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Peter Hutton (footballer)
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Peter Hutton is a professional footballer and manager best known for his time with League of Ireland
club Derry City
, who he captained and managed on a caretaker basis. He is currently player/manager
of Finn Harps along with Felix Healy
who is Director of Football.
when they competed in the Derry and District League
. He later played with Coleraine F.C.
, and at the age of 15, signed for Bradford City's youth training scheme. This saw Hutton move to Bradford for a number of summer months between seasons while still under contract with Coleraine. The contract was effectively one that would have seen Hutton tied to Bradford for his entire playing career. However, he was always very keen to play for Derry City and the task of getting out of his insidious contract with Bradford City began. The threat of legal action and the resulting adverse publicity resulted in the English club relenting and when his contract with Coleraine ran out, he signed for his home-town club, Derry City, in 1991. Made his League of Ireland
debut for Derry on 17 March 1991.
He had trials with English clubs Tranmere Rovers
and Port Vale
. He played two summer tournament games for the Valiants in 1995, before returning to Derry.
Hutton has also spent time at Portadown
, signing for more than £40,000, and a season at Shelbourne
between his long-term spells at Derry City. He won the League Championship with the latter in 2001-02 and returned to his hometown soon after. By November, 2006, Hutton had made his 300th appearance as team-captain after a 1-0 League of Ireland
final-night win over Cork City FC in the Brandywell. As of April 2008, Hutton had represented Derry on a total of 600 occasions, holding the record for the highest number of appearances for the club ever.
"Pizza", as he is affectionately known to fans, has also managed Derry twice as caretaker - in 2004 for a short period in the aftermath of Gavin Dykes'
departure and prior to the appointment of Stephen Kenny, and in 2007 succeeding Pat Fenlon
.
In early December 2006, Hutton revealed his admiration for his former manager, Stephen Kenny, comparing his ability to that of Martin O'Neill's
.
The defender was nominated for the eircom
/ Soccer Writers Association of Ireland (SWAI) 'Personality of the Year' award after his fine displays during the 2006 season which included scoring in Derry's FAI Cup
success http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news/5784.html.
Was released after the 2009 season http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1027/huttonp_derrycity.html. Signed for Cliftonville F.C.
in December 2009 http://www.cliftonvillefc.net/news_hutton_281209.html.
His father also Peter played for Finn Harps in the 1970s winning the FAI Cup
but was suspended for 5 years in 1978 which was later reduced in a FIFA
amnesty http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0613/Pg003.html#Ar00313.
on the 3rd of may he was announced as the new finn harps manager taking over from james gallagher
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0503/finnharps.html
took over the management of League of Ireland First Division club Finn Harps along with former Northern Ireland international and fellow former Derry City
player Felix Healy
. Hutton was declared as the new manager while Healy took on the role of Director of Football
at the club.
Shelbourne F.C.
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
club Derry City
Derry City
Derry City can refer to:* Derry, Northern Ireland* Derry City Council, local authority* Derry City F.C., a football club from Northern Ireland* City of Derry Airport...
, who he captained and managed on a caretaker basis. He is currently player/manager
Player-coach
A player-coach, in sports, is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. The term can be used to refer to both players who serve as head coaches, or as assistant coaches....
of Finn Harps along with Felix Healy
Felix Healy
Felix Healy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Coleraine and then became a football manager...
who is Director of Football.
Career
In his youth Hutton played with Oxford United Stars F.C.Oxford United Stars F.C.
Oxford United Stars F.C. is a Northern Ireland football club, founded in 1937, based in Derry. It currently competes in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League. They are known as the U2's in reference to Oxford United's nickname 'The U's'...
when they competed in the Derry and District League
Derry and District League
The Derry and District League is an amateur football league in Derry. The league includes youth and senior football teams. The Senior Sunday League has two divisions, the Premier and the First Division. The Youth Leagues have one league for each age group, from under-10 up to under-17. Teams such...
. He later played with Coleraine F.C.
Coleraine F.C.
Coleraine F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white...
, and at the age of 15, signed for Bradford City's youth training scheme. This saw Hutton move to Bradford for a number of summer months between seasons while still under contract with Coleraine. The contract was effectively one that would have seen Hutton tied to Bradford for his entire playing career. However, he was always very keen to play for Derry City and the task of getting out of his insidious contract with Bradford City began. The threat of legal action and the resulting adverse publicity resulted in the English club relenting and when his contract with Coleraine ran out, he signed for his home-town club, Derry City, in 1991. Made his League of Ireland
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
debut for Derry on 17 March 1991.
He had trials with English clubs Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
and 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...
. He played two summer tournament games for the Valiants in 1995, before returning to Derry.
Hutton has also spent time at Portadown
Portadown F.C.
Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park...
, signing for more than £40,000, and a season at Shelbourne
Shelbourne F.C.
Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....
between his long-term spells at Derry City. He won the League Championship with the latter in 2001-02 and returned to his hometown soon after. By November, 2006, Hutton had made his 300th appearance as team-captain after a 1-0 League of Ireland
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
final-night win over Cork City FC in the Brandywell. As of April 2008, Hutton had represented Derry on a total of 600 occasions, holding the record for the highest number of appearances for the club ever.
"Pizza", as he is affectionately known to fans, has also managed Derry twice as caretaker - in 2004 for a short period in the aftermath of Gavin Dykes'
Gavin Dykes
Gavin Dykes was a defensive footballer who played for numerous League of Ireland clubs, including Sligo Rovers, Finn Harps and Derry City. In 1994 he captained Sligo to an FAI Cup win.He also managed Harps and Derry ....
departure and prior to the appointment of Stephen Kenny, and in 2007 succeeding Pat Fenlon
Pat Fenlon
Patrick "Pat" "Nutsy" Fenlon is an Irish former footballer and manager. He is currently in charge of Scottish Premier League club Hibernian....
.
In early December 2006, Hutton revealed his admiration for his former manager, Stephen Kenny, comparing his ability to that of Martin O'Neill's
Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, is a Northern Irish football manager and former player.Until resigning the post on 9 August 2010, he was manager of Aston Villa. Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham...
.
The defender was nominated for the eircom
Eircom
Eircom Group LTD is a telecommunications company in the Republic of Ireland, and a former state-owned incumbent. It is currently the largest telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland and operates primarily on the island of Ireland, with a point of presence in Great Britain.As Bord...
/ Soccer Writers Association of Ireland (SWAI) 'Personality of the Year' award after his fine displays during the 2006 season which included scoring in Derry's FAI Cup
FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
success http://www.irishfootballonline.com/news/5784.html.
Was released after the 2009 season http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1027/huttonp_derrycity.html. Signed for Cliftonville F.C.
Cliftonville F.C.
Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th...
in December 2009 http://www.cliftonvillefc.net/news_hutton_281209.html.
His father also Peter played for Finn Harps in the 1970s winning the FAI Cup
FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
but was suspended for 5 years in 1978 which was later reduced in a FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
amnesty http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0613/Pg003.html#Ar00313.
on the 3rd of may he was announced as the new finn harps manager taking over from james gallagher
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0503/finnharps.html
Management Career
On 3rd May 2011 Peter HuttonPeter Hutton
Peter Hutton is an experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world. He has also worked as a professional cinematographer, most notably for his former student Ken Burns. Hutton studied painting, sculpture and film at the San...
took over the management of League of Ireland First Division club Finn Harps along with former Northern Ireland international and fellow former Derry City
Derry City
Derry City can refer to:* Derry, Northern Ireland* Derry City Council, local authority* Derry City F.C., a football club from Northern Ireland* City of Derry Airport...
player Felix Healy
Felix Healy
Felix Healy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Coleraine and then became a football manager...
. Hutton was declared as the new manager while Healy took on the role of Director of Football
Director of football
"Director of football" is a term describing a senior management figure at a football club, most commonly used in Europe. The exact nature of the role is often unclear and extremely variable and causes much debate in the sports media...
at the club.
Career honours
Derry City F.C.- Winner
- League of Ireland
- 1996–97 League of IrelandLeague of IrelandThe League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
- 1996–97 League of Ireland
- FAI Cup
- 2006FAI Cup 2006The FAI Cup 2006 was the 83rd staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. This seasons competition was the last to be sponsored by Carlsberg. It officially kicked-off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance...
FAI CupFAI CupThe Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
Ireland - List of Cup Finals Retrieved 2008-04-13. - 2002 FAI CupFAI CupThe Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
- 1995 FAI CupFAI CupThe Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
- 2006
- League of Ireland Cup
- 2008 League of Ireland Cup - was injured for this fixture, but was presented with the Cup
- 2007 League of Ireland CupIreland - List of League Cup Finals. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- 2006 League of Ireland Cup
- 2005 League of Ireland Cup
- 1993–94 League of Ireland Cup
- 1991–92 League of Ireland Cup
- 1990–91 League of Ireland Cup
- Runners-Up
- League of Ireland
- 2006 League of IrelandLeague of IrelandThe League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
- 2005 League of IrelandLeague of IrelandThe League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
- 1994–95 League of IrelandLeague of IrelandThe League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
- 2006 League of Ireland
- FAI Cup
- 1997 FAI CupFAI CupThe Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
- 1994 FAI CupFAI CupThe Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
- 1997 FAI Cup
Shelbourne F.C.
- Winner
- League of Ireland
- 2001–02 League of IrelandLeague of IrelandThe League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
- 2001–02 League of Ireland
Individual honours
- 1996–7 PFAI Player of the Year
- 1996–7 SWAI Personality of the YearSWAI Personality of the YearThe Soccer Writers Association of Ireland Personality of the Year is an annual award for the person considered to have made the most positive impact on the domestic League of Ireland season....