Peter Fox (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Peter Fox


fullname = Peter David Fox
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1957|7|5
cityofbirth = Scunthorpe
countryofbirth = England
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position = Goalkeeper
currentclub = Blackpool (Goalkeeping coach)
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years = 1972-1978 1977
1977 1978-1993 1993-1999
clubs = Sheffield Wednesday → Barnsley (loan)
→ Team Hawaii (loan) Stoke City Exeter City
caps(goals) = 049 (0) 001 (0) 025 (0) 409 (0) 108 (0)
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manageryears = 1995-2000
managerclubs = Exeter City

Peter Fox (born July 5, 1957, in Scunthorpe) is an English former footballer, now working as a goalkeeper coach at Blackpool. Fox played as a goalkeeper, and began his career with Sheffield Wednesday, making his debut aged just 15 years 8 months, a club record. He stayed at Wednesday until 1978, playing 49 league games, plus 1 appearance on loan at Barnsley and a summer in the NASL with Team Hawaii, before moving to Stoke City, the club with which he is most associated. He played over 400 league games for the club, over a spell of 15 years, and won the Second Division title and the Football League Trophy. Following his release aged 36, he joined Exeter City, initially as player-coach, being made manager in 1995 after the departure of Terry Cooper. His time at the helm at Exeter was one of consistent mid-table mediocrity, never looking like achieving anything but for a brief spell at the beginning of the 1997-98 season. The club was never in any serious relegation danger, however, and in hindsight his tenure compares favourably with what has happened at the club in subsequent years. He left St James Park in January 2000, replaced by his assistant Noel Blake. Since that time he has worked as a scout and coach at a number of clubs. His son, David Fox, is a professional footballer, also at Blackpool.

Honours

*Football League Trophy: 1992
*Division 2 (III): 1993

External links

* [http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HallofFameDetail/0,,10310~401825,00.html Profile at the Stoke City hall of fame]
*Soccerbase|2636|Peter Fox
*Soccerbase (manager)|1022|Peter Fox
* [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/F/Fox.Peter.htm Team Hawaii stats]