Steve Arnold

Steven John William Arnold (born 22 August 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sutton.

Arnold signed as an academy scholar at Norwich City's centre of excellence in 2005, following short spells in the youth teams of Boreham Wood and Arsenal. He signed his first professional contract at Norwich in 2007, but was released in May 2008 having not played for the first-team. Arnold signed for Grays Athletic and spent the 2008–09 season there, before joining Conference South club Eastleigh, spending the first half of the 2009–10 season with the club. He signed for Wycombe Wanderers in January 2010. During his time at Wycombe, he was loaned out to Conference Premier team Hayes & Yeading United, and played regularly for the club during the 2011–12 season. He was released by Wycombe in May 2012, having made no first-team appearances.

He signed for League One club Stevenage on a free transfer later that month. After two seasons at Stevenage, where he made 34 appearances, Arnold joined Forest Green Rovers in June 2014. He remained at Forest Green in the National League for two years before spending the 2016–17 season at Dover Athletic. A return to the Football League followed when he signed for Gillingham on League One in August 2017. The second-choice goalkeeper at Gillingham, he left the club in January 2018 in order to sign for Barrow. Arnold then spent the 2018–19 season at Shrewsbury Town before signing for League Two club Northampton Town for an undisclosed fee in June 2019. He helped the club earn promotion in his first season at Northampton, playing in the 2020 EFL League Two play-off Final in June 2020. Arnold signed for National League club Southend United in July 2021.