Kevin Hitchcock (born 5 October 1962) is an English former football goalkeeper who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Mansfield Town, Chelsea and Northampton Town. He is currently employed as the goalkeeping coach at Manchester City.
Hitchcock was born in Canning Town, London, and played non-league football for Barking before joining Nottingham Forest in 1983 for a fee of £15,000. He spent time on lo...
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Kevin Hitchcock (born 5 October 1962) is an English former football goalkeeper who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Mansfield Town, Chelsea and Northampton Town. He is currently employed as the goalkeeping coach at Manchester City.
Hitchcock was born in Canning Town, London, and played non-league football for Barking before joining Nottingham Forest in 1983 for a fee of £15,000. He spent time on loan to Mansfield Town in 1984, and joined the club for a fee of £140,000 at the end of the 1983–84 season without having played for Forest's first team. He stayed with Mansfield for four seasons, helping the club to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1986, and played a major part in their 1987 Football League Trophy victory against Bristol City, saving two penalties in the shootout.
Hitchcock joined Chelsea for £250,000 in March 1988, and made his debut on 26 March in a 1–0 defeat to Southampton. He remained at Chelsea until 2001 and made 96...
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