Kurtis Guthrie

Kurtis Guthrie

Guthrie playing for Welling United in November 2013
Personal information
Full name Kurtis O. Guthrie[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-21) 21 April 1993[2]
Place of birth Jersey
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Colchester United
Number 28
Youth career
2001–2009 St. Clement
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 St. Clement
2010–2011 Trinity
2011–2012 Accrington Stanley 13 (0)
2011–2012Southport (loan) 5 (1)
2012 Bath City 9 (5)
2012–2014 Welling United 54 (8)
2014–2016 Forest Green Rovers 79 (19)
2016– Colchester United 19 (4)
National team
2016 England C 1 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:45, 26 November 2016 (UTC).


Kurtis O. Guthrie (born 21 April 1993) is a Jèrriais and English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Colchester United.

After beginning his career on the island of Jersey for St. Clement and Trinity, Guthrie moved to England to sign for Accrington Stanley in 2011 where he made his professional debut the same year. He was sent out on loan to Conference Premier side Southport between November 2011 and January 2012 before moving to Bath City in the summer of 2012. After five goals in nine league appearances, he signed for Welling United, where he spent two seasons before transferring to Forest Green Rovers. He spent two years playing for Forest Green, scoring 19 goals in 79 league games. He returned to the English Football League in July 2016 when he signed for Colchester United.

Guthrie has represented England C, where he scored on his debut in March 2016.

Club career

Early career

Born in Jersey,[3] Guthrie began playing local football with St. Clement Sports Club from the age of eight.[4] He broke into the first-team in 2009, before transferring to Trinity in 2011.[4]

Accrington Stanley

After one season with Trinity, Accrington Stanley took Guthrie on a two-week trial, where he scored against Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in his first pre-season friendly appearance for the club. He signed a one-year contract with the League Two side with the option of a further year on 19 July 2011.[5]

He was handed his professional debut on the opening day of the 2011–12 season in a 0–0 away draw at Northampton Town on 6 August.[6]

In November 2011, Guthrie was sent out on loan to Conference Premier side Southport until January 2012 in order to get more match experience.[7] He made five appearances for Southport, scoring one goal before returning to Accrington.[8]

After failing to establish himself in the Accrington first-team, Guthrie was released alongside three other players at the end of the season.[9]

Bath City

Guthrie signed a short-term deal with Conference South side Bath City on 16 August 2012.[10] He made his club debut on 18 August as a substitute in their 1–1 away draw against Welling United,[11] before scoring a hat-trick on his home debut three days later in a 3–1 win over Maidenhead United.[12]

Guthrie made 13 appearances in all competitions, scoring six goals before leaving the club after his short-term deal expired in October 2012.[13]

Welling United

Having previously been on trial with the club in the summer of 2012 following his release by Accrington, Welling United signed Guthrie after he left Bath City.[14] He scored his first goals for Welling in April 2013, a hat-trick against Weston-super-Mare, going on to tally eight goals in two seasons and amassing 61 appearances and helping the club to the Conference South title in his first season.[14]

Forest Green Rovers

Forest Green Rovers signed Guthrie for an undisclosed fee from Welling in May 2014.[14] He signed a two-year deal with Welling's Conference Premier rivals.[15] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Chester on 12 August 2014.[16] His first start came on 11 October as he played the full 90-minutes for Forest Green in a 1–1 draw with Gateshead.[17] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 away draw against Torquay United on 15 November, before scoring his second of the match and the final goal of the game.[18] He helped his side reach the Conference play-offs for the first time at the end of the 2014–15 season, appearing in the semi-final matches against Bristol Rovers where Forest Green bowed out 3–0 on aggregate.[19] He had scored eight goals in 42 appearances in his first season for Forest Green.[20]

Guthrie scored eleven goals in 45 appearances in his second season with the club as they reached the 2016 National League play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.[21] He played for 77-minutes of the final, which Forest Green lost 3–1 to Grimsby Town on 15 May 2016.[22]

Colchester United

Guthrie made a return to the English Football League in July 2016 when Colchester United signed him for an undisclosed fee. He agreed a two-year contract on 5 July and his signing announced by Colchester on 6 July.[23] He made his debut for the club on 6 August in Colchester's 1–1 draw with Hartlepool United at Victoria Park on the opening day of the season.[24] He scored his first goal on 16 August in Colchester's 3–2 win over Grimsby Town.[25] He scored his second of the season on 3 September in Colchester's 3–2 home defeat by Exeter City,[26] and scored his third in Colchester's 2–1 defeat at Yeovil Town on 19 November.[27]

International career

Guthrie was called up to an England C training camp for the first time in September 2015.[3] On 22 March 2016, he made his England C debut in an away international against Ukraine. He started the match and scored the opening goal in a 2–0 victory.[28]

He featured for Jersey at the 2011 Island Games, where his side earned a bronze medal.[10]

Personal life

Guthrie's older sister, Serena, is a member of the England netball team who featured in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore.[3][29]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 November 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Accrington Stanley 2011–12[8] League Two 13000102[lower-alpha 1]0160
Southport (loan) 2011–12[8][30] Conference Premier 51001[lower-alpha 2]061
Bath City 2012–13[30] Conference South 95000095
Welling United 2012–13[30] Conference South 234003[lower-alpha 2]0264
2013–14[30][31] Conference Premier 3143000344
Total 5483030608
Forest Green Rovers 2014–15[20][30] Conference Premier 398105[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]0458
2015–16[21][30] National League 4011313[lower-alpha 3]04612
Total 791941809120
Colchester United 2016–17[32] League Two 19410101[lower-alpha 4]0224
Career total 17937812015020438
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearance in National League play-offs
  4. Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

with Jersey

with Welling United

References

  1. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 575. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  2. 1 2 Kurtis Guthrie career statistics at Soccerbase
  3. 1 2 3 "Kurtis Guthrie". Forest Green Rovers FC. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 Burin, Dave (22 October 2015). "Under the League Interviews...Kurtis Guthrie". Under the League. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. "Accrington Stanley sign striker Kurtis Guthrie". BBC Sport. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. "Northampton Town 0–0 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  7. "Guthrie makes non-league move". Sky Sports. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "Games played by Kurtis Guthrie in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  9. "Cook releases Reds quartet". Sky Sports. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "Bath City sign former Accrington striker Kurtis Guthrie". BBC Sport. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  11. "Welling United 1–1 Bath City". Sky Sports. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  12. "Teenage striker Kurtis Guthrie is hat-trick hero for Bath City". Bath Chronicle. Bath. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  13. "HOOMAN IN, GUTHRIE OUT AT BATH". Nonleaguedaily.com. 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 Panting, Matthew (12 May 2014). "Welling United forward Kurtis Guthrie joins Forest Green Rovers for an undisclosed fee". Kent Online. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  15. "Forest Green Rovers sign Kurtis Guthrie & Sam Wedgbury". BBC Sport. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  16. "Forest Green Rovers 2–1 Chester". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  17. "Forest Green Rovers 1–1 Gateshead". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  18. "Torquay United 3–3 Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  19. "Bristol Rovers 2–0 Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Kurtis Guthrie in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Kurtis Guthrie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  22. Garry, Tom (15 May 2016). "Forest Green Rovers 1–3 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  23. Waldron, Jonathan (6 July 2016). "Colchester United have signed forward Kurtis Guthrie for an undisclosed fee from Forest Green Rovers". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  24. "Hartlepool United 1–1 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  25. "Colchester United 3–2 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  26. "Colchester United 2–3 Exeter City". BBC Sport. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  27. "Yeovil Town 2–1 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  28. "FOREST GREEN: Kurtis Guthrie scores on England C debut". Stroud News & Journal. Stroud. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  29. Loveridge, Ashley (27 July 2014). "Forest Green winger Kurtis Guthrie cheers on his England netball sister Serena at the Commonwealth Games". Stroud News & Journal. Stroud. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "K. Guthrie". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  31. "Games played by Kurtis Guthrie in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  32. "Games played by Kurtis Guthrie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  33. "WELLING UNITED". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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