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Peter Reid (born 20 June 1956) is an English
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,
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and former player. A
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in his playing days, Reid enjoyed a long and successful career. He built his reputation as one of England's brightest midfield talents of the time at Bolton Wanderers, before signing for Everton in 1982. It was there that he enjoyed the most fruitful spell of his career, as he helped the club win domestic and European honours, including the
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twice. He was voted as the
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in 1985 and came fourth in the World Soccer Player of the Year award, behind
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,
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and
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. He also received his first senior
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call-up that year, and represented his country at the
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and
1988 UEFA European Championship The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in West Germany from 10 to 25 June 1988. It was the eighth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. The tournament crowned the Nethe ...
. He won 13
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in total. Reid joined
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in 1989, but moved on to Manchester City a year later to begin his managerial career. He spent three years at
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as
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, and guided them to two fifth-place finishes in the First Division, the first of which saw them finish above their city rivals Manchester United. He was persuaded to resume his playing career after leaving Manchester City, and briefly played for
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,
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and
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before returning to management with Sunderland in 1995. He won promotion to the
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with the club on two occasions and achieved two seventh-place finishes in the top division. He combined his role at the Stadium of Light with the job as manager of the
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for a brief spell in 1999. His seven-year association with Sunderland ended in 2002 and he returned to management a year later, helping
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avoid relegation from the Premier League. Reid left Elland Road the following season. He was appointed manager of
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in 2004 but his tenure lasted less than a year. He then worked as a pundit for the
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at the
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, and also worked for
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and
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before returning to management with
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in 2008. He won the
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with the country before returning to England as assistant manager to
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at Stoke City, and helped them to an eleventh-place finish in the Premier League. He then managed Plymouth Argyle, taking over in June 2010, but was sacked after just over a year at the
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club.


Playing career


Club career

Reid signed professional forms with Bolton Wanderers in 1974. He first won a medal when Bolton won the championship of the
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in 1978, but he only enjoyed two seasons of First Division football before Bolton were relegated. The boyhood
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fan transferred to rivals Everton in 1982, for £60,000 in 1982 only 12 months after a much larger fee had been mooted – a succession of injuries had cut the price. At club level his greatest achievement was as part of the Everton team that in 1984 won the
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, in 1985 and 1987 the
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and in 1985 the European
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. They nearly won a unique treble but lost 1–0 to Manchester United in the
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. In that game, Reid was recklessly challenged by Manchester United defender Kevin Moran who became the first player to be sent off in an FA Cup final. He was voted PFA Footballer of the Year in 1985, the same year that he collected a
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title and European Cup Winner's Cup winner's medal. Reid's form was so good that year, he came 4th in the World Soccer player of the year award behind only
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, Preben Elkjaer and
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. He made 167 appearances (eight as substitute) for Everton. In 2006, Reid was awarded with the ' Everton Giant' accolade. Reid signed for
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on a free transfer in 1989, but only stayed for one season ( 1989–90) before signing for Manchester City, who were managed by former Everton manager
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. Following his dismissal by Manchester City, in October 1993 Reid was persuaded by
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to resume his playing career with
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who were then in the middle of a crisis: the Saints fans were calling for Branfoot to be sacked with the club having lost eight of their first nine games. Reid brought a touch of guile and stability to the Saints side; despite playing only eight games he made a major contribution to the team's fortunes as Saints' season started to come together. He led them to some important victories, most specially over Newcastle United on 24 October 1993, a game in which
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scored two goals. His final game for Saints was a 3–1 victory over
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on 28 December 1993. Branfoot was sacked a few days later (after a home defeat by
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). Reid was touted as a possible replacement for Branfoot, but he stated that, as Branfoot had brought him to the club, it would only be fair that he left as well. Reid then had brief playing spells with
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and
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before he retired from playing.


International career

Reid won 13 caps for
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. Given his chance by the injuries to other players, he became the linchpin of the England team in the
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in
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. In the England v
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quarter-final at that tournament Reid was one of the England players left behind by
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as he burst from inside his own half to score his '
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' second goal.


Managerial career


Manchester City

Reid's
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career began on 7 November 1990 at Manchester City, when he was appointed
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after the departure of
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back to Everton. Reid was appointed
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on a permanent contract on 15 November. In 1990–91, Manchester City finished fifth (one place above neighbours Manchester United) and equalled this achievement the following season. In the first season of the
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( 1992–93), City slipped into ninth place with an increasingly stale brand of '
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' football and Reid was sacked after a poor start to the following season. Reid bought
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and
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for £2.5 million each.
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was sold to be eventually replaced by
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. Clive Allen was also sold in December 1991.


Sunderland

Reid made his return to management in March 1995 with Sunderland, who were battling relegation in the First Division. He kept the club up, and the following season they were crowned champions of the division and were promoted to the Premier League. In 1996, a group of Sunderland fans under the name Simply Red and White released a song called "Daydream Believer (Cheer Up Peter Reid)" to the melody of "
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". The song peaked at number 41 in the UK Singles & Album Chart. The fans recorded the song due to the fact the manager often had a dour demeanour, whilst the team was doing well, and even won promotion at the end of the season. The team was relegated back to the First Division at the end of the 1996–97 season, after losing their last match of the campaign at
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. Sunderland missed automatic promotion by one place in 1997–98 but reached the Division One play-off final, facing
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at
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. Reid's side missed out on promotion after drawing 3-3 after 90 minutes, 4-4 after extra time and losing 7–6 in a penalty shoot-out in one of the most dramatic play-off finals to date. The following season Sunderland bounced back by winning the Division One title with a then record 105 League points total. They topped the First Division table from October until the end of the season and clinched promotion on 13 April 1999 with a 5–2 win over
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. Throughout 1999–2000, Sunderland were competing for a place in
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competition but in the end missed out after finishing in seventh place, one of the highest finishes ever achieved by a Premier League team in the season after promotion. Striker Kevin Phillips was the highest league scorer in England and Europe with 30 goals in the Premier League, and therefore won the
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that season; he is the last Englishman to win the accolade to date. Reid also had a brief spell as manager of the England under-21 team in this season. For a while in 2000–01, Sunderland were second in the league and it looked as though they would secure qualification for the
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, but their form dipped in the final stages of the season and again they finished seventh. Reid's team suffered a downturn in the 2001–02 season ending up one place above the relegation zone and with just 28 goals from 38 games – fewer than any other team in the division. In a bid to halt the decline, Reid paid a club record £6.75million for Norwegian striker
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from Rangers but was unsuccessful. Reid was dismissed in October 2002 after nearly eight years as Sunderland manager.


Leeds United

Following his sacking from Sunderland, Reid was linked with the Republic of Ireland managerial position. He had even planned to apply for an Irish passport through his Drumcondra family connections. In March 2003 he was appointed caretaker manager of
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after the dismissal of
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. The Elland Road club had been hit by £80 million debts after their £100 million outlay on new players in the space of five seasons had failed to land them a trophy. Reid looked to be the man to reverse the decline, especially after a 6–1 away win over Charlton Athletic and a 3–2 away win over Arsenal which ended the opposition's title hopes. After keeping Leeds up, he was awarded the job on a permanent basis. The club was still in a poor financial state, and Reid was forced to sell
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and bring in cheaper signings from abroad as replacements. His new signings failed to gel and he was sacked in November 2003 after a 6–1 defeat against newly promoted
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. Although many of his signings left Leeds after the club was relegated,
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, whom Reid had brought to Leeds as assistant manager, later went on to become manager in 2004.


Coventry City

Reid was appointed manager of First Division side
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in May 2004 with the aim of getting the club promoted to the Premier League. His spell at
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lasted only eight months as he departed on 6 January 2005 with the club 20th in the Championship.


Thailand national team

After an absence from management of nearly four years Reid became manager of
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in September 2008, having been linked with the position earlier in the year. He signed a four-year contract with an aim of qualifying for the
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. He admitted to not knowing much about Thai football, and referring to his players by squad numbers rather than their Thai names. Reid said "I was surprised by the players' ability and I'm learning things about football I'd never have learnt in the Premier League. It's great for my football education. This is pure football and I love it." Reid's first assignment as the new national coach of Thailand was to take part in the
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in
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, a three-team round-robin tournament with hosts Vietnam and
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. Thailand beat North Korea in the first game of the tournament and then went on to draw with
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to clinch the championship. On 9 September 2009, the Thailand Football Association (FAT) announced that Reid had left his position as manager; his contract was terminated by mutual consent after a year in charge.


Stoke City

After Reid left the Thailand job on 10 September 2009, Reid joined Stoke City as assistant manager to
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. Reid spent the 2009–10 season at Stoke before leaving in June 2010 in order to return to management.


Plymouth Argyle

On 24 June 2010, Plymouth Argyle confirmed the appointment of Reid as manager. Reid endured an unexpectedly turbulent time with the Pilgrims who had just been relegated from the
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. The club was hit with two winding-up petitions from
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in November, and was forced to sell star players
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and
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in the January transfer window. Reid himself even auctioned off his
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runners up medal and paid the club's heating bill at one point. Despite these efforts the club was docked 10 points for intention to enter administration in February 2011 and left Argyle bottom of League 1 with relegation seeming inevitable. The club's relegation to League 2 was confirmed on 2 May 2011 following a 3–1 defeat to Southampton, with the club finishing 23rd in
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. Reid was forced to sign an almost entirely new team over the summer of 2011, with 10 players making their debut on the opening day in a 1–1 draw with Shrewsbury Town. However the club were unable to build on the Shrewsbury result and lost their following 8 league games, all whilst the club was still stuck in financial turmoil. On 18 September, Peter Reid was sacked by acting chairman
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with the club bottom of the Football League with just one point. Despite having a win rate of just 26% during his time at the club, Reid remains popular amongst Plymouth Argyle supporters because of his generosity and commitment during troubled times.


Mumbai City FC

On 4 September 2014, Reid was appointed manager of Mumbai City FC ahead of the inaugural
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season.


Return to Bolton

On 18 March 2016, it was announced that Reid had returned to his first club Bolton Wanderers in a coaching capacity to assist
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Jimmy Phillips. He left at the end of the season.


Career statistics


Club


International


Managerial statistics


Honours


As a player

Bolton Wanderers *
Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in the English football league system between 1892 and 1992. Following the foundation of the FA Premier League, the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third ti ...
: 1977–78 Everton *
Football League First Division The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
: 1984–85, 1986–87 *
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
: 1983–84 * FA Charity Shield: 1984, 1985, 1987 *
European Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
: 1984–85 Individual *
PFA Players' Player of the Year The Professional Footballers' Association Men's Players' Player of the Year (often called the PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year, the Players' Player of the Year, or simply the Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is ...
: 1984–85 * Greatest Everton XI: 2003 * Everton Giants: 2006


As a manager

Sunderland *Football League First Division: 1995–96, 1998–99 Thailand * VFF Cup: 2008, Runners-Up: 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup Individual *
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: 1996 * LMA Manager of the Month: December 2000 *
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: October 1999, December 2000 * Football League First Division Manager of the Month: December 1997, March 1999


References


External links

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Peter Reid England career stats
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Full Managerial Stats for Leeds United from WAFLL
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