The young striker then moved on to join one-time Blues boss Alan Ashman at West Brom where he spent five seasons at the Hawthorns, before moving on again to East Anglia to link up with Norwich City in 1974. Never a player to spend only short periods of time with his club Suggett stayed at Carrow Road for five years, until 1979 when he moved back to his native North-East to sign for Newcastle United.
Suggett eventually hung up his boots in 1982 after 17 years on the playing side, but he didn't fall out of the game as he immediately took on the role of Youth Team coach with the Magpies. Once more a long stint ensued, and Colin stayed at St James' Park, where a young Neil McDonald was one of his players, until 1993. Suggett also becoming caretaker manager for two months in late 1988 inbetween the sacking of Willie McFaul and the appointment of Jim Smith at the helm of the North-East giants.
After leaving Tyneside he moved back to East Anglia and took on the post of Head of Youth Development at Ipswich Town, Suggett eventually becoming the Chief Scout at Portman Road. Following the departure of Tractor Boys' boss Joe Royle, who was sacked in early May 2006, Suggett was also deemed surplus to requirements at the Suffolk outfit, as new manager Jim Magilton looked to start things afresh with his own backroom staff.
That saw Suggett looking for a new challenge in the game that he had been involved in for 41 years, and with Carlisle's Chief Scout Russ Richardson moving down to Preston to follow ex-United boss Paul Simpson, the chance became available for Suggett to stay in football, as he takes over the scouting role at Brunton Park.