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{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Chris Withe
| image = 
| full_name = Christopher Withe<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|21514|accessdate=2 April 2020}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|25|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/78 78] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/78}}</ref>
| position = [[Full back (association football)|Full back]]
| youthyears1 = 1979–1980
| youthclubs1 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| years1 = 1980–1983
| clubs1 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| caps1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1983–1987
| clubs2 = [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]
| caps2 = 143
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1987–1989
| clubs3 = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
| caps3 = 80
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1989–1991
| clubs4 = [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1990
| clubs5 = → [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] (loan)
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1991–1993
| clubs6 = [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]]
| caps6 = 76
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 1993–1996
| clubs7 = [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]
| caps7 = 89
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 1996–c.1999
| clubs8 = [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]]
| caps8 = 94
| goals8 = 3
| totalcaps = 417
| totalgoals = 16
}}
'''Christopher Withe''' (born 25 September 1962) is an English former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played in the [[English Football League|Football League]] for seven clubs. He is the younger brother of the former [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] and [[England national football team|England]] striker [[Peter Withe]].

==Career==
Withe was born in [[Liverpool]], England as the younger brother of [[Peter Withe]]. He began his career as an apprentice with [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], with whom he turned professional in October 1980. His two first-team appearances for the Magpies came during the same month in matches against [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toon1892.com/detail_match.php?id=4032 |title=Match Report: 22/10/1980 v Shrewsbury Town |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H Scott |accessdate=2 April 2020}}</ref> and [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toon1892.com/detail_match.php?id=4032 |title=Match Report: 25/10/1980 v Chelsea |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H Scott |accessdate=2 April 2020}}</ref>

He remained with the club until June 1983, when he moved to [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] on a free transfer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toon1892.com/detail_player.php?id=819 |title=Player Profile: Chris Withe |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H Scott |accessdate=2 April 2020}}</ref> Withe spent more than four years with City, missing just one game when they won the [[Football League Division Three]] title in [[1984–85 in English football|1984–85]]. On the last day of that successful season his day was to turn into a nightmare when 56 spectators were killed in a [[Bradford City stadium fire|horrendous stand fire]] while playing [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]. He moved on for £50,000 to [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] in October 1987, playing regularly before joining [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] in July 1989. He had a loan spell with [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] in October 1990 and then moved to [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]] in January 1991.

Withe experienced two relegations and a promotion in his three seasons at [[Field Mill]]. He moved to [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] in August 1993, a season that ended with the [[Gay Meadow]] club topping [[Division Three]]. He remained with the club until the end of the [[1995–96 in English football|1995–96]] season, a campaign that saw him play at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] in the final of the [[EFL Trophy|Associate Members' Cup]] against [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Glen Isherwood | title=Wembley:The Complete Record 1923–2000 |date=2006 | page=310 |isbn=1-899807-42-X}}</ref>

Withe then dropped into non-league football with [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]], where he played for three seasons. He was voted the club's player of the season and player's player of the season in [[1996–97 in English football|1996–97]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/rollcall.html#Withe |title=Boston United Roll Call: W |website=Boston United Unofficial Website |publisher=Ken Fox |accessdate=2 April 2020}}</ref>

Since finishing his playing days, Withe has turned out occasionally for [[Hucknall]]-based [[Sunday league football|Sunday league]] team Spot on along with his son Matt, as well as playing in the Masters football series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exnottscountyplayers.co.uk/apagew.htm |title=Where Are They Now? W |website=exnottscountyplayers.co.uk |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009201235/http://www.exnottscountyplayers.co.uk/apagew.htm |archivedate=9 October 2007}}</ref>

For the 2013–14 season Withe signed for Kimberley Miners Welfare, a Saturday team who play in the senior division of the Nottinghamshire Senior League.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==Honours==
'''Bradford City'''
*[[Football League Third Division]]: [[1984–85 Football League|1984–85]]

'''Mansfield Town'''
*[[Football League Fourth Division]] third-place promotion: [[1991–92 Football League|1991–92]]

'''Shrewsbury Town'''
*Football League Third Division: [[1993–94 Football League|1993–94]]
*[[Football League Trophy]] runner-up: [[1995–96 Football League Trophy|1995–96]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/familiar-role-for-jemson-1304918.html |title=Familiar role for Jemson |first=Greg |last=Wood |website=The Independent |date=14 April 1996 |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*Boston United Player of the Season: 1996–97

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}

{{Notts County F.C. Player of the Year}}

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