Stuart Nethercott (born 21 March 1973) is an English football manager and former professional

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. As a player, he was a defender who notably played in the

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for

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, and in the

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with

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, Millwall and

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. He also played at non-league level for

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and

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. He was capped eight times at

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level. Following retirement, Nethercott moved into management and has had spells in charge of

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, Heybridge Swifts and currently Coggeshall Town.

Playing career

Nethercott grew up through the ranks at

and made his debut on 20 March 1993 in a 1–1 draw at Chelsea. He was sent on loan to Maidstone and

for experience during the early 1990s and ultimately played 54 games for Spurs, playing in the side which reached the

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semi-finals in 1995. Unfortunately, he was targeted by Everton as a weak link and was given a hiding as Everton romped to a 4–1 victory. He scored once for Tottenham, in a 3-0 FA Cup win over Altrincham in January 1995. For a while it looked as though Nethercott would be the long-term successor to the ageing

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, but by 1998 he had fallen out of favour in the first team and was transferred to Millwall. He helped them win the

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title in 2001 and reach their first-ever FA Cup final in 2004, but he was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers for the latter part of the cup final season meaning he missed out on the final itself. After the FA Cup final defeat, he signed for

(where he scored once against Chesterfield), and later dropped into

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with

and

. He took a player/assistant manager role at

in 2007, but when his managerial colleague Neil Smith was sacked, returned to Wivenhoe for a second spell.

Managerial career

In September 2008, he was promoted from his position of Assistant Manager at

to Caretaker Manager following the sacking of Russell Tanner, and has overseen an upturn in the club's fortunes managing three wins from his first four games in charge. In June 2011, Nethercott was appointed first team manager at

and in July 2011 signed for the club as a player. He resigned a year and two days later, on 7 June 2012. In May 2020 he was appointed manager of

. In October 2021 he was appointed joint manager of Coggeshall Town alongside

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.Colchester United legend Karl Duguid has new role
Daily Gazette, 21 October 2021 He left the club in May 2022.

References

External links

*
England profile
at theFA * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nethercott, Stuart 1973 births Living people Footballers from Ilford Men's association football defenders English men's footballers England men's under-21 international footballers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players Barnet F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Woking F.C. players Wivenhoe Town F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players English football managers Isthmian League managers Heybridge Swifts F.C. players Maldon & Tiptree F.C. managers Ware F.C. managers Heybridge Swifts F.C. managers Coggeshall Town F.C. managers