Steve Whitworth played a total of 353 league games for Leicester. Dduring his days at this football club he also picked up 7 England caps. Leicester have two great right back alternatives at the club today but Steve Whitworth was up there with the best.
On Wednesday the 21st of March 1979, it was all over, playing Fulham at Filbert Street, winning the game 1-0, Dave Buchanan scored the goal. Steve Whitworth was substituted, with a certain young talent named Andy Peake coming on.
Whitworth spent 10 seasons in the Leicester first team, making his debut v. Bristol City in a 4-0 home win fixture. The date of the game was 2nd of September 1970.
When Steve left Leicester he was signed by Sunderland for a fee of £120.000. He became a key player and captain of The Black Cats while at Roker Park, adding up 83 league games before making a switch to Bolton Wanderers, later having a spell at Mansfield Town.
He did return to Leicester for a special game at Filbert Street, captaining Sunderland on the day playing together with another ex Leicester six figure signing, Bob Lee.
Steve described the game as bizarre. It was really a non happening episode that he a few weeks before would have thought would be taken out any reasonable concept. Don’t know if this has ever happened before or after, seeing two local Leicester boys, with a previous life at the club, coming back and play together against the team the both supported and represented for a long period of time. It all happened just a few weeks after Steve Whitworth had left Leicester.
In the team on the day, Leicester had Billy Hughes, who had been a long time servent for the opponent and as some might remember, playing the 1973 FA Cup final 1-0 win vs. Leeds. Billy came on for Dave Buchanan, the young player to score in the final game of Steve Whitworth.
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