Nottingham Forest legend Steve Chettle’s career has come “full circle”.
Chettle, who had a 13-year playing career with the Reds, left city rivals Notts County at the end of last season.
He is now manager of Northern Premier League Premier Division side Basford United, a club in which he has a close affiliation to.
“I've obviously stepped back from professional football last season at Notts County coming to Basford United, which is a club that is right on my doorstep location wise, I live six minutes from the training ground,” Chettle told TribalFootball.com.
“I played my first junior game here, so I've got a close affiliation to the football club.
“It's a club I've always followed so it's nice to be here. (My career) has absolutely gone full circle, from being nine years old now to being right on the edge of my 51st birthday on Friday, so it's a long time but it's gone full circle and I'm back where my football roots started.”
Chettle has started well with Basford, sitting second in the division after six wins from their opening 11 games. They are eight points behind runaway leaders South Shields.
“It's a football club that is going in the right direction,” he said.
“The previous regime of management had five promotions from seven years from local football into getting into the Northern Premier League.
“It's a tough ask to follow those kind of successes but we have a four-year plan, myself and the chairman and the football club to get as high as we can, but also making the club sustainable and growing from underneath with the grassroots and youth teams.”
