Guy Whittingham

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Guy Whittingham
Full name	Guy Whittingham
Date of birth	November 10, 1964
Place of birth	Evesham, England
Height	5ft 10in
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1989 1989-1993 1993-1994 1994 1994-1999 1998 1999 1999 1999-2001 2000 2000 2001	Yeovil Town Portsmouth Aston Villa Wolves (loan) Sheffield Wednesday Wolves (loan) Portsmouth (loan) Watford (loan) Portsmouth Peterborough United (loan) Oxford United (loan) Wycombe Wanderers Total	00- 00(-) 160 0(88) 025 00(5) 013 00(8) 113 0(22) 010 00(1) 009 00(7) 004 00(0) 026 00(4) 005 00(1) 001 00(1) 012 00(1) 378 (138)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 2, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Guy Whittingham (b. 10 November 1964 in Evesham) was a professional footballer with over 450 appearances for a number of English clubs, after leaving the British Army. He spent the majority of his career at Portsmouth where he scored 99 times in 173 league appearances, including Pompey's all-time scoring record of 42 league goals in the 1992-3 season (48 in all competitions). He played in the Premiership for Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday, proving to be very popular at the Owls.

He retired from professional football with Wycombe Wanderers at the end of the 2000/2001 season.

Guy later went on to become player-manager of Newport Isle of Wight. He left them in May 2005 when the club ran into financial difficulties. Guy returned to management at AFC Newbury but when that club suffered financial difficulties and the loss of their ground, Whittingham left in June 2006. In August 2006 he took up a coaching role at Eastleigh