 Peacock playing forGrimsby Town in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Anthony Peacock[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-10-09)9 October 1976 (age 49)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Parkway (Assistant Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Carlisle United | 76 | (11) |
| 1997–1999 | Mansfield Town | 90 | (29) |
| 1999–2000 | Manchester City | 8 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Bristol City | 144 | (54) |
| 2004–2006 | Sheffield Wednesday | 51 | (6) |
| 2006–2010 | Swindon Town | 126 | (20) |
| 2010–2011 | Grimsby Town | 53 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Havant & Waterlooville | 21 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Eastleigh | 14 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Eastleigh | 5 | (1) |
| 2017 | Portchester | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 597 | (131) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Scotland U21[2] | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC) | |||
Lee Anthony Peacock (born 9 October 1976) is a Scottish former professionalfootballer and current Assistant Manager atPlymouth Parkway F.C.
As a player, he was aforward andmidfielder from 1995 to 2015. Having started his professional career withCarlisle United he joinedMansfield Town in 1997 before earning a move toManchester City two years later. Having failed to establish himself as a first team regular at City he moved on toBristol City in 2000 where he went on to rack up 144 league appearances in a four-year stay. In 2004, he signed forSheffield Wednesday and later moved toSwindon Town. He played his final season in theFootball League in 2009–10 season as he captained theGrimsby Town side that lost its fight in relegation to theConference National. In 2011, he signed with part-timersHavant & Waterlooville before parting company later in the season where he moved on toEastleigh and in 2017 briefly withPortchester. After a spell of coaching at Eastleigh, he moved toSwindon Town as head of youth coaching.
Born inPaisley,[1] Peacock progressed through the youth team setup atCarlisle United and made his debut during the 1994–95 season underMick Wadsworth. During his first season atBrunton Park the club went on to win theThird Division title. United and Peacock also reached the final of theFootball League Trophy but were defeated 1–0 in extra time byBirmingham City. During the 1995–96 season Carlisle suffered an instant relegation, before earning an immediate return in the 1996–97 season by finishing 3rd. United also reached the final of theFootball League Trophy again this time winning atWembley Stadium by beatingColchester United on a penalty shootout. On 3 May 1997, Peacock played his final game of the season for the club where he scored in a 2–0 victory overExeter City. He made 76 league appearances for United, scoring 11 goals and would eventually be sold two games into the 1997–98 season, his final game for the club coming againstGillingham on 27 September 1997.
Nottinghamshire sideMansfield Town paid £75,000 for Peacock bringing him toField Mill in September 1997.Steve Parkin handed Peacock his Stags debut on 18 October 1997 where he featured in a 1–0 defeat againstMacclesfield Town. He became an instant first team regular for the club playing as a forward and on the left side of midfield. Peacock went on to make 90 appearances in the league over two seasons with the club, scoring 29 goals.Steve Parkin left the club at the end of the 1998–99 season and he was replaced byBill Dearden. Dearden eventually sold Peacock in October 1999.
Lee also featured in the first ever game using a Fluo Flare fluorescent football againstBarnet F.C. on 19 November 1998,[3] winning 5–0. He also is the first player to get a hat-trick using the fluorescent ball, and in tradition in football he was the first player to take the ball home with him.
In October 1999, Peacock joinedManchester City for £500,000 who at the time were managed byJoe Royle. City had recently been promoted at the first attempt to theFirst Division following relegation in 1998. Peacock made his City debut on 6 November 1999 when he came on as a 45th-minute substitute forShaun Wright-Phillips in the 1–1 draw withQueens Park Rangers. However Peacock would only make 10 appearances in all competitions during the 1999–2000 season and eventually he was transfer listed by Royle and departed only 10 months after signing for theMaine Road club. His final game was the return league game at home against Queens Park Rangers, City lost 3–1.
Peacock signed forBristol City in August 2000 for a sum of £600,000.[4] He became a first team regular inDanny Wilson's side and went on to become a regular in the City first team. He made his debut on 12 August 2000 in a 2–0 away victory overWrexham. On 22 August he scored his first City goal in a 2–2 home draw withBrentford. Peacock went on to make over 150 appearances in all competitions netting just over 60 goals. In his final season atAshton Gate the club secured a Play-Off place within theSecond Division and after defeatingHartlepool United in the semi-final, City lost 1–0 at theMillennium Stadium againstBrighton & Hove Albion. He also scored one of the goals as Bristol City beatCarlisle United 2–0 in the2003 Football League Trophy Final.[5]
Peacock signed forLeague One sideSheffield Wednesday in the summer of 2004, on a free transfer.[6] He became an integral part of the2004–05 play-off winning side, gaining promotion to theChampionship.[7]
Having settled his contract atSheffield Wednesday in January 2006,Swindon Town managerIffy Onuora persuaded Peacock to sign a two-and-a-half-year deal at Swindon in January 2006, after he had turned down a strong approach fromWalsall as he wanted to move south for family reasons.[8] Peacock made his debut as a goalscoring substitute – coming on with fifteen minutes to go in a home match withAFC Bournemouth on 21 January, he scored a last minute goal that wrapped the game up for the Town at 4–2. Despite only scoring one more goal during the rest of the campaign, his honest, hard-working attitude made him a firm favourite with the Town fans almost immediately. Despite a knee injury picked up atColchester United in mid-March, he attempted to play through the pain barrier – until hobbling off just before half-time in a match againstSwansea City on 11 April. By now, it was obvious that Peacock needed surgery, but he decided to take a role described by Onuora as "super sub" – making two further cameo appearances in the following two matches. When the Town's relegation to League Two was confirmed, Peacock was rested before going under the knife during the close season. Peacock went under the knife at the end of Swindon relegation season but returned successfully and was the Town's top goalscorer by October, before being switched to a midfield role. On 24 April 2007, Peacock was named the PFA's Fans' Player of the Year in League Two.[9] On 31 January 2008, he signed a new one-and-a-half-year deal.[10]
Peacock made his return to League football on 17 October 2009, in a match againstHartlepool United after eight months of treatment and recovery.[11] He had previously made asubstitute appearance in aFootball League Trophy match againstExeter on 6 October 2009 as part of his recovery.[12]
With first team chances becoming less and less due to Swindon Town doing well inLeague One, Peacock was free to search for a new club. Rumoured suitors wereStockport County andCarlisle United, but eventually he signed withGrimsby Town. On Friday 29 January 2010 both Swindon Town and Grimsby Town Football Club's announced that Peacock had joinedLeague Two side Grimsby Town on a free transfer. Grimsby Town told fans via their official website that Peacock has signed a contract until the end of the 2010/11 season.[13][14][15] Peacock stated that leaving Swindon Town was the hardest decision of his career however he had to move to get games. Six games into his stay atBlundell Park, Peacock was made captain of Grimsby.
The club suffered relegation from theFootball League in May 2010, but despite this Peacock stayed with The Mariners and was selected as the club's official club captain for what would be his first season innon-League football, and Grimsby's first in over 100 years. Despite not being utilised as a regular throughout the season Peacock remained the Town skipper when he played but following the conclusion of the 2010–11 season, he was released.[16]
Peacock had previously moved his family toHampshire in January 2011, and following prolonged contract talks he joinedConference South sideHavant & Waterlooville in June 2011. His contract was cancelled by mutual consent in January 2012.[17]
On 16 March 2012, Peacock signed forConference South sideEastleigh for the remainder of the 2011–12 season.[18] Peacock retired at the end of the season and remained with the club as their U16 team coach. In 2014, he came out of retirement to feature twice for the club
In January 2017 it was announced, that he had signed a contract withGraham Rix's Sydenhams Premier Division sidePortchester.[19]
In June 2013 Peacock became the coach of theEastleigh under-16 team moving to head of Youth and Development at Eastleigh. In September 2017 he was appointed "Head of Youth Coaching" atSwindon Town.[20]
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