Chris Guthrie

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Chris Guthrie
Personal information
Full name Christopher William Guthrie[1]
Date of birth (1953-09-07) 7 September 1953
Place of birth Hexham, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 Newcastle United 3 (0)
1972–1975 Southend United 108 (35)
1975–1977 Sheffield United 60 (15)
1977–1978 Swindon Town 45 (12)
1978–1980 Fulham 50 (15)
1980–1981 Millwall 7 (1)
1982 Witney Town
1983 Trowbridge Town
1983 Willem II 9 (3)
1983–1985 Roda JC 32 (9)
1984–1985 → Seiko SA (loan)
1985 Blyth Spartans
1985 Helmond Sport
1986–1987 Ashington
Total 314 (90)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher William Guthrie (born 7 September 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best known for playing in the Football League with Newcastle United, Southend United, Sheffield United, Swindon Town, Fulham and Millwall, and in the Eredivisie with Willem II and Roda JC.

Career

Guthrie was born in Hexham on 7 September 1953.[3] He was given a league debut for Newcastle United in a 1–0 home defeat to Manchester United in October 1971,[4][5] and made three league appearances for Newcastle in total.[3]

He signed for Third Division club Southend United in November 1972 for a fee of around £10,000, rejecting transfer interest from Chesterfield.[6][7] In his first season with Southend he scored 15 goals in 25 matches and in his second season, he was voted as the club's Player of the Year.[8]

He transferred to Sheffield United in spring 1975 for a fee of £100,000, with Terry Nicholl going the other way as part of the deal.[9][10] However he was transfer listed by Sheffield United in February 1977,[11] having been "written off as an expensive failure" by the club,[12] and he signed for Swindon Town in July 1977 for £30,000,[13] having scored 15 goals in 60 league games for Sheffield United.[3]

He made 45 league appearances for Swindon, and scoerd 12 goals, before changing clubs again just over a year after joining Swindon, when he signed for Fulham for a fee of £70,000 in September 1978.[3][14]

He joined Third Division promotion chasing club Millwall in March 1980,[15] and scored once in seven league games,[3] before suffering a groin injury the following month that he would not return from until summer 1981.[16][17] However, Guthrie was unable to return to playing professionally, as Millwall had declared Guthrie unfit to play and collected insurance money over his transfer from Fulham.[17] He joined Witney Town in March 1982,[3][18] and by January 1983 he was playing for Trowbridge Town.[19]

As Guthrie was unable to continue a professional career in England, he signed for Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II in March 1983.[20][21] He stood out in his short spell with the club, being praised for his aerial ability, with coach Jan Brouwer describing Guthrie as unbeatable in the air.[17] He scored three times in nine Eredivisie matches for the club.[22]

With Willem II unable to afford to retain Guthrie, he transferred to Roda JC in June 1983 for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract with the club.[23] He scored nine times in 32 Eredivisie matches for the club,[22] before transferring to Hong Kong based Seiko SA in November 1984, on a loan until the end of the season.[24][25] Upon leaving the club, Roda JC manager claimed that it was unlikely that Guthrie would return to the club, with his contract due to expire at the end of the season, whilst Guthrie stated that he had "developed a huge dislike for the people who call themselves Roda supporters".[25] He was briefly contracted to Blyth Spartans in summer 1985,[26] before he signed for Dutch club Helmond Sport in September 1985, on a contract until the end of the season,[27] but he left the club in December, having failed to establish himself as a regular starter.[28]

In May 1986, it was announced that he would join Ashington as both a player and commercial manager.[29] He retired through injury by summer 1987.[2] Towards the end of his playing career he took up modelling part-time.[2] He later became a kit man at Newcastle United.[30]

Personal life

He is the brother of fellow footballer Ron Guthrie, who played as a full back for Newcastle United and Sunderland, and father of footballer Simon Guthrie who played non-League football.[26][31]

References

  1. ^ "Chris Guthrie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Ad-ding up the profiles". Newcastle Journal. 23 July 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Chris Guthrie". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Three clubs set to play teen-agers". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 22 October 1971. p. 28. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Best of Georgie keeps league leaders at the top". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 23 October 1971. p. 28. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Guthrie moves". Reading Evening Post. 17 November 1972. p. 28. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Guthrie makes his debut". Evening News. 24 November 1972. p. 24. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "I'll show them says Guthrie". Evening News. 3 January 1975. p. 35. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Ball wants a transfer". Daily Mirror. 1 May 1975. p. 32. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Ski awards presented". Dundee Courier. 3 May 1975. p. 11. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Sport in short". Shropshire Star. 2 February 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Forest will let us play football says Williams". Football Post (Nottingham). 24 December 1977. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Swindon snap up striker Guthrie". Western Daily Press. 28 July 1977. p. 11. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ Stammens, Steve (27 September 1978). "Fulham will bring best out of Guthrie". Evening News. p. 42. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Millwall's record splash". Evening News. 13 March 1980. p. 48. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Ward back in Under-21 squad". Evening News. 18 April 1980. p. 51. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ a b c "„Een Engelse spits die zijn voortanden nog heeft is zeldzaam"". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 7 May 1983. p. 37. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  18. ^ "Alvechurch back in championship form". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 21 March 1982. p. 55. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "Trowbridge v Frickley". Star Green'un. 15 January 1983. p. 22. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Sport kort". Het Parool (in Dutch). 5 March 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  21. ^ de Deugd jr., Rien (29 April 1983). "Guthrie in de lucht ijzersterk". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). p. 1. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  22. ^ a b "Chris Guthrie » Statistics: Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  23. ^ "Guthrie naar Roda JC". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 16 June 1983. p. 25. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  24. ^ "Chris Guthrie naar Seiko". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 17 November 1984. p. 41. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  25. ^ a b "Chris Guthrie vlucht naar Seiko Hong Kong". Limburgsch dagblad (in Dutch). 16 November 1984. p. 25. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  26. ^ a b "Guthrie heads for Belgium". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 19 August 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ "Speelverbod Petursson". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 3 September 1985. p. 13. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  28. ^ "HELMOND". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 7 December 1985. p. 19. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via Delpher.
  29. ^ "Chris Guthrie steps into the hot seat". Blyth News Post Leader. 1 May 1986. p. 51. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  30. ^ "Roker striker goes on trial". Portsmouth Evening News. 11 December 1991. p. 18. Retrieved 15 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  31. ^ "Why Guthrie is grateful". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 31 August 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 14 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  • Chris Guthrie at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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