Steve Rutter (footballer, born 1962)

Stephen L. Rutter (born 14 October 1962) is an English former football player who was most recently assistant manager at GSL club Panetolikos.

[3] Rutter came to semi-professional football relatively late joining Wealdstone and was part of the side who won the Alliance Premier League and FA Trophy double in 1985.

[4] Rutter followed his former Wealdstone manager Brian Hall to Isthmian League side Yeovil Town in January 1987, and made 12 appearances in the second half of the season.

[16][17][18] In 2002 after leaving the FA, Rutter was briefly involved in coaching at the CareerSports Soccer Academy in Florida, a project set up by former Liverpool footballer Mark Lawrenson.

[19] Additionally after leaving the FA he conducted coaching courses hosted by CONCACAF in 2002 and 2003 at the Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence in Macoya, Tunapuna, and these coaching courses brought him to Trinidad, in 2004 he was appointed manager of TT Pro League side San Juan Jabloteh briefly[20] Rutter admitted when the offer from Jabloteh came it was a mind boggling decision to make, he was not only confronted with other offers, one of which would have seen him in charge of setting up a national coaching educational structure for China, but it would mean leaving England and coming to Trinidad leaving behind his wife Betty and two young children.

[27] In June 2017, after only six months at Yeovil, Rutter left to once again link up with Anastasiou, becoming assistant manager at Belgian First Division A side KV Kortrijk.

[28] Rutter left Kortrijk following the sacking of Anastasiou in November, and returned to his role of head of coaching in Yeovil's academy until the end of the 2017–18 season.