Chris Sulley

Chris Sulley
Personal information
Full name Christopher Stephen Sulley
Date of birth (1959-12-03) 3 December 1959
Place of birth Camberwell, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position Left-back
Youth career
1976–1978 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1981 Chelsea 0 (0)
1981–1986 AFC Bournemouth 206 (3)
1986 Dundee United 7 (0)
1986–1992 Blackburn Rovers 134 (3)
1992–1993 Port Vale 40 (1)
1993–1994 Preston North End 21 (1)
Total 408 (8)
Managerial career
2000–2008 Bolton Wanderers Academy
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Stephen Sulley (born 3 December 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He played 401 games in the Football League and seven games in the Scottish Football League.

He began his career at Chelsea in 1978, though he did not play a league game for the club, and instead joined AFC Bournemouth in 1981. After five years on the south coast, during which he was twice promoted and lifted the Associate Members' Cup, he signed with Blackburn Rovers via Dundee United. He won the Full Members' Cup with Rovers in 1987 and stayed for six years before moving on to Port Vale after Rovers won promotion to the top-flight in 1992. He switched to Preston North End the following year before retiring in 1994. During his career, he was involved in five play-off competitions, only one of which (Blackburn in 1992) ended in promotion.