Peter Hawkins (born 18 September 1978) is an English former footballer who works as assistant manager for

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. He made over 275 senior appearances for

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, York, Rushden & Diamonds, Ebbsfleet, Maidstone and Tonbridge.

Career

Born in Maidstone, Hawkins came up through the youth system at

. He joined York City on a loan in February 2000, where he made 14 appearances in

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in the 1999–2000 season, before breaking into the first-team at Wimbledon in the following season. He went on to make over 130 league and cup appearances for Wimbledon in four seasons. He joined Rushden & Diamonds in July 2004, for whom he started 69 games. He left the club by mutual consent in March 2006 after not featuring in the first-team since the previous December, and joined

Ebbsfleet United Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the club competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1946 from ...

a week later. By the end of the 2007–08 season, Hawkins had made over 80 appearances for Ebbsfleet and collected a winners medal when the Kent club won the

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at Wembley Stadium in May 2008. Towards the back end of the 2008–09 season, Hawkins had two separate loan spells at his hometown club

Maidstone United Maidstone United Football Club is a professional football club based in Maidstone, Kent, England. The team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league system. The current club filled the void left by the ol ...

, making 16 appearances in total. After being released by Ebbsfleet in May 2009, Hawkins signed a permanent deal with Maidstone for the 2009–10 season. In June 2010 he joined

Tonbridge Angels Tonbridge Angels Football Club is a professional football club based in Tonbridge, Kent, England. The club was founded as Tonbridge Football Club in 1947 and became known as "The Angels" in 1949 when they started playing at the Angel Ground. S ...

after being released by Maidstone. He rejoined Maidstone in September 2010 before leaving again a month later, where he joined up with former Stones manager Lloyd Hume at Kent County League outfit Bly Spartans. In February 2011 Hawkins returned to

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football, joining former Maidstone manager Peter Nott at Whitstable Town.

Honours

: 2008

References

External links

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Club Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Peter 1978 births Living people Footballers from Maidstone English men's footballers Wimbledon F.C. players York City F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. players Tonbridge Angels F.C. players Rochester United F.C. players Whitstable Town F.C. players Chatham Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football defenders