 Hutton after rising to head the ball in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1973-03-02)2 March 1973 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Derry,County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oxford United Stars | |||
| Coleraine | |||
| 1989–1990 | Bradford City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1998 | Derry City | 192 | (30) |
| 1998 | Portadown | 25 | (2) |
| 1998–2001 | Derry City | 92 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 | Shelbourne | 32 | (3) |
| 2002–2009 | Derry City | 216 | (13) |
| 2010–2011 | Cliftonville | 39 | (3) |
| 2011 | Finn Harps | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Northern Ireland U16 | ||
| 2012 | Irish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Derry City (caretaker) | ||
| 2007 | Derry City (caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Finn Harps | ||
| 2014–2015 | Derry City | ||
| 2025- | Institute | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Hutton (born 2 March 1973) is aNorthern Irish football coach and formercentre back, and is currently manager ofNIFL Championship sideInstitute. He spent the majority of his 21 year playing career withDerry City, and set a club record of over 670 appearances in theLeague of Ireland. His father, also named Peter, played for Finn Harps in the 1970s.
He spent his youth withOxford United Stars,Coleraine, andBradford City, before joining Derry City in 1990. Over the next 19 years he had three spells with Derry, winning sevenLeague of Ireland Cup titles, threeFAI Cup titles, as well as the League of Ireland title in 1996–97. He was named as both thePFAI Players' Player of the Year andSWAI Personality of the Year in 1996–97. He also had brief spells withPortadown andShelbourne, and won the league title with Shelbourne in 2001–02. He ended his career in 2011 following short spells withCliftonville andFinn Harps. He twice served Derry as caretaker-manager, before he managed Finn Harps on a full-time basis from 2011 to 2013 and then Derry City from 2014 to 2015.
Hutton began his career withOxford United Stars in theDerry and District League, and later played forColeraine. At the age of 15, he joined English sideBradford City's youth training scheme. This saw Hutton move to Bradford for the summer months between seasons while still under contract with Coleraine. In 1990, he signed for his hometown club,Derry City. He made hisLeague of Ireland debut for Derry on 17 March 1991. He scored the second goal in the1995 FAI Cup final 2–1 success over rivalsShelbourne atLansdowne Road.
He had trials with English clubsTranmere Rovers andPort Vale, and played two summer tournament games for the "Valiants" in 1995, before returning to Derry.[1] He captained Derry to theLeague of Ireland title in1996–97, and playing in midfield, finished as the club's top-scorer with 19 goals.[2]
He spent the 1998 season withPortadown, before returning to Derry City. He spent 2001 to 2002 atShelbourne where he won another league title.
By November 2006, Hutton had made his 300th appearance as team-captain after a 1–0 League of Ireland final-night win overCork City in theBrandywell Stadium. He made a total of more than 670 appearances for Derry City, a club record.[3] He also managed Derry twice on a caretaker basis – in 2004 for a short period in the aftermath of Gavin Dykes' departure and prior to the appointment ofStephen Kenny, and in 2007 followingPat Fenlon's departure.[3]
He was released after the 2009 season, and signed forCliftonville in December 2009.
In May 2011, Hutton took over the management ofLeague of Ireland First Division clubFinn Harps, along with former Derry City teammateFelix Healy. Hutton was declared as the new manager while Healy took on the role ofDirector of football at the club. He went back toDerry City in November 2013, as an assistant toRoddy Collins. He succeeded Colins as manager the following year and managed the club's highest record win in European competition with a 5–1 away win over Welsh outfit Aberswyth. Disappointment followed with a FAI Cup final loss to St Pats in 2014. Hutton agreed to depart in September 2015 after suffering a 3–0 defeat toCork City in the quarter-finals of theFAI Cup.
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