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Peter Hutton
Peter Hutton after rising to head the ball during Derry City's 2006 UEFA Cup tie against IFK Göteborg at the Brandywell
Personal information
Full name Peter Hutton
Date of birth (1973-03-02) 2 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
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Youth career
Oxford United Stars
Coleraine
1989–1990 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Derry City 192 (30)
1998 Portadown 25 (2)
1998–2001 Derry City 92 (3)
2001–2002 Shelbourne 32 (3)
2002–2009 Derry City 216 (13)
2010–2011 Cliftonville 39 (3)
2011–2013 Finn Harps 3 (0)
International career
1988-1989 Northern Ireland U16
2012 Irish League XI 1 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2013 Finn Harps
2014-2015 Derry City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Hutton (born 2 March 1973 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish football coach and former player who is the former manager of Derry City.

Career

In his youth Hutton played with Oxford United Stars F.C. when they competed in the Derry and District League. He later played with Coleraine F.C., and at the age of 15, signed for Bradford City's youth training scheme. This saw Hutton move to Bradford for a number of summer months between seasons while still under contract with Coleraine. The contract was effectively one that would have seen Hutton tied to Bradford for his entire playing career. However, he was always very keen to play for Derry City and the task of getting out of his insidious contract with Bradford City began. The threat of legal action and the resulting adverse publicity resulted in the English club relenting and when his contract with Coleraine ran out, he signed for his home-town club, Derry City, in 1991. He made his League of Ireland debut for Derry on 17 March 1991. Hutton scored the 2nd goal in the 1995 FAI cup final 2-1 success over rivals Shelbourne at Lansdowne Road.

He had trials with English clubs Tranmere Rovers and Port Vale. He played two summer tournament games for the Valiants in 1995, before returning to Derry.[1]

Hutton has also spent time at Portadown, signing for more than £40,000,[2] and a season at Shelbourne between his long-term spells at Derry City. He won the League Championship with the latter in 2001–02 and returned to his hometown soon after. By November 2006, Hutton had made his 300th appearance as team-captain after a 1–0 League of Ireland final-night win over Cork City in the Brandywell. As of April 2008, Hutton has represented Derry on more than of 660 occasions, holding the record for the highest number of appearances for the club ever.[3]

"Pizza",[3] as he is affectionately known to fans, has also managed Derry twice as caretaker – in 2004 for a short period in the aftermath of Gavin Dykes' departure and prior to the appointment of Stephen Kenny, and in 2007 succeeding Pat Fenlon.[4]

The defender was nominated for the eircom / Soccer Writers Association of Ireland (SWAI) 'Personality of the Year' award after his fine displays during the 2006 season which included scoring again in a cup final, in Derry's epic FAI Cup 4-3 success whilst also being awarded the MOM. [1].

He was released after the 2009 season [2]. Hutton signed for Cliftonville in December 2009 [3].

His father also Peter played for Finn Harps in the 1970s winning the FAI Cup but was suspended for 5 years in 1978 which was later reduced in a FIFA amnesty [4].

Management career

On 3 May 2011 Hutton took over the management of League of Ireland First Division club Finn Harps along with former Northern Ireland international and fellow former Derry City player Felix Healy. Hutton was declared as the new manager while Healy took on the role of Director of Football at the club.[5]

He went back to Derry City in November 2013, as an assistant to Roddy Collins.[6]

Derry City parted ways with Peter Hutton on the 15th of September 2015 after suffering a 3-0 defeat to Cork City in the FAI Cup quarter final.

Honours

Club

Derry City

Holds record of fastest goal scored in Irish football for Derry City v Shamrock Rovers 2002 in time of just over 8 seconds. Currently holds record as Derry City's record appearance holder amassing over 680 games over a span of 19 years. Shelbourne

League of Ireland|2001–02]]

Individual

References

  1. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 148. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ Healy has high hopes for new-look Derry outfit Noel Spillane. archives.tcm.ie. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  3. ^ a b Pizza' reaches 600 mark for "Candy Stripes" Derry Journal Online, 10 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. ^ Pizza' reaches 600 mark for "Candy Stripes" Derry Journal Online, 10 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  5. ^ Harps appoint new management duo
  6. ^ "Collins confirmed as new Derry City boss". rte.ie. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
Preceded by
Gavin Dykes
 Derry City F.C. manager
2004-2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Derry City F.C. manager
2007-2007 		Succeeded by
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