Nathaniel Knight-Percival

Nathaniel Knight-Percival

Knight-Percival playing for Wrexham in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Nathaniel Lawrence Knight-Percival[1]
Date of birth	(1987-03-31) 31 March 1987
Place of birth	Enfield, England
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Peterborough United
Number	20
Youth career
	Histon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2010	Histon	130	(24)
2010–2012	Wrexham	75	(8)
2012–	Peterborough United	31	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:13, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[2]. † Appearances (Goals).

Nathaniel Lawrence Knight-Percival (born 31 March 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Peterborough United. He started his career at Histon, before moving to Wrexham. In May 2012, Darren Ferguson snapped him up on a free transfer.

Career

Wrexham

Knight-Percival signed for Wrexham for an undisclosed fee - believed to be around £5,000 - in April 2010, after coming through the youth system at Histon. He worked in a car factory before joining the Dragons, but couldn't pass up the opportunity to turn professional.^[3][4] During his first season at the Welsh club he played as both a striker and a winger, before transferring to central defence in the 2011/12 season. With defensive restrictions at Wrexham due to an injury of Chris Westwood. This meant the reds had just one centre back at the club who was fit (Mark Creighton). Knight-Percival was put at centre back for a couple of matches and the partnership between himself and Creighton was working well and the defence of Percival, Creighton, Neil Ashton and Curtis Obeng were a major reason goalkeeper Joslain Mayebi conceded just 7 goals in 16 games for Wrexham. Midway through the season Percival was made vice-captain taking the armband on many occasions due to regular captain Dean Keates being injured. Percival played in some big games during the 2011–12 season including an FA Cup third round match at Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion, Wrexham drew at the Falmer Stadium taking the tie to a replay. Knight-Percival hit the bar late on in the second half of extra time before being eliminated on penalties in the replay at the Racecourse, he also took part in the Conference Play-off semi final legs losing out to Luton Town on aggregate, his last game for the club was in the second leg at the Racecourse Ground where Wrexham won 2-1, this was not enough to progress.

Peterborough United

After impressing at Wrexham, Knight-Percival signed a two-year deal with Peterborough in May 2012, having already signed a pre-contract in January. In regards to the transfer, Knight-Percival said: "It’s a massive step-up for me, but it’s one I feel ready to take. Peterborough have a habit of finding players in the lower divisions who can perform much higher and hopefully I will be one of those." ^[5]

He made his full debut against Reading in the second round of the League Cup, although Peterborough lost 3-2 in a back-and-forth encounter. He scored an own goal in the 38th minute of the game, after misjudging a cross from Danny Guthrie^[6]

His league debut fell on September 18, 2012, as he started in a 2-1 defeat to Bristol City.^[7]

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