Chris Guthrie

Guthrie was born in Hexham on 7 September 1953. He was given a league debut for Newcastle United in a 1–0 home defeat to Manchester United in October 1971, and made three league appearances for Newcastle in total. He signed for Third Division club Southend United in November 1972 for a fee of around £10,000, rejecting transfer interest from Chesterfield. 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. 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. However he was transfer listed by Sheffield United in February 1977, having been "written off as an expensive failure" by the club, and he signed for Swindon Town in July 1977 for £30,000, having scored 15 goals in 60 league games for Sheffield United. 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. He joined Third Division promotion chasing club Millwall in March 1980, and scored once in seven league games, before suffering a groin injury the following month that he would not return from until summer 1981. 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. He joined Witney Town in March…

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.