Noel Luke

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Noel Luke
Personal information
Full name Noel Emmanuel Luke [1]
Date of birth (1964-12-28) 28 December 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1984 West Bromwich Albion 9 (1)
1984–1986 Mansfield Town 50 (9)
1986–1993 Peterborough United 277 (27)
1993 Rochdale 3 (0)
1993–???? Boston United
Holbeach United
Corby Town
King's Lynn
Raunds Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Noel Emmanuel Luke (born 28 December 1964) is an English former footballer who played as a right back and winger in the Football League during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably with Peterborough United. [3]

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Career

Luke was born in Birmingham, and started his career with West Bromwich Albion, whose youth academy he joined aged 14. [4] He made his West Brom debut aged 17, [4] but only managed 9 League appearances for them. [1] He left the club in 1984 to join Mansfield Town after West Brom disbanded their reserve team and after 50 League games with them he moved in 1986 to Peterborough United. [4] He was to go on to play 277 League games for the Posh, [3] and he scored for them in Mark Lawrenson's managerial debut for Peterborough. [5] His last game for the club was on 20 March 1993 against Oxford United. [6] He was on a week-to-week contract prior to the termination of his contract, and was released in March 1993 by manager Lil Fuccillo to make space in his squad for new signing Chris Greenman. [4]

After leaving Peterborough he had a short spell at Rochdale, making his last Football League appearance on 10 April 1993 as a substitute against Scunthorpe United. [6] He then moved into non-league football with Boston United. [3] He later had spells with Holbeach United, Corby Town, King's Lynn and Raunds Town. [4]

After football

After retiring from football, Luke operated the in-stadium "pub" at Peterborough United's ground and also worked in matchday hospitality at the club. [4] More recently, he has worked as a HGV driver for Tesco. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Noel Luke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 418. ISBN   0-356-17911-7. OCLC   655598315.
  3. 1 2 3 Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Swann, Alan (19 April 2020). "Peterborough United star Noel Luke remembers: A cream pie in the face for Chris Turner, a brutal departure from London Road and his life after Posh". Peterborough Today. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Peterborough Today - manager debuts 21/11/09
  6. 1 2 Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. ISBN   0-7472-7895-4.


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