Guy Whittingham was born on 10 November 1964 and is an English football manager and former professional footballer.
15 Facts About Guy Whittingham
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Guy Whittingham 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.
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Guy Whittingham later had a spell as assistant manager of Crawley Town.
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Guy Whittingham was known while at Fratton Park as "Corporal Punishment".
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Guy Whittingham had a good run in the team and scored important goals against Everton, Arsenal and Sheffield United, before leaving on loan in February 1994 to join Wolverhampton Wanderers; this meant he missed out on Villa's victory in the 1994 Football League Cup final.
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Guy Whittingham scored eight goals in 13 Division One appearances for Wolves, although it wasn't enough for the Molineux side to reach the playoffs.
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Guy Whittingham featured in Wycombe's FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool.
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Guy Whittingham later went on to become player-manager of Newport, but left them in May 2005 when the club ran into financial difficulties.
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Guy Whittingham returned to management at AFC Newbury but when that club suffered financial difficulties and the loss of their ground, Whittingham left in June 2006.
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Guy Whittingham was named joint caretaker manager of Portsmouth together with Stuart Gray on 14 October 2011, when Steve Cotterill left to become manager of Nottingham Forest.
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Guy Whittingham became caretaker manager of the south coast club following Michael Appleton leaving to take the vacant position at Blackpool, and stayed as caretaker until the club exited administration in April 2013, with his full-time appointing imminent.
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On 25 November 2013, Guy Whittingham was relieved from his duties following a meeting with the Portsmouth board.
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Guy Whittingham was appointed first team coach at Crawley on Friday 13 December 2013.
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Guy Whittingham left the club in April 2014 when it was "mutually agreed" that his contract would not be renewed.
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Guy Whittingham joined the FA as a coach educator on 1 August 2014.