Peter Atherton
Personal information
Full name	Peter Atherton
Date of birth	6 April 1970 (1970-04-06) (age 39)
Place of birth	Wigan, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988–1991 1991–1994 1994–2000 2000–2005 2001 2005–2008	Wigan Athletic Coventry City Sheffield Wednesday Bradford City → Birmingham City (loan) Halifax Town	149 (1) 114 (0) 216 (9) 094 (3) 010 (0) 015 (0)
National team
1991	England U21	001 (0)
Teams managed
2003	Bradford City (Joint caretaker)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Peter Atherton (born 6 April 1970 in Wigan, Lancashire), is an English former professional English footballer who plays as both a defender and a midfielder. He is presently assistant manager at Halifax Town, although on 16 October 2007, he came out of playing retirement to appear for the Shaymen.

[edit] Playing career

Most famous for captaining Sheffield Wednesday, Atherton started his career at hometown club Wigan Athletic as a trainee and spent three years there before attracting the attention of Coventry City. Atherton was lured away from Wednesday by Bradford City after relegation on the Bosman ruling where he also spent a spell on loan at Birmingham City. 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.

[edit] 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.^[1]

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Peter Atherton career stats at Soccerbase