Peter Thorne (footballer)

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Personal information
Peter Thorne
Full name	Peter Thorne
Date of birth	21 June 1973 (1973-06-21) (age 34)
Place of birth	Urmston, Lancashire, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Bradford City
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1995 1994 1995–1997 1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Blackburn Rovers → Wigan Athletic (loan) Swindon Town Stoke City Cardiff City Norwich City Bradford City	000 0(0) 011 0(0) 078 (27) 157 (65) 126 (46) 036 0(1) 033 (14)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Peter Thorne (born 21 June 1973 in Urmston, near Manchester) is an English professional football player who plays for Bradford City.

1 Career
- 1.1 Bradford City
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Career

Thorne started his career at Blackburn Rovers and later played for Wigan Athletic (on loan), Swindon Town and Stoke City.

In September 2001, he was signed by Cardiff City for a club-record £1.8 million. He helped the Bluebirds gain promotion to the First Division in the 2002–03 season, via the play-offs. He became a fans favourite at Cardiff and stayed for two further seasons, before joining Norwich City on a free transfer in the summer of 2005. Financial difficulties at Cardiff were a major factor in their decision to release Thorne.

Thorne's career chances were limited at Norwich. He missed the start of the 2005–06 season through injury and then failed to establish himself as a first team regular, scoring just one goal during the season. In the summer of 2006, Norwich manager Nigel Worthington indicated that Thorne would be allowed to leave the club if a suitable offer was received. He remained on Norwich's books for the 2006–07 season, but was released at the end of the season. He subsequently signed for recently relegated League Two side Bradford City on a one-year contract.^[1]

[edit] Bradford City

A hip injury kept the striker out of the start of the campaign but he eventually made his belated league début in a 2–1 defeat of Lincoln City at Sincil Bank on 7 September 2007 where he had a goal disallowed. He scored his first goal for Bradford — his first for more than a year — in a 1–0 FA Cup victory over Chester City on 10 November 2007,^[2] before scoring his first league goal a week later at Dagenham & Redbridge.^[3] He scored Bradford's first league hat-trick in two years when he scored all three goals in a 3–0 victory over Notts County on 12 January 2008.^[4] With two games in three days, Thorne was rested for City's game with Rotherham United on 22 March 2008, before he scored the 150th league goal of his career two days later, when City beat Chesterfield 1–0.^[5] When City first signed Thorne, they included the option to extend his deal by a further year, and in March 2008, Thorne extended his contract to the end of the 2008–09 season.^[6]

[edit] References

^ "Bradford sign veteran strike pair", BBC Sport, 2 July 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
^ "Bradford 1-0 Chester", BBC Sport, 10 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
^ "Dag & Red 1-4 Bradford", BBC Sport, 17 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
^ Parker, Simon. "Put your shirt on more Thorne goals", Telegraph & Argus, 13 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-13.
^ Parker, Simon. "Thorne reaches magic milestone", Telegraph & Argus, 24 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
^ Parker, Simon. "Thorne signs up but Topp set for op", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-03-31. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Bradford City A.F.C. – current squad

3 Heckingbottom • 6 Bower • 7 Daley • 9 Conlon • 10 Thorne • 12 Clarke • 15 Colbeck • 16 Ainge • 19 O'Brien • 22 Nix • 23 Topp • 28 Taylforth • 29 Morgan • 32 Bullock • 29 Sharry • –– Brandon • –– McLaughlin • –– Osborne • Manager: McCall