Steve Morison

Steven William Morison (born 29 August 1983) is a football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He is the manager of League Two club Sutton United.

Morison started his career at Northampton Town at the age of 16, progressing through the club's centre of excellence.

He impressed manager Kevan Broadhurst and subsequently made his debut at the end of the 2001–02 season in a 2–2 draw against Cambridge United.

The following season, Morison played a largely peripheral role as a substitute, playing 15 games, scoring his first goal for Northampton in a 2–2 draw against Plymouth Argyle.

He made his first-team debut in 2002.

He played just five times during the 2003–04 season, scoring once.

Morison joined Conference South club Bishop's Stortford for an undisclosed fee in November 2004.

He was offered a new six-month contract at the club on 10 June 2004, and was told by manager Colin Calderwood that he had to prove his worth at the club.

Morison played the opening five games of the club's 2004–05 season, but failed to score.

He featured two more times for the club, scoring Northampton's equaliser away at Darlington on 18 September 2004.

The following month, Morison signed for Conference South club Bishop's Stortford for an undisclosed fee.

He scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw against Redbridge.

He helped Stortford reach the FA Trophy semi-final and Morison ended the season as the club's top goalscorer, as well as finishing as the 2004–05 FA Trophy top goalscorer.

The following season, Morison struggled for form at the start of the club's league season, and was used as a substitute during the first two months of the season.

He started in a game against Histon in November 2005, scoring a hat-trick in a 5–0 win.

Morison scored 15 times during the season.

After just under two years playing regularly at Stortford, he signed for Stevenage Borough for a "small four-figure fee" in August 2006.

He started the 2006–07 season by scoring two goals in two games for Stortford, before joining Conference National club Stevenage Borough on a two-year deal in August 2006 for a "small four figure fee".

During his first season with the club, Morison scored the winning goal in the 2007 FA Trophy final, the first competitive cup final to be held at the new Wembley Stadium.

He also helped the club win the FA Trophy again in May 2009, in what was ultimately his last game for the club.

Having scored 86 times in 151 appearances during his three seasons at Stevenage, Morison joined Millwall for £130,000 ahead of the 2009–10 season.

He helped the club to secure promotion to the Championship in his first season there.

Morison qualified to play Wales through his Welsh ancestry, and made his senior international debut in August 2010, representing Wales 20 times and scoring one goal.

Having already gained his coaching badges whilst playing, Morison was appointed Northampton Town's under-18 coach, before later joining Championship club Cardiff City as the lead coach of the club's under-23 team.

Following a spell as caretaker manager, he was appointed as first-team manager of Cardiff in November 2021, a position he held until September 2022.

He was appointed as manager of Hornchurch in June 2023 and later became the manager of Sutton United in January 2024.

Born in Enfield, London, Morison attended Enfield Grammar School, leaving school at the age of 16 with one GCSE qualification.

He went on to earn a National Diploma in sports science.

Morison joined Northampton Town as part of the club's youth system after a successful trial period with the club, having also spent time on trial at Leicester City.

When Morison turned 18, he signed a two-year professional contract with Northampton.

He signed for Premier League club Norwich City in June 2011.

After scoring 12 goals in 59 games for Norwich in the top tier of English football, Morison signed for Leeds United in January 2013.

He rejoined Millwall on a season-long loan after just five months at Leeds.

He returned to Leeds for the 2014–15 season, before signing for Millwall on a permanent basis in August 2015.

Morison scored the winning goal in the 2017 EFL League One play-off final to help Millwall achieve promotion back into the Championship during the 2016–17 season.

He played over 300 games for Millwall over his two spells with the club, scoring 92 goals, which ranks him in third place in Millwall's all-time record goalscorers list.

Morison joined Shrewsbury Town on an initial season-long loan agreement in June 2019.

Although the transfer was made permanent at the start of the 2019–20 season, Morison announced his retirement from playing in October 2019.

Morison also earned eight caps for the England C team, scoring three goals.