Peter Durber (8 May 1873 – 16 March 1963) was an English

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who played in

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for Glossop North End and

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. He played in the Southern League for

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with whom he played in the 1900 FA Cup Final, beating three First Division clubs along the way.

Football career

Durber was born in

Stoke-upon-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, commonly called Stoke is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 18 ...

and played for Audley Town before joining

in 1896. He played in two season under

Horace Austerberry Horace Denham Austerberry (1868–1946) was an English football manager who managed Stoke. Career Austerberry was born in Hanley and worked at St. John's school as assistant schoolmaster to former Stoke manager Thomas Slaney. It was Slaney who ...

before leaving for

in 1898. Durber was a defender who was part of Southampton's 1899 Southern League Championship winning team, and a finalist in the 1900 F.A. Cup final when the Saints were beaten 4–0 by Bury at the Crystal Palace. In May 2010, it was announced that his 1900 FA Cup runners-up medal and 1899 Southern League championship medal were to be sold at auction. The FA Cup Final medal was sold for £2,400. He returned to Stoke in August 1900 and played 35 times in the 1900–01 season. He them spent a season with Glossop North End before enjoying a six-year spell at

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Career statistics

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Honours

Southampton * Southern League Championship 1898–99 *

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finalist:

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Durber, Peter 1873 births 1963 deaths Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Stoke City F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Glossop North End A.F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Southern Football League players English Football League players