Peter Ford (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Leslie Ford[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1933[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Etruria, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Half-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cannon Street Youth Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1955–1956 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 1956–1959 | Stoke City | 14 | (0) |
| 1959–1963 | Port Vale | 104 | (5) |
| 1963–1967 | Macclesfield Town | 112 | (5) |
| Stafford Rangers | |||
| Total | 230 | (10) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Hanley Town | |||
| Milton United | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Peter Leslie Ford (born 10 August 1933) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Port Vale and Stoke City.[1]
Playing career
Ford began his career as an amateur with West Bromwich Albion, before joining Stoke City 1956.[1] He was never able for force his way into the plans of manager Frank Taylor, and made just 14 Second Division appearances in three years at the Victoria Ground.[1] He transferred to Port Vale, along with Harry Oscroft, in exchange Dickie Cunliffe and £2,000 in September 1959.[1]
He played 25 Third Division and six FA Cup games in the 1959–60 season.[2] He missed just five league games in the 1960–61 campaign, and was a member of the side that won the Supporters' Clubs' Trophy.[2] He was dropped by manager Norman Low in October 1961, and was used as a utility player in the 1961–62 and 1962–63 campaigns.[2] He scored his first goal in the Football League on 3 September 1962, in a 4–2 win over Colchester United at Vale Park.[2] He also scored goals against Southend United, Reading (2), Shrewsbury Town, and Gillingham, taking his tally to six goals in the 1962–63 season.[2] He was released by manager Freddie Steele in the summer of 1963.[2] He finished his career in the Cheshire County League with Macclesfield Town (122 appearances 5 goals) and Stafford Rangers.[3][2] Upon his retirement from playing Ford became manager of Hanley Town, and later the coach of Milton United.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stoke City | 1956–57 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 1957–58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1958–59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Port Vale | 1959–60 | Third Division | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |
| 1960–61 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | ||
| Total | 104 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 6 | ||
| Career Total | 128 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 6 | ||
Honours
- with Port Vale
- Supporters' Clubs' Trophy winner: 1961