Peter Cherrie

Peter Cherrie

Peter Cherrie, 2006
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Dundalk
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Airdrie United	2	(0)
2004–2005	Ayr United	6	(0)
2005–2009	Clyde	35	(0)
2009–2014	Dundalk	179	(0)
2015	Cliftonville	13	(0)
2015–2017	Bray Wanderers	81	(0)
2018	Cork City	7	(0)
2019–2020	Derry City	52	(0)
2021–2023	Dundalk	18	(0)
2024–	Dundalk	4	(0)
Managerial career
2024–	Dundalk (player/goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2025

Peter Cherrie (born 1 October 1983) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and also is goalkeeping coach of League of Ireland First Division club Dundalk. ^[2]

Career

Cherrie started his career with Airdrie United. He played one game for them before moving to Ayr United.

Cherrie signed for Clyde after impressing in a trial and a subsequent glamour friendly with Manchester United in July 2005, which saw him come up against Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney. ^[3] Cherrie made his competitive debut for Clyde against Peterhead in the Scottish League Cup in August 2005. Later that season, Cherrie played in the Bully Wee's Scottish Cup giant killing over Celtic. ^[4]

Cherrie was released in May 2007 after his contract expired. However, he was brought back to the club by new manager Colin Hendry. ^[5] Due to the good form of David Hutton, Cherrie didn't get a minute of first team action in the 2007–08 season, however, a series of good performances in Clyde's pre-season friendlies of 2008 saw him challenge Hutton for the #1 jersey, and he started his first competitive match for 18 months in August 2008. Cherrie was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club's financial position. ^[6]

On 8 July 2009, he signed for Irish side Dundalk. Since arriving at Dundalk, Cherrie's form has been excellent, making him one of the most favourite players amongst the Dundalk supporters. At the end of the 2010 Airtricity League season, Peter was voted as Dundalk's Player of the Year. On 29 October 2010, Peter signed a new one-year deal with Dundalk, keeping him with the club through the 2011 season. He once again signed a one-year deal with Dundalk on 31 January 2012. He made his 100th league appearance for Dundalk against Derry City in Oriel Park on 20 July 2012.

Peter signed for Bray Wanderers in July 2015 and made his debut keeping a clean sheet in their 1–0 win away at Limerick. He played every game from then until the end of the season helping Bray to an 8th-place finish and an FAI Cup semi-final. In November 2015, Cherrie signed a new two-year contract with Bray. Cherrie played every league match for Bray in 2017 and made a Bray Wanderers club record keeping six clean sheets in a row between 3 June and 16 July.

Cherrie signed for Airtricity League and FAI Cup champions Cork City F.C. on 17 January 2018.

Career statistics

As of match played 6 November 2022 ^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dundalk	2009	LOI Premier Division	16	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2010		33	0	0	0	0	0	2 [a]	0	—		35	0
	2011		32	0	4	0	0	0	—		7 [b]	0	43	0
	2012		32	0	3	0	1	0	—		2 [c]	0	38	0
	2013		33	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		37	0
	2014		33	0	2	0	0	0	3 [a]	0	5 [b]	0	43	0
	Total		179	0	11	0	3	0	5	0	14	0	212	0
Cliftonville	2014–15	NIFL Premiership	13	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		15	0
Bray Wanderers	2015	LOI Premier Division	16	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	2016		33	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		35	0
	2017		32	0	0	0	2	0	—		1 [d]	0	35	0
	Total		81	0	2	0	4	0	—		1	0	88	0
Cork City	2018	LOI Premier Division	7	0	1	0	1	0	2 [e]	0	1 [f]	0	12	0
Derry City	2019	LOI Premier Division	34	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		35	0
	2020		18	0	2	0	—		1 [a]	0	—		21	0
	Total		52	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	56	0
Dundalk	2021	LOI Premier Division	15	0	3	0	—		0	0	—		18	0
	2022		3	0	0	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2023		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		18	0	3	0	—		0	0	0	0	21	0
Dundalk	2024	LOI Premier Division	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2025	LOI First Division	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Career Total			350	0	20	0	10	0	8	0	16	0	304	0

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the Setanta Cup
3. Appearances in the Relegation playoff
4. Appearances in the Challenge Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Appearances in the President of Ireland's Cup

Honours

Dundalk

• League of Ireland (1): 2014
• League of Ireland Cup (1): 2014
• President's Cup (1): 2021

Cliftonville

• Northern Ireland Football League Cup (1): 2014–15

See also

• Clyde F.C. season 2005-06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09

References

1. Peter Cherrie at WorldFootball.net
2. http://www.punditarena.com/football/tstafford/league-of-ireland-out-of-contract/
3. Rebuilding continues
4. Lindsay, Clive (8 February 2020). "Clyde v Celtic: What happened to the players from the 2006 Scottish Cup upset?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
5. Cherrie returns
6. "Players Released". clydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
7. "P. CHERRIE". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

External links

• Peter Cherrie at Soccerbase