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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1959-10-28)28 October 1959 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Hampstead,London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1980 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1986 | Queens Park Rangers | 160 | (0) |
| 1986–1989 | Oxford United | 66 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | →West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1988 | →Manchester United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1989 | →Manchester United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Aldershot | 27 | (0) |
| 1991–? | Farnborough Town | ? | (0) |
| Total | 251 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Hucker (born 28 October 1959) is an English formerfootballer who played as agoalkeeper inThe Football League during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Born inHampstead, he joinedQueens Park Rangers as a schoolboy in December 1974, signed apprentice forms in July 1976 and turned professional in July 1977, making his league debut againstShrewsbury Town in 1981. Hucker had been at the club since he was a junior but had played very few games. He had seen a succession of managers bring their own preferred goalkeepers in while he bided his time in the reserves.
He got his big chance in aFA Cup Third Round tie atLoftus Road in 1982 againstMiddlesbrough. The first-choice keeper at the time,John Burridge, was injured but was also not very keen on playing on the synthetic playing surface thatLoftus Road had at the time. Hucker played very well in the cup tie and retained his place for the remainder of the season, including in the1982 FA Cup final againstTottenham Hotspur in which he was voted the 'Man of the Match' for his performance in the first game, in which he played extremely well despite being injured.
Hucker was to play a key role the following season as well as QPR stormed to theSecond Division title and then the following year as Rangers finished top London club in the 1983–84 season, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Like many of the talented players of that team his form suffered asTerry Venables left the club in 1984 to be replaced by Alan Mullery. He lost his place during the 1985–86 season (toPaul Barron and he transferred toOxford United in February 1987. Hucker played 160 league games for QPR.
In a three-year spell at Oxford, Hucker played 66 league matches, but towards the end of his time there, he went on several loan spells, first toWest Bromwich Albion in 1987–88, making seven appearances, and then twice toManchester United without making a single appearance.
He finished his career in non-league football and went on to establish a successful goalkeeping coaching school after retiring from the game.
