| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Iain Ramage | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Ashington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2004 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2008 | Newcastle United | 51 | (0) |
| 2008– | Queens Park Rangers | 68 | (2) |
| 2011– | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:44, 2 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Peter Iain Ramage (born 22 November 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace, on loan from Queens Park Rangers, as a defender. Ramage began his career with Newcastle United as an academy player before progressing to the first team. In the summer of 2008, he moved to London side Queens Park Rangers, thus ending his twelve-year association with Newcastle United.
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Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Ramage is the son of Iain Ramage, a former semi-professional rugby union player and international RFU referee, who was Scotland's representative at the 2003 World Cup. Ramage grew up in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, but moved to the Newcastle area at the age of twelve and attended Valley Gardens Middle School and Whitley Bay High School. As a youngster, he was with Cramlington Juniors, the local boys' club, and then joined the Newcastle United academy, playing alongside his Valley Gardens schoolmate Steven Taylor.
Ramage played in the same youth team as Taylor, Michael Chopra and Adam Rundle under Alan Irvine, before later being coached by former Newcastle players Kenny Wharton and Peter Beardsley. He would later partner Taylor in central defence when they broke into the first team. In the reserve team he was coached by another former United player, Tommy Craig. In March 2003, Ramage won the Jackie Milburn Trophy, given each year to the rising star of north-east football. He worked his way through Newcastle's youth system and captained the Newcastle reserve side before making his breakthrough to the first team squad. Ramage made his first team debut as a substitute in Newcastle's UEFA Cup round-of-16 match second leg against Olympiacos on 16 March 2005.
His first league start at Old Trafford in the 2–1 defeat to Manchester United on 24 April 2005. He followed this up with several first team starts due to injuries to other defenders in the Newcastle squad.
Ramage was a first team regular in the 2005–06 season, appearing in twenty-nine games. The injury to team-mate Stephen Carr allowed him to play a larger amount of games for the Magpies, as he made a good impression on both Graeme Souness and Glenn Roeder, who replaced Souness as manager in early 2006. As a result of these performances he allegedly caught the eye of former Scotland manager Walter Smith.[1] Ramage is eligible to play for Scotland or England.
Ramage only made two appearances in the 2007–08 season, when he was hampered by injury, but also losing out to the new defensive recruits made by the then new manager Sam Allardyce. He was also not to be a first choice of the next manager Kevin Keegan, who replaced Allardyce in the middle of the season.
Ramage's Newcastle contract expired at the end of the season, and despite Keegan's stated desire to retain Ramage, he was unable to guarantee first team football, therefore Ramage made the decision to move on.[2] He subsequently signed a three-year contract with Championship side Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer.[3] On the opening day of the 2009/2010 season Ramage scored his first professional goal against Blackpool,[4] he also won the Man Of The Match Award. In June 2011, Ramage signed a one-year deal at Queens Park Rangers,[5] however on 5 August 2011, Ramage went out on a month-long loan at Crystal Palace,[6] and on 31 August 2011, the Palace loan deal was extended until 15 January 2012.[7]
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