Don Peattie
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Donald 'Don' Peattie from Dumfries
is a Scottish
ex professional association footballer. Peattie was a forward.
Donald Peattie was on the books at Gretna F.C.
until he completed his schooling at Dumfries Academy
. On leaving school he went to Sheffield United for whom he played five league games in season 1984/85 in the second tier of the English Football League. After leaving United he played in regional football in England's North East by first signing for Newcastle Blue Star. He also played for North Shields F.C.
Off the pitch Peattie developed a career in Sports Education and is Head of Sport at the City of Sunderland College
.
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
is a Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
ex professional association footballer. Peattie was a forward.
Donald Peattie was on the books at Gretna F.C.
Gretna F.C.
Gretna Football Club was a Scottish football club that represented the town of Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, close to the border between England and Scotland...
until he completed his schooling at Dumfries Academy
Dumfries Academy
Dumfries Academy is one of four secondary schools in the town of Dumfries in South West Scotland.-History:Dumfries Academy has existed in its present form, though not in the buildings it currently occupies, since 1804...
. On leaving school he went to Sheffield United for whom he played five league games in season 1984/85 in the second tier of the English Football League. After leaving United he played in regional football in England's North East by first signing for Newcastle Blue Star. He also played for North Shields F.C.
North Shields F.C.
North Shields F.C. are a football club based in North Shields, England. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Cup twice in their history – in 1933–34 and 1982–83. Currently they are members of the Northern League Division Two...
Off the pitch Peattie developed a career in Sports Education and is Head of Sport at the City of Sunderland College
City of Sunderland College
Sunderland College, is a Further Education, Higher Education College based in Sunderland, North East England. The enrolment includes around 6,300 part-time learners and approximately 4,800 full-time students...
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