| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1964-11-10)10 November 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Evesham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Waterlooville | 36 | (22) |
| 1988–1989 | Yeovil Town | 23 | (18) |
| 1989–1993 | Portsmouth | 160 | (88) |
| 1993–1994 | Aston Villa | 25 | (5) |
| 1994 | →Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 13 | (8) |
| 1994–1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | 113 | (22) |
| 1998 | →Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 1999 | →Portsmouth (loan) | 9 | (7) |
| 1999 | →Watford (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Portsmouth | 26 | (4) |
| 2000 | →Peterborough United (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2000 | →Oxford United (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Newport (IOW) | ||
| Total | 437 | (178) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Newport (IOW) | ||
| 2005–2006 | AFC Newbury | ||
| 2011 | Portsmouth (joint caretaker manager) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Portsmouth | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Guy Whittingham (born 10 November 1964) is an English football manager and former professionalfootballer.
As a player, he was astriker from 1988 until 2005, notably in thePremier League forAston Villa andSheffield Wednesday. Having started his career with non-leagueYeovil Town he went on to play in theFootball League forPortsmouth,Wolverhampton Wanderers,Watford,Peterborough United,Oxford United andWycombe Wanderers. He amassed over 450 appearances throughout his career.
Following retirement, he became manager ofnon-League sideNewport (IOW) before managingAFC Newbury. He was caretaker manager of Portsmouth from November 2012 until April 2013 when he took the role on a permanent basis before being sacked in November 2013. He later had a spell as assistant manager ofCrawley Town.
Born inEvesham, after leaving theBritish Army, he joinedWaterlooville for the start of the 1987–88 season where, after two games for the reserves, he was quickly promoted to the first team and became the club's top goalscorer in the 1987–88 season. One of his goals came in the first round proper of the F.A.Cup against Aylesbury United. He then spent a season atYeovil Town before, in the summer of 1989, he was signed byPortsmouth, where he then spent the majority of his career, scoring 99 times in 173 league appearances, including Pompey's former record[2] of 42 league goals in the1992–93 season (48 in all competitions) as the club missed out on automatic promotion to thePremier League ongoals scored. He was known while at Fratton Park as "Corporal Punishment".[3] In 1993 he signed forAston Villa in thePremier League. He had a good run in the team and scored important goals againstEverton,Arsenal andSheffield United,[4] before leaving on loan in February 1994 to joinWolverhampton Wanderers; this meant he missed out on Villa's victory in the1994 Football League Cup final. He scored eight goals in 13 Division One appearances for Wolves, although it wasn't enough for theMolineux side to reach the playoffs. While he was at Wolves, managerGraham Turner was replaced byGraham Taylor, who decided against making Whittingham's move permanent.
In December 1994 he joinedSheffield Wednesday, proving to be very popular at the Owls. Whilst at Wednesday he had a second loan spell at Wolves, as well as being loaned toWatford and Portsmouth, finally returning toFratton Park on a permanent basis in 1999. At Portsmouth during his loan spell his seven goals in nine matches helped the club avoid relegation to thethird tier.
In the 2000–01 season, his last as a professional, he scored for three clubs, notching forPeterborough United (againstOldham Athletic),[5] Oxford United (against Swindon Town)[6] and Wycombe Wanderers (against Bristol City).[7] He also featured in Wycombe'sFA Cup semi-final againstLiverpool.[8] This was the second time that Whittingham had been denied in an FA Cup semi-final by the Merseyside team, having lost in a penalty shootout to Liverpool whilst at Portsmouth in1992.
Whittingham later went on to become player-manager ofNewport (IOW), but left them in May 2005 when the club ran into financial difficulties. He returned to management atAFC 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 atEastleigh. In January 2009, he joined the Portsmouth first-team coaching staff as development coach.
He was named joint caretaker manager ofPortsmouth together withStuart Gray on 14 October 2011, whenSteve Cotterill left to become manager ofNottingham Forest. The next day the pair won their first game in charge againstBarnsley 2–0 atFratton Park.
Whittingham once again became caretaker manager of the south coast club followingMichael Appleton leaving to take the vacant position atBlackpool,[9] and stayed as caretaker until the club exited administration in April 2013, with his full-time appointing imminent.[10] On 25 November 2013, Whittingham was relieved from his duties following a meeting with the Portsmouth board. The 2–1 loss to Southend proved to be his last game in charge on the south coast.[11]
Whittingham was appointed first team coach atCrawley on Friday 13 December 2013.[12] Whittingham left the club in April 2014 when it was "mutually agreed" that his contract would not be renewed.[13]
Whittingham joined theFA as a coach educator on 1 August 2014.[14]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Portsmouth | 7 November 2012 | 25 November 2013 | 51 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 021.57 |
| Total | 51 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 021.57 | ||
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