Peter Hampton

Peter Hampton

Personal information
Full name	Peter John Hampton[1]
Date of birth	12 September 1954[1]
Place of birth	Oldham, England[1]
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
–	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1972–1980	Leeds United	68	(2)
1980–1984	Stoke City	138	(4)
1984–1987	Burnley	118	(2)
1987	Rochdale	19	(1)
1987–1988	Carlisle United	12	(0)
Total		355	(9)
Teams managed
1998–2001	Workington
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Peter John Hampton^[2] (born 12 September 1954) is an English former footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Leeds United, Stoke City, Burnley, Rochdale and Carlisle United.^[1]

Career

Hampton was born in Oldham and was on the books at Manchester City before he family moved to Bishop Auckland.^[2] He joined Leeds United in September 1971 having played at international level with England Schools.^[2] He made his professional debut at the end of the 1972–73 season but struggled to get back into the side due to the form of Terry Cooper, Trevor Cherry and Frank Gray. Hampton spent the next three seasons in the reserves making few appearances in the first team but was an unused substitute in the 1975 European Cup Final.^[2] He finally had a run in the side in 1976–77 playing in 36 matches, but he was unable to hold on to his place and joined Stoke City in August 1980 for a fee of £175,000.^[2]

Under the management of Alan Durban at Stoke, Hampton enjoyed regular first team football for the first time in his career.^[1] He made 37 appearances in 1980–81, 36 in 1981–82, 45 in 1982–83 and 38 in 1983–84. After spending four seasons at the Victoria Ground making a total of 156 appearances Bill Asprey sold him to Third Division Burnley.^[1] His first season at Turf Moor ended with the Clarets being relegated to the Fourth Division. He spent two seasons with the club in the bottom tier before spending a short time at Rochdale and Carlisle United.^[1]

Hampton later became Carlisle United's physiotherapist for eleven years, and later became manager of non-league Workington from 1998 to 2001.^[2]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other^[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leeds United	1972–73	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1973–74	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	1974–75	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	1975–76	First Division	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	1976–77	First Division	31	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	36	2
	1977–78	First Division	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0
	1978–79	First Division	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	1979–80	First Division	17	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	21	0
	Total		68	2	5	1	6	0	4	0	83	3
Stoke City	1980–81	First Division	33	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	37	2
	1981–82	First Division	33	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	36	0
	1982–83	First Division	40	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	45	1
	1983–84	First Division	32	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	38	1
	Total		138	4	7	0	11	0	0	0	156	4
Burnley	1984–85	Third Division	45	1	3	0	4	0	2	0	54	1
	1985–86	Fourth Division	40	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	43	1
	1986–87	Fourth Division	33	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	36	0
	Total		118	2	4	0	8	0	3	0	133	2
Rochdale	1987–88	Fourth Division	19	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	26	1
	Total		19	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	26	1
Carlisle United	1987–88	Fourth Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	Total		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Career Total			355	9	17	1	29	0	9	0	410	10

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the European Cup, Football League Trophy and UEFA Cup.

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. "Hampton: Peter John (Peter)". ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

External links

• Peter Hampton stats at Neil Brown stat site
• Peter Hampton interview at Yorkshire Evening Post.com