Sutton re-joined the Dabbers as a player-coach in July 2022, having previously played for the club in the 2009/10 season, making 40 appearances before being snapped up by Port Vale to step back into professional football.

His early career was spent on loans away from Crewe Alexandra, where he started as part of their academy.

One of those loan teams, Stafford Rangers, signed Sutton up after his release by the Alex in 2007.

Spells at Northwich Victoria and Halifax Town followed, then after the Dabbers and Vale, over 150 appearances at Mansfield Town as part of the squad that got into the EFL, and 100-plus appearances at Tranmere Rovers where he was part of another National League to League Two promotion.

A loan at Barrow, two seasons at Morecambe, and two more years at Altrincham, brought him full circle back to the Dabbers.

A rejig of the coaching team at Nantwich saw Sutton promoted to assistant manager not long after he joined, before being handed the senior role following the departure of Dave Cooke recently.

He will be joined in the dugout by Gary Taylor-Fletcher, who amassed over 500 career appearances and most notably featured over 200 times for Blackpool, helping them secure promotion to the Premier League during the 2009/10 season.