Peter Kirkham

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Peter Kirkham
Personal information
Full name Peter Jonathan Kirkham [1]
Date of birth(1974-10-28)28 October 1974 [1]
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne, [1] England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Newcastle United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 Darlington 13 (0)
1995 Köping FF 6
Gretna
Blyth Spartans
South Shields
Grantham Town
1999–???? Chester-le-Street Town
Dunston Federation Brewery
2001–2002 Jarrow
2002–2003 Hebburn Town
2003–2004 Consett
2004–2005 Whitley Bay
2005–2006 Washington
2006–2013 Jarrow
Managerial career
2011–2016 Jarrow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Jonathan Kirkham (born 28 October 1974) is an English former footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Darlington.

Life and career

Kirkham was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and began his career as a youngster with Newcastle United. [1] [2] He never played first-team football for Newcastle, and moved on to Darlington in 1993. [1] He made his senior debut on 2 November 1993, in the starting eleven for the Third Division match at home to Colchester United. Darlington won 7–3, and Kirkham made nine more appearances that season, mainly as a substitute. [3] He played in six matches in 1994–95, and left the club at the end of that season. [3]

Kirkham played in Sweden for Köping FF, [4] and also played non-league football for teams including Gretna, [5] Blyth Spartans, [2] South Shields, [6] Grantham Town, [5] Chester-le-Street Town, [7] Dunston Federation Brewery, [5] Jarrow [8]  –for whom he scored the decisive penalty in the shoot-out that won the club's first ever Wearside League trophy, the Shipowners' Charity Cup, in 1995 [9]  – Hebburn Town, [10] Consett, [11] Whitley Bay, [12] and Washington. [13]

He returned to Jarrow in 2006, [14] was assistant manager to Davy Bell by 2010, [15] and took over as player-manager with Bell becoming his assistant. [16] Kirkham played until at least 2013, [17] and in January 2016, he again became Bell's assistant when the latter returned to Jarrow as manager. [18]

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