Perry John Suckling (born 12 October 1965, in

Leyton Leyton ( ) is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the Ri ...

) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

and was most recently a goalkeeping coach at

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (, , , ) or Spurs, is a professional Association football, football club based in Tottenham, North London, England. The club itself has stated that it should always ...

Coaching career

In 2015 he was appointed academy manager at

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

. He stayed in this post for two seasons before making the switch to

in 2017 to become the academy and goalkeeping coach. Suckling became Tottenham Women's goalkeeping coach in August 2023 but left the club in August 2024.

Honours

Hong Kong Viceroy Cup Hong Kong Viceroy Cup () was a football competition in Hong Kong held by British American Tobacco. Started in 1969, it was the first football competition in Hong Kong which allowed commercial sponsorship. Together with First Division League, FA ...

: 1992 (Ernest Borel) *

Hong Kong FA Cup Hong Kong FA Cup () is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. T ...

: 1992 (Ernest Borel) * Division 2 Playoff winner: 1989 (Crystal Palace)

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1965 births Living people People from Leyton English men's footballers England men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Coventry City F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Sea Bee players Watford F.C. players Bidvest Wits F.C. players SuperSport United F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players King's Lynn F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Hong Kong First Division League players Norwich City F.C. non-playing staff Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff Queens Park Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa English football coaches Footballers from the London Borough of Waltham Forest Association football goalkeeping coaches {{England-footy-goalkeeper-1960s-stub