Peter Warmington

Peter Warmington

Personal information
Full name	Peter John Warmington
Date of birth	8 April 1934
Place of birth	Wythall, England
Playing position	Inside forward
Youth career
1949–1952	Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1952–1957	Birmingham City	8	(3)
1957–19??	Bromsgrove Rovers
–	Redditch United
–	Droitwich Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Peter John Warmington (born 8 April 1934) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.^[1]

Warmington was born in Wythall, Worcestershire. When he left school in 1949, he joined Birmingham City as a junior, and turned professional three years later. Described as a "talented goalscorer" but injury-prone,^[2] he scored on his debut in the Second Division on 8 September 1954 in a 4–0 win at home to Ipswich Town. He scored again two games later, but soon lost his place, and when the club signed the prolific Eddy Brown a few weeks later Warmington was reduced to covering for the inside trio of Noel Kinsey, Brown and Peter Murphy.^[3] He played occasionally at half-back, as he did in Birmingham's first match in the inaugural staging of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a goalless draw against Internazionale in Milan in May 1956 when Len Boyd and Roy Warhurst were injured.^[4] After playing only nine first-team games in his Birmingham career, Warmington dropped into non-league football in his native Worcestershire with Bromsgrove Rovers, Redditch United and Droitwich Town.^[2]

References

1. "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
2. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
3. Matthews, p. 190.
4. Matthews, p. 241.