Lee Peacock
![]() Peacock playing for Grimsby Town in 2010 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lee Anthony Peacock[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 October 1976||
Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker, Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Plymouth Parkway (Assistant Manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Carlisle United | 76 | (11) |
1997–1999 | Mansfield Town | 90 | (29) |
1999–2000 | Manchester City | 8 | (0) |
2000–2004 | Bristol City | 144 | (54) |
2004–2006 | Sheffield Wednesday | 51 | (6) |
2006–2010 | Swindon Town | 126 | (20) |
2010–2011 | Grimsby Town | 53 | (5) |
2011–2012 | Havant & Waterlooville | 21 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Eastleigh | 14 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Eastleigh | 5 | (1) |
2017 | Portchester | 6 | (0) |
Total | 597 | (131) | |
International career | |||
1997 | Scotland U21[2] | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC) |
Lee Anthony Peacock (born 9 October 1976) is a Scottish former professional footballer and current Assistant Manager at Plymouth Parkway F.C.
As a player, he was a
Playing career
Carlisle United
Born in
Mansfield Town
Nottinghamshire side Mansfield Town paid £75,000 for Peacock bringing him to Field Mill in September 1997. Steve Parkin handed Peacock his Stags debut on 18 October 1997 where he featured in a 1–0 defeat against Macclesfield Town. He became an instant first team regular for the club playing as a forward and on the left side of midfield. Peacock went on to make 90 appearances in the league over two seasons with the club, scoring 29 goals. Steve Parkin left the club at the end of the 1998–99 season and he was replaced by Bill Dearden. Dearden eventually sold Peacock in October 1999.
Lee also featured in the first ever game using a Fluo Flare fluorescent football against Barnet F.C. on 19 November 1998,[3] winning 5–0. He also is the first player to get a hat-trick using the fluorescent ball, and in tradition in football he was the first player to take the ball home with him.
Manchester City
In October 1999, Peacock joined Manchester City for £500,000 who at the time were managed by Joe Royle. City had recently been promoted at the first attempt to the First Division following relegation in 1998. Peacock made his City debut on 6 November 1999 when he came on as a 45th-minute substitute for Shaun Wright-Phillips in the 1–1 draw with Queens Park Rangers. However Peacock would only make 10 appearances in all competitions during the 1999–2000 season and eventually he was transfer listed by Royle and departed only 10 months after signing for the Maine Road club. His final game was the return league game at home against Queens Park Rangers, City lost 3–1.
Bristol City
Peacock signed for
Sheffield Wednesday
Peacock signed for League One side Sheffield Wednesday in the summer of 2004, on a free transfer.[6] He became an integral part of the 2004–05 play-off winning side, gaining promotion to the Championship.[7]
Swindon Town
Having settled his contract at Sheffield Wednesday in January 2006, Swindon Town manager Iffy Onuora persuaded Peacock to sign a two-and-a-half-year deal at Swindon in January 2006, after he had turned down a strong approach from Walsall as he wanted to move south for family reasons.[8] Peacock made his debut as a goalscoring substitute – coming on with fifteen minutes to go in a home match with AFC Bournemouth on 21 January, he scored a last minute goal that wrapped the game up for the Town at 4–2. Despite only scoring one more goal during the rest of the campaign, his honest, hard-working attitude made him a firm favourite with the Town fans almost immediately. Despite a knee injury picked up at Colchester United in mid-March, he attempted to play through the pain barrier – until hobbling off just before half-time in a match against Swansea City on 11 April. By now, it was obvious that Peacock needed surgery, but he decided to take a role described by Onuora as "super sub" – making two further cameo appearances in the following two matches. When the Town's relegation to League Two was confirmed, Peacock was rested before going under the knife during the close season. Peacock went under the knife at the end of Swindon relegation season but returned successfully and was the Town's top goalscorer by October, before being switched to a midfield role. On 24 April 2007, Peacock was named the PFA's Fans' Player of the Year in League Two.[9] On 31 January 2008, he signed a new one-and-a-half-year deal.[10]
Peacock made his return to League football on 17 October 2009, in a match against Hartlepool United after eight months of treatment and recovery.[11] He had previously made a substitute appearance in a Football League Trophy match against Exeter on 6 October 2009 as part of his recovery.[12]
Grimsby Town
With first team chances becoming less and less due to Swindon Town doing well in League One, Peacock was free to search for a new club. Rumoured suitors were Stockport County and Carlisle United, but eventually he signed with Grimsby Town. On Friday 29 January 2010 both Swindon Town and Grimsby Town Football Club's announced that Peacock had joined League Two side Grimsby Town on a free transfer. Grimsby Town told fans via their official website that Peacock has signed a contract until the end of the 2010/11 season.[13][14][15] Peacock stated that leaving Swindon Town was the hardest decision of his career however he had to move to get games. Six games into his stay at Blundell Park, Peacock was made captain of Grimsby.
The club suffered relegation from the
Havant & Waterlooville
Peacock had previously moved his family to
Eastleigh and Portchester
On 16 March 2012, Peacock signed for
Peacock retired at the end of the season and remained with the club as their U16 team coach. In 2014, he came out of retirement to feature twice for the clubIn January 2017 it was announced, that he had signed a contract with Graham Rix's Sydenhams Premier Division side Portchester.[19]
Coaching career
In June 2013 Peacock became the coach of the Eastleigh under-16 team moving to head of Youth and Development at Eastleigh. In September 2017 he was appointed "Head of Youth Coaching" at Swindon Town.[20]
Honours
Carlisle United
Bristol City
Sheffield Wednesday
Individual
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Lee Peacock". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Football: League see the light with new yellow balls". 19 November 1998. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Peacock agrees to Bristol move". BBC Sport. 9 August 2000. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Bristol City sink Carlisle". BBC. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Peacock joins Wednesday". BBC Sport. 1 July 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Hartlepool 2–4 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Swindon complete double signing". BBC Sport. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Murray is handed PFA fans' award". 24 April 2007.
- ^ "Peacock agrees new Swindon deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Peacock Ecstatic With Return". Swindon Town. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ "Exeter 1–1 Swindon". Swindon Town. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ "Lee Peacock Joins Grimsby Town". Swindon Town. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Peacock Joins Town". Grimsby Town. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Striker Lee Peacock signs 18-month deal at Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Grimsby-townfc.co.uk". grimsby-townfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2011.
- ^ Ricketts, Kevin. "Hawks let Lee leave Westleigh". The News. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Peacock Joins Spitfires". Eastleigh FC. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ Eastleigh's head of youth Lee Peacock signs playing forms for Graham Rix's AFC Portchester‚ dailyecho.co.uk, 16 January 2017
- ^ "Peacock Appointed Head of Coaching".
- ^ Haylett, Trevor (21 April 1997). "Football: Happy ending for Carlisle". The Independent. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Murray is handed PFA fans' award". BBC Sport. 24 April 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
External links
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- Lee Peacock at Soccerbase