Playing Career
Born in Evesham, after leaving the British Army, he spent the majority of his career at Portsmouth where he scored 99 times in 173 league appearances, including Pompey's all-time scoring record of 42 league goals in the 1992–3 season (48 in all competitions) as the club missed out on automatic promotion to the Premier League on goals scored. He was known while at Fratton Park as "Corporal Punishment". Afterwards he played in the Premiership for Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday, proving to be very popular at the Owls. He later returned to Portsmouth in 1999, where his 7 goals in 9 matches helped the club avoid relegation to the third tier.
In the 2000–01 season, his last as a professional, he scored for three different clubs, notching for Peterbrough (against Oldham Athletic), Oxford United (against Swindon Town) and Wycombe Wanderers (against Bristol City). He also featured in Wycombe's FA Cup semi final against Liverpool. This was the second time that Whittingham had been denied in an FA Cup semi final by the Merseyside team, having lost in a penalty shootout to Liverpool whilst at Portsmouth in 1992.
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