Peter Guthrie (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Guthrie

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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| position = Goalkeeper

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| years1 = | clubs1 = Whickham | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1986–1987 | clubs2 = Blyth Spartans | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1987–1988 | clubs3 = Weymouth | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1988–1989 | clubs4 = Tottenham Hotspur | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1988 | clubs5 = → Swansea City (loan) | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1989–1990 | clubs6 = Barnet | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1990–1991 | clubs7 = Bournemouth | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1991–1993 | clubs8 = Sing Tao | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 1993–1994 | clubs9 = Gateshead | caps9 = 8 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1993–1994 | clubs10 = Whitley Bay | caps10 = | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 1994–1997 | clubs11 = Hong Kong Rangers | caps11 = | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 1997–2001 | clubs12 = Happy Valley | caps12 = | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2002–2003 | clubs13 = Bedlington Terriers | caps13 = | goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2005–2006 | clubs14 = Bedlington Terriers | caps14 = | goals14 = 0

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Peter Guthrie (born 10 October 1961 in Newcastle upon Tyne){{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 |page=550 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |year=1990 |isbn=0-356-17911-7}} is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Swansea City{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/swansea/swansea.html |title=Swansea City : 1946/47–2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=19 October 2009}} and Bournemouth,{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/bournemouth/bournemouth.html |title=Bournemouth : 1946/47–2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=19 October 2009}} and in the Hong Kong First Division League for Sing Tao, Hong Kong Rangers{{cite news |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=51212&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19950111&sear_year=1995 |title=Kitchee hand Rangers points |first=Gavan |last=Keep |newspaper=Hong Kong Standard |date=11 January 1995 |accessdate=19 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141358/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=51212&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19950111&sear_year=1995 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=18846&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19970316&sear_year=1997 |title=Unfancied Rangers plan surprise |first=Edward |last=Passos |newspaper=Hong Kong Standard |date=16 March 1997 |accessdate=19 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141408/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=18846&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19970316&sear_year=1997 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} and Happy Valley.{{cite news |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=21810&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19970831&sear_year=1997 |title=Caroliners under scrutiny in Cup |first=Edward |last=Passos |newspaper=Hong Kong Standard |date=31 August 1997 |accessdate=19 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141426/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=21810&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19970831&sear_year=1997 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=15785&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20010209&sear_year=2001 |title=Ritchie on target for Valley |first=John |last=Carney |newspaper=Hong Kong Standard |date=9 February 2001 |accessdate=19 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141438/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=15785&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20010209&sear_year=2001 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}

He played on several occasions for a representative Hong Kong League XI, including in their 3–1 defeat of the Chile national team in the 1998 Carlsberg Cup.{{cite news |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=50063&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19980131&sear_year=1998 |title=Goalkeeper's Chile victory highlight of whole career |first=Kevin |last=Faure |newspaper=Hong Kong Standard |date=31 January 1998 |accessdate=19 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141447/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=50063&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19980131&sear_year=1998 |archivedate=4 June 2011 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/football-fame-in-the-orient-as-journeymen-brits-spice-up-hong-kong-1148849.html |title=Fame in the Orient as journeymen Brits spice up Hong Kong |first=Rupert |last=Metcalf |newspaper=The Independent |date=7 March 1998 |accessdate=19 October 2009}}

He also played non-League football before, during and after his league career, for Whickham,{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseacity.net/page/PastPlayers/0,,10354~1171087,00.html |title=Past Players |publisher=Swansea City F.C |date=1 May 2008 |accessdate=19 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827105502/http://www.swanseacity.net/page/PastPlayers/0,,10354~1171087,00.html |archive-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead }} Blyth Spartans – where he first became a goalkeeper, having previously played as a striker – Weymouth, Barnet,{{cite web |url=http://www.bfcsa.co.uk/about/hist89.htm |title=The Barry Fry Years – Part Six 1989/90 and 1990/91 seasons |work=History of Barnet FC |publisher=Barnet F.C. Supporters Association |accessdate=19 October 2009}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 |page=914}} Whitley Bay and Bedlington Terriers.{{cite web |url=http://www.btfc.siteguru.co.uk/archive/season/2002-3/reports/oct2002.htm |title=Match Reports October 2002 |publisher=Bedlington Terriers F.C |accessdate=19 October 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.btfc.siteguru.co.uk/archive/season/2005-6/reports0506/oct2005.htm |title=Match Reports October 2005 |publisher=Bedlington Terriers F.C |accessdate=19 October 2009}}