Peter Atherton (footballer)

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Peter Atherton
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-04-06) 6 April 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Wigan, England
Position(s)
Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bolton Wanderers (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Wigan Athletic 149 (1)
1991–1994 Coventry City 114 (0)
1994–2000 Sheffield Wednesday 216 (9)
2000–2005 Bradford City 94 (3)
2001Birmingham City (loan) 10 (0)
2005–2008 Halifax Town 14 (0)
Total 598 (13)
International career
1991 England U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2003 Bradford City (joint caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Atherton (born 6 April 1970) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is assistant manager of Bolton Wanderers.

As a player, he was a

Football League for Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City before finishing his career with non-league Halifax Town. He was capped once at England U21
level.

Since retirement he has worked as assistant manager of Halifax Town before returning to Wigan Athletic as a youth team coach. He was appointed assistant manager of Barrow and later followed manager Ian Evatt to Bolton Wanderers.

Early life

Atherton was born in Wigan, Lancashire.

Playing career

Most famous for captaining

League Cup final, however, Atherton was unable to play as he was cup-tied.[1] After being released by Bradford on a free transfer he finished his career at Halifax Town, where injury forced him to retire from professional football after playing only 14 games for the club, but came out of retirement because of Halifax's injury crisis and was named as a substitute for their home game against Grays Athletic
on 16 October 2007.

Coaching career

In June 2007, Atherton was appointed assistant manager of Halifax Town, replacing Wayne Jacobs. He had previously been coaching in Wigan Athletic's youth set-up.[2]

He also played for Sheffield Wednesday in their 2006 Masters Football campaign, and Wigan Athletic in 2007.

He became assistant manager at Barrow in July 2018.[3]

On 1 July 2020, he was appointed as the assistant head coach of

Director of football Tobias Phoenix on 11 December[5] Atherton's role was changed from Assistant head coach to assistant manager.[6]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Horsfield bounces back". BBC Sport. 23 February 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  2. ^ Atherton is new Halifax assistant
  3. ^ "Bluebirds Boss Completes Backroom Line Up". Barrow AFC. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Ian Evatt: Bolton Wanderers name Barrow manager as new head coach". BBC Sport. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers' football chief Tobias Phoenix steps down from role"
  6. ^ BWFC.co.uk "Ian Evatt’s Job Title Changes To Manager"
  7. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.

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