Craig Whitington
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1990 | Worthing | ? | (?) |
| 1990–1993 | Crawley Town | 173 | (72) |
| 1993–1994 | Scarborough | 27 | (10) |
| 1994–1995 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Rochdale (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Crawley Town | ? | (?) |
| 1999 | Rottingdean United | ||
| 2005–2007 | Whitehawk | at least 1 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Brighton North End | 25 | (12) |
| 2008– | Three Bridges | 4 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Craig Whitington (born 3 September 1970 in Brighton) is a former professional footballer, who played for Crawley Town,Bridgeport, Scarborough, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale. His father, Eric is also a former professional footballer who played for Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Whitington began his playing career at non-league Worthing in the late 1980s. He then moved onto Crawley in 1991 after he netted a hat-trick against Mead in an FA Cup clash with Worthing.
In 1990 Whitington joined Crawley Town, the team his father Eric had been a fan's favourite at some years before. Whitington followed in his Dad's footsteps and became a firm fan's favourite by scoring 75 goals in 173 appearances and this prompted interest in the young striker's talents. Cyprus club Omonicosia wanted to sign him, but they couldn't meet the asking price of £100,000. That was a disappointment, as in the same season they went on to play Juventus in the European Cup. Then in December 1993, Fourth Division Scarborough to pay £50,000 for his services.
In 1993 Whitington arrived in Scarborough after being signed by former Crawley boss Steve Wicks and in his only proper run in the Football League he scored 10 goals in 26 appearances. Then in the summer of 1994, the then Huddersfield Town manager, Neil Warnock signed Whitington for £20,000 after seeing him in a pre-season Yorkshire Electricity Cup clash against Huddersfield for Scarborough.
Whitington was placed on the bench for a Coca Cola Cup tie with Scunthorpe United and then the next game against Leyton Orient Whitington made his debut wearing the number 10 shirt alongside Andrew Booth. It turned out to be his only game for the club and he was sent out to Rochdale during the 1994–95 season. Whitington remained at Town until he was sacked in early 1996 for a drugs offence.
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