Peter Ford (footballer)

Peter Ford
Personal information
Full name Peter Leslie Ford[1]
Date of birth (1933-08-10) 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

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1956–57 Second Division 200020
1957–58 500050
1958–59 700070
Total 14000140
Port Vale 1959–60 Third Division 25060310
1960–61 4103030470
1961–62 1300010140
1962–63 2553110286
Total 1045121501216
Career Total 1285121501356

Honours

with Port Vale

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 104. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. "Player Profile - F". Silkmen Archives. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
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