Peter Leslie Ford is a former English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 footballer.

Playing career

Ford played for West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

 and Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 before transferring to Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

, along with Harry Oscroft

Harry Oscroft

Harry "Ozzy" Oscroft was an English footballer. He was Stoke City's main left winger throughout the 1950s. He was named as one of the club's '101 Golden Greats' in Simon Lowe's book of that name.-Playing career:...

, in exchange Dickie Cunliffe

John Cunliffe (footballer born 1930)

John "Dickie" Cunliffe was an English football left-winger. He made 309 appearances in the Football League, scoring 55 goals....

 and £2,000 in September 1959. He was a regular for his first two seasons, winning the Supporters' Clubs' Trophy in 1961. However by October 1961 he had lost his spot and was used as a utility player until being released in the summer of 1963. He finished his career with Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

 and Stafford Rangers

Stafford Rangers F.C.

Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts...

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Management career

Upon his retirement from playing Ford became manager of Hanley Town

Hanley Town F.C.

Hanley Town Football Club play in the Staffordshire County Senior League which is part of step 7 of the non-league football pyramid. The club take their name from the largest of the six towns in Stoke-on-Trent, which is Hanley...

 and later the coach of Milton United

Milton United F.C. (Oxon)

Milton United F.C. is a football club based in Milton, Oxfordshire, England. They were established in 1909 first noted as competing in the North Berks League in 1926, joining the Hellenic League Division One in 1989...

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