Whittle, Justin

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PersonalJustin Whittle w Hull City

Fullname: Justin Whittle
aka: "Sarge", "Whitts"
Born: 18th March, 1971
Birthplace: Derby, England
Signed:1st May, 1994
Position: Central Defender
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Biog

Left Celtic: 20/10/1994
Club to: Stoke City

Justin Whittle was signed along with Gary Holt after being spotted by Pat Crerand in an Army tournament in Monchengladbach and recommended by him to Lou Macari. He played in the last Reserve squad game of the season in 93/94 and went to the trips to Old Trafford and Canada on trial with the club. Both players were then given a 1 year contract by Macari on 1/6/94.

Originally from Derby; Justin had trials with Borussia Monchengladbach whilst in Germany, then with Sheffield Utd and Cambridge. He played for the British Army of the Rhine team and with a local German lower league side. Unlike Gary Holt he had to negotiate his way out of the Army after getting a contract – unlike Holt he couldn't buy his way out. This subsequently caused many of the problems the following season and made it impossible for them to play for the club. It was found that neither of their registrations with the SFA were complete and by the time the paperwork was sorted neither had played for months.

Tommy Burns released both of them to join Lou Macari at Stoke City.
Subsequently Justin joined Hull City in 1998 and had 6 full season there as a respected defender captaining the team. He left when out of contract and with a great deal of fan displeasure to join Grimsby Town in 2004 where he again captained the side.
Since the summer of 2008 Justin has played non-league football with Harrogate Town

Playing Career

Club From To League FA Cup League cup Total
Army 01/08/1993 01/08/1994 No appearance data available
Celtic 01/08/1994 20/10/1994 0 0 0 0 (0) 0
Stoke 20/10/1994 27/11/1998 66 (13) 1 2 (0) 0 3 (4) 0 71 (17) 1
Hull 27/11/1998 17/06/2004 184 (9) 2 8 (2) 0 9 (0) 0 201 (11) 2
Grimsby 17/06/2004 31/05/2008 118 (9) 3 4 (1) 0 7 (0) 0 129 (10) 3
Totals 368 (31) 6 14 (3) 0 19 (4) 0 401 (38) 6

Subequently played Non-League football with Harrogate Town in 2008-09 (23 (?) 1) and in 2009-10 was playing for North Ferriby Utd.

Honours

  • As captain, won promotion with Hull City from English Football League Two to EFL One at the conclusion of 2003-04 season as runners up to Doncaster Rovers but was released at the end of that season
  • With Grimsby Town Coca Cola League Two Play-off runner up: 2005-06
  • Grimsby Town fans Player of the Year 2006-07
  • With Grimsby Town Football League Trophy runner up: 2007-08

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