Ron Guthrie

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Ron Guthrie

Personal information
Full name	Ronald George Guthrie
Date of birth	(1944-04-19) 19 April 1944 (age 81)
Place of birth	Burradon, Northumberland, England
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1973	Newcastle United	56	(2)
1973–1975	Sunderland	66	(1)
Total		122	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald George Guthrie (born 19 April 1944 in Burradon, Northumberland) is an English former professional footballer. After signing for Newcastle United in 1963, he played 56 league matches, scoring 2 goals, before joining Sunderland on 15 January 1973. A defender, he played at left back for Sunderland in the 1973 FA Cup Final winning team. He left Sunderland, joining Ashington, in 1975 after three seasons.

Later joining near rivals Blyth Spartans Guthrie was part of the famous 'giant killing' team that reached the 5th round of the FA Cup in 1978 losing to Wrexham in a replay at St James Park watched by over 42,000 with thousands locked outside, but not after drawing a potential home tie against Arsenal in the quarter finals. ^[1]

His first goal for Sunderland came in the 1972–73 FA Cup in a 2–0 victory over Luton Town.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1966–67	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	1967–68	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	1968–69	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
	1969–70	15	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	19	1
	1970–71	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	1971–72	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	12	0
	1972–73	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
	Total	56	2	1	0	2	0	9	0	68	2
Sunderland	1972–73	15	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	21	1
	1973–74	17	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	23	1
	1974–75	34	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	38	0
	Total	66	1	8	1	2	0	6	0	82	2
Career Total		122	3	9	1	4	0	15	0	150	4

Honours

Sunderland

• FA Cup: 1972–73 ^[2]

References

1. "Past Players (D - G)". SAFC.com. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
2. Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN   0354 09018 6.

External links

• Ron Guthrie statistics from statcats.com
• Player Profile: Ronald George Guthrie at toon1892.co.uk