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The Big Interview: Chris Agutter – Sutton United boss has found the right path

Chris Agutter quit a well-paid mechanical engineering job to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time football manager.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 November 2025

Chris Agutter is already starting to make a difference at Sutton United

By Matt Badcock
Chris Agutter quit a well-paid mechanical engineering job to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time football manager.

Already coaching on the side – as he had since he was 16 while playing for Eastbourne Borough – he took an opportunity at Brighton & Hove Albion more than a decade ago.
Already coaching on the side – as he had since he was 16 while playing for Eastbourne Borough – he took an opportunity at Brighton & Hove Albion more than a decade ago.
It kick-started the pathway from the Seagulls’ academy – where he was youth team manager – to Eastbourne assistant ...

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