Peter Shearer
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Andrew Shearer[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Coventry City | |||
1983–1985 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1986 | Birmingham City | 4 | (0) |
1986 | Rochdale | 1 | (0) |
1986–1988 |
Nuneaton Borough | ||
1988–1989 | Cheltenham Town | ||
1989–1994 |
AFC Bournemouth | 85 | (10) |
1994–1996 | Birmingham City | 25 | (7) |
1997–1998 | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
– |
England National Game | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Andrew Shearer (born 4 February 1967) is an English former professional
Club career
Shearer was born in
Moving on to
Shearer's form at Bournemouth impressed sufficiently for a £500,000 move to First Division club Wimbledon to be projected, but a knee injury spoilt his plans. In December 1992, after the player's return to fitness, Cheltenham manager Lindsay Parsons predicted that Shearer would "be a Premier League player in a month"; Cheltenham Town would receive a third of any fee paid to Bournemouth for such a sale.[11]
After trials with Coventry City and
Shearer had a trial with Notts County in 1997[16] before joining Peterborough United as player-coach. He played for Peterborough's reserve team,[17] but his only appearances for the first team were three outings as an unused substitute.[18][19]
Honours
Birmingham City
- 1994–95
References
- ^ "Peter Shearer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Matthews, p. 220.
- ^ "£250,000 for City". The Times. 23 April 1986. Retrieved 9 March 2009 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Rochdale". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ "Peter Shearer". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ Newman, Paul (15 November 1986). "Telford poised to savage Burnley". The Times. Retrieved 9 March 2009 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "History". Cheltenham Town F.C. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "A F C Bournemouth". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ "Tinnion on the move to Bradford City". The Times. 8 March 1989. Retrieved 9 March 2009 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Gammie, Walter (7 December 1986). "Wye revives Woking's hopes". The Times. Retrieved 9 March 2009 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Shaw, Phil (10 February 1996). "Fry ready to put heat on Leeds". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ Tattum, Colin (30 December 2004). "Carter out to impress". Birmingham Evening Mail. p. 70. Retrieved 21 July 2021 – via Gale OneFile: News.
- ^ "Birmingham City midfielder Peter Shearer is to have an Achilles tendon operation". The Independent. 1 May 1995. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010 – via Highbeam Research.
- ^ Matthews, p. 230.
- ^ "Forward thinking Cox sparks goal spree". Bolton Evening News. 21 July 1997. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "End of United's nightmare". Oxford Times. 20 August 1998. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Swann, Alan (24 January 2009). "S: Posh midfielder scored a hat-trick of penalties but we still lost". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ "1997/98 Playing Records: Most Times as an Unused Substitute". UpThePosh.net. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ Haylett, Trevor (24 April 1995). "Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2024.