–2004 Burton Albion 24 (1)
2004–2005 Ilkeston Town 26 (1)
Total 557 (16)
International career
1988–1989 England U21 12 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Ilkeston Town
2018 Notts County (joint caretaker)
2018 Notts County (caretaker)
2019–2022 Basford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen John Chettle (born 27 September 1968) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

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. He went on to join Notts County as a first team coach and twice served as caretaker manager during the 2018–19 season.