Robert Anthony Angus Peters (born 18 May 1971) is an English retired professional

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who played as a

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in the

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for

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings w ...

and

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Park ...

Playing career

Brentford

, Peters began his career in the

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at Third Division club

, joining the club at the age of 14 and commencing a scholarship after leaving school in 1987. Playing in the same generation as

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and Ashley Bayes, Peters was part of the

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which reached the semi-finals of the 1988–89

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. He signed a professional contract during the 1989 off-season and made 10 appearances during the 1989–90 season, scoring one goal. Peters and youth teammate Khotso Moabi joined

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Premier Division club St Albans City on

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in November 1990. He made 24 appearances and scored seven goals before being recalled to Brentford in April 1991. With Brentford challenging for promotion from the Third Division during the 1991–92 season, Peters managed only 14 appearances. Matters failed to improve after the Bees' promotion to the new second-tier First Division for the

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season, when he rejected the offer of a new contract during the off-season and played the entire regular season on a week-by-week basis. Peters managed just one substitute appearance during the 1992–93 season and ended the campaign on loan at

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club

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, for whom he made seven appearances. After Brentford's relegation straight back to the third-tier, Peters signed a new two-year contract and made 17 appearances and scored one goal during the first half of the 1993–94 season, before spending the second half of the campaign on loan at Conference club

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. He failed to make an appearance during the opening month of the 1994–95 season and had his contract cancelled in September 1994. During five years as a professional at

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, Peters made 42 appearances and scored two goals.

Later career

Peters joined Third Division club

in November 1994, but managed just eight league appearances during the 1994–95 season before being released in 1995. Peters then dropped into

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and after returns to Woking and St Albans City, he went on to play for

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, Yeovil Town and

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. He moved to Australia in the early 2000s and won the

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title with

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in 2007.

Coaching career

Peters worked as a strength and conditioning coach with the Football Star Academy in

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, Australia.

Personal life

Peters is married with four children. As of March 2020, he was running a

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business in Melbourne, Australia.

Career statistics

Honours

Frankston Pines *

: 2007

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Rob English men's footballers English Football League players Brentford F.C. players 1971 births Footballers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea People from Kensington Woking F.C. players Slough Town F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Chertsey Town F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Aylesbury United F.C. players Frankston Pines SC players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Australia National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Living people St Albans City F.C. players Men's association football wingers