Peter Mendham

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Peter Mendham
Personal information
Full name	Peter Stanley Mendham
Date of birth	9 April 1960 (1960-04-09) (age 48)
Place of birth	King's Lynn, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1987 1981 1987-88 1988-1989 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-	Norwich City Miramar Rangers (loan) Kings Lynn Town Watton Town Hammarby NAC Breda Diss Town Wroxham Town Diss Town North Walsham Norwich United	211 0(23)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Peter Stanley Mendham (born 9 April 1960 in King's Lynn) is a former professional footballer who played for Norwich City. He was a midfielder, who played in the side that won the Milk Cup in 1985. In February 2007, he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for the attempted murder of his girlfriend.

Contents 1 Career 2 Criminal proceedings 3 Honours 3.1 As a player 4 References 5 External links 6 Other sources

[edit] Career

Mendham came through the youth ranks at Carrow Road, and played 267 first-team games (211 in the league), and scored 29 goals for the Canaries. He was forced to retire because of injury in 1987. He was a member of the Norwich teams that won the English League Cup in 1985, and the Second Division championship in 1986. Following his premature retirement, the club awarded Mendham a testimonial match against Real Sociedad, and he continued to work for the club for several years as 'Football in the Community Officer'.

After his retirement from the professional game, Mendham continued to play non-league football, and scored the winning goal for Diss Town in the final of the 1994 FA Vase at Wembley. He worked as a fundraiser for a charity in East Anglia after he stopped playing.

In the 1990's, Peter coached youths and children in the Norwich area.

[edit] Criminal proceedings

On 19 October 2006, Mendham was arrested, and later charged with the attempted murder of his 39-year-old girlfriend at their house in Norwich. The woman had suffered multiple stab wounds, and lost a kidney during emergency surgery ^[1].

In December 2006, Mendham denied the attempted murder charge, but one month later, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of wounding with intent ^[2]. On February 21, 2007, Mendham was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison ^[3]. On 24 May 2007, Mendham announced that he would appeal against the sentence ^[4].

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

• League Cup winner 1985
• Second division championship winner 1986
• FA Vase winner 1994

[edit] References

1. ^ "Footballer on murder bid charge", BBC, 2006-10-20. 
2. ^ "Former footballer faces jail term", BBC, 2007-01-24. 
3. ^ "Ex-footballer jailed over attack", BBC, 2007-02-21. 
4. ^ "Mendham to appeal against sentence", BBC, 2007-05-24. 

[edit] External links

• Ex-canaries.co.uk
• Mendham is charged - report from Eastern Daily Press

[edit] Other sources

• Canary Citizens by Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7

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