[1] He stayed with Mansfield for four seasons, helping the club to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1986,[2] and played a major part in their 1987 Football League Trophy victory against Bristol City, saving two penalties in the shootout.

[5] Bad luck with injuries left him stuck behind numerous other goalkeepers in the pecking order which was one of the main reasons for him making so few appearances in all that time at the club.

[6] He left Watford in 2004 to link up with former Chelsea teammate Mark Hughes as goalkeeping coach at Blackburn Rovers, following him to Manchester City in 2008.

[9] In January 2012 Hitchcock linked up, once again, with former Chelsea teammate Mark Hughes at Queens Park Rangers to take up the post of goalkeeping coach.

[citation needed] In December 2016, Hitchcock was appointed goalkeeping coach at Birmingham City by new manager and former teammate Gianfranco Zola.