Peter Duffield

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Personal information
Peter Duffield
Date of birth	February 4, 1969 (1969-02-04) (age 39)
Place of birth	Middlesbrough, England
Height	5 ft 6 in
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retford United (player-manager)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987-1993 1988 1991 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999 1999-2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2006 2006-	Sheffield United → Halifax Town (loan) → Rotherham United (loan) → Blackpool (loan) → Bournemouth (loan) → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Stockport County (loan) Hamilton Academical Airdrie Raith Rovers Morton Falkirk → Darlington (loan) Darlington York City Boston United Carlisle United Alfreton Town Retford United Career	058 0(16) 012 00(6) 017 00(5) 005 00(1) 00? 00(?) 002 00(0) 007 00(4) 072 0(38) 024 00(7) 051 0(11) 028 00(9) 015 00(2) 014 00(2) 032 0(12) 045 0(19) 045 00(9) 010 00(3) 00? 00(?) 00? 00(?) 437 (144)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 22, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Peter Duffield (born February 4, 1969 in Middlesbrough) is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he played for sixteen league clubs in 17 years.

Duffield began his career as an 18-year-old with Sheffield United in 1987. In his time at Bramall Lane he made 58 league appearances and scored 16 goals. He went on loan to six clubs in as many years, namely Halifax Town, Rotherham United, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Crewe Alexandra and Stockport County.

In September 1993 he joined Scottish club Hamilton Academical, where he made his name. In two years at Douglas Park he scored 38 goals in 72 league appearances.

After leaving Hamilton in 1995, Duffield went on to play for four other Scottish clubs: Airdrie, Raith Rovers, Morton and Falkirk.

In 1999 he signed for Darlington on loan, and later that year made the move permanent. He was on the move again the following year, however, joining York City.^[1]

Duffield moved into non-league football with Boston United for a season, before returning to the Football League briefly with Carlisle United in 2004.^[2]

After Carlisle were relegated to the Conference, Duffield joined Conference North side Alfreton Town

Duffield joined Retford United in 2006 as a player and assistant manager. At the close of the 2006/07 season, Duffield was named Retford United manager but will still continue as a player.