Mark Peters (born 6 July 1972) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1] He made over 230 appearances in the Football League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 July 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | St Asaph, Wales | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1992 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Peterborough United | 19 | (0) |
| 1994–1999 | Mansfield Town | 109 | (9) |
| 1999–2003 | Rushden & Diamonds | 119 | (9) |
| 2003–2005 | Leyton Orient | 41 | (2) |
| 2005–2008 | Cambridge United | 90 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | King's Lynn | 29 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | St Albans City | 52 | (5) |
| 2011 | Weymouth | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Wales U18 | 1 | (0) | |
| Wales U21 | 3 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013 | Corby Town (interim) | ||
| 2020 | Corby Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editPlaying career
editPeters began his career as a trainee at Manchester City in 1990 before spending the 1992–93 season at Norwich City.[1][2] He moved to Peterborough United in August 1993,[2] where he made his first team debut in 1993. Spells at Mansfield Town and Rushden & Diamonds between 1994 and 2003 yielded over 200 appearances with 18 goals.[2] He joined Rushden in May 1999 and helped them win the Conference National title in 2001 and to promotion to Division Two (now League One) in 2003.[3] He was released by Rushden in September 2003 when his contract was cancelled by mutual consent,[3] and joined Leyton Orient.
Peters spent two seasons with Leyton Orient, where after being a regular in his first season, he only made one start in the 2004–05 season before joining Aldershot Town on a one-month loan in November 2004.[4] A foot injury then interrupted his season and he did not play again until April 2005.[5] He left Orient at the end of the season and joined Cambridge United in August 2005,[6] where he combined playing coaching.[7] He joined King's Lynn on a one-year contract in July 2008.[1]
Coaching career
editIn 2009 Peters joined St Albans City as player/assistant manager and youth team coach. He later joined Corby Town, initially as youth manager, becoming assistant manager.[8] Following the resignation of manager Chris Plummer in August 2013, he was made interim manager until Tommy Wright and Andrew Wilson were appointed in September,[9][8] after which he returned to the post of youth coach.[10] He subsequently worked at the FootballCV Academy, before becoming Head of Academy Coaching at Mansfield Town in June 2015. He returned to Corby Town as manager in February 2020,[11] He left at the end of 2019–20 season.
References
edit- ^ a b c "King's Lynn sign defender Peters". BBC Sport. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ a b c "Mark Peters". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ a b "Diamonds release Peters". BBC Sport. 11 September 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Orient defender loaned to Shots". BBC Sport. 11 November 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Peters moving closer to fitness". BBC Sport. 6 May 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Defender Peters joins Cambridge". BBC Sport. 8 August 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Cambridge trio sign new contracts". BBC Sport. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ a b Manager profile Corby Town F.C.
- ^ Corby Town manager Chris Plummer resigns BBC Sport, 13 August 2013
- ^ Mark Peters Rushden & Diamonds Match History
- ^ Mark Peters is back taking second chance to boss Corby Town The Non-League Football Paper, 28 February 2020
External links
edit- Mark Peters at Soccerbase
