There to be Shot at

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Rejected by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa as a teenager, Coton became a professional footballer the hard way, grafting as an amateur footballer before gettng his big break with Birmingham City, the club he supported as a boy. A reputation as a fine young goalkeeper followed. Coton was to become widely regarded as the best goalkeeper to never play for England. At Watford, the late Graham Taylor saved Coton from jail. He then made a surprise move from Manchester City to Manchester United and finally to Sunderland before retiring after a series of horrific injuries. Coton soon became the first ever full-time goalkeeping coach under Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford just a few months before United won a unique Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble. Coton spent nine years working under the most successful and enigmatic managers football has seen and eventually also assumed the role of identifying potential new keepers following the great Peter Schmeichel's departure from the club. From non-league to the top of the Premier League; from the Birmingham Six to a model professional, Coton has done it all. There to be Shot At chronicles the rise and fall of a goalkeeping legend