Peter Gleasure

Peter Gleasure
Personal information
Full name Peter Francis Gleasure[1]
Date of birth (1960-10-08) 8 October 1960 (age 63)[1]
Place of birth Luton,[1] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1983 Millwall 55 (0)
1983–1992 Northampton Town 344 (0)
1991 → Gillingham (loan) 3 (0)
1992–1994 Hitchin Town 86 (0)
Total 488 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Francis Gleasure (born 8 October 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Millwall, Northampton Town and Gillingham.[3]

He kept a club record 112 clean sheets in 412 matches playing for Northampton Town and, As of 2020, only two players had made more appearances for the club.[4] He won a Fourth Division championship medal in 1986–87 season with Northampton[4] and was voted the club's Player of the Season the following season.[5] He later had loan spells at Fisher Athletic[citation needed] and Gillingham before moving into non-league football with Hitchin Town,[3] for which he made more than 100 appearances.[6] He was awarded a testimonial match against a Tottenham Hotspur XI in 1993.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Peter Gleasure". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ a b "Peter Gleasure". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Club records". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Cast your vote for the Northampton Town Player of the Season". Northampton Town F.C. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Total appearances". fishpondersfactsandstats.info. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
    "Peter Gleasure". fishpondersfactsandstats.info. Retrieved 4 April 2020.