Peter Fox (born 5 July 1957, in Scunthorpe) is an English former footballer, now working as a goalkeeper coach at Blackpool.

[edit] Career

[edit] Playing career

Fox played as a goalkeeper, and began his career with Sheffield Wednesday, making his debut aged just 15 years 8 months, a club record.^[1] He stayed at Wednesday until 1978, playing 49 league games, plus one 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.

[edit] Managerial and coaching career

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. The club was never in any serious relegation danger, however. He left St James Park in January 2000, replaced by his assistant Noel Blake. Since that time he worked as a scout and coach at a number of clubs, before becoming the Goalkeeping coach at Blackpool.

[edit] Personal life

His son, David, is a professional footballer who currently plays for Colchester United.

Whilst playing for stoke City Peter lived in the town of Leek. Both his children (David and Mark)attended Woodcroft first school where they met schoolfriends Thomas Brunt and Adam Newman.

[edit] Honours

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at the Stoke City hall of fame
• Peter Fox career stats at Soccerbase
• Peter Fox management career stats at Soccerbase
• Team Hawaii stats

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