Peter Suddaby

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Peter Suddaby
Personal information
Date of birth December 23, 1947 (1947-12-23) (age 60)
Place of birth    Stockport, England
Playing position Defender (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
-1970
1970-1980
1980
1981-1982
1982-1983		 Skelmersdale United
Blackpool
Brighton & Hove Albion
Wimbledon
Wycombe Wanderers
Career		 00? 0(?)
331 (10)
023 0(2)
006 0(0)
010 0(1)
370 (13)   
Teams managed
1987-1988 Wycombe Wanderers

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Peter Suddaby (born December 23, 1947 in Stockport) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a defender.

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[edit] Playing career

Suddaby began his professional career with Blackpool in 1970, and went on to make over 300 league appearances in a decade at the club. He made his debut for Blackpool on February 13, 1970, in a defeat at Coventry City. He made a further eleven league appearances in the 1970–71 season, at the conclusion of which Blackpool were relegated to Division Two after one season in the top flight.

In 1971–72, Suddaby appeared in all but the final league game of the season. He scored two goals – against Leyton Orient in a 4–1 victory at Bloomfield Road on October 9, 1971, and in a 5–0 whitewash of Watford, also at home, on New Year's Day.

Over the next three seasons, Suddaby made 102 league appearances. In 1975–76, he made 38 league appearances and scored four goals – two of which came in a 3–2 victory over Luton Town at Bloomfield Road on October 4, 1975.

In 1976–77, Suddaby was an ever-present in new manager Allan Brown's teams, helping the club to a fifth-placed Division Two finish.

The following season, 1977–78, Suddaby scored Blackpool's goal in the opening league game of the season, at home to Oldham Athletic. He went onto make 39 more appearances in the league campaign, at the end of which Blackpool were relegated to Division Three for the first time.

In 1978–79, under new manager Bob Stokoe, Suddaby appeared in 42 of Blackpool's 46 league games, scoring twice.

Suddaby's final season at Blackpool, 1979–80, saw him start in fifteen of the first sixteen league games, before he was sold to Brighton & Hove Albion in November 1980. His final game for Blackpool was in a single-goal home defeat to Swindon Town on October 27, 1979.

After 23 league games for Brighton, Suddaby had short spells at Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers.

[edit] Managerial career

Suddaby was appointed as manager of his final club, Wycombe, in 1987, four years after hanging up his boots.

[edit] Post-retirement

Suddaby is now a maths teacher at a school in Buckinghamshire.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  • Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X. 

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