Trevor Peake (born 10 February 1957) is an English retired

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player and coach. In his playing career he represented

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, Lincoln City,

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, and

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, with whom he won the 1987 FA Cup. He went into coaching at Luton, which was followed by a spell at Coventry, before spending 17 years in the coaching setup at

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. He retired in 2020.

Playing career

Born in

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, Peake started his career at hometown club

, before joining Lincoln City. Peake was signed by Bobby Gould for

in 1983 for a fee of £100,000. He formed a central defence pairing with

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that would last for seven seasons. In that time Peake was part of the Coventry team that beat

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3–2 in the

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. He played 277 games for the club, before joining Luton Town in 1991 for a fee of £100,000. He became captain at Luton as they were relegated to Division Two. His last game was in September 1997, making a substitute appearance against

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and in the process, at 40 years 222 days, becoming the Hatters's oldest ever League player.

Coaching career

Peake spent his final season at

helping coach the reserves before he was asked to return to

Gordon Strachan Gordon David Strachan ( born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish former football coach and player. He played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. He has since managed Cove ...

in February 1998. He coached the under-19 side for a season before stepping up to reserve team coach. Coventry sacked their manager

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in April 2002 and appointed Peake, alongside

Steve Ogrizovic Steven Ogrizovic (born 12 September 1957) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and cricketer. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1977 until 2000, the last 16 years of which were at Coventry City. Nicknamed "Oggy", he ...

, as caretaker managers for the club's final game of the season. The club would lose the fixture, 1–0, away to

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. He helped his former Coventry teammate

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with some scouting work at

, agreeing a full-time role with their academy in the summer of 2003. Peake was placed in charge of the Under-17 side and as assistant academy director alongside academy director Jon Rudkin. He then took charge of the Under-18 side after

Steve Beaglehole Steven Beaglehole (born 17 October 1960) is an English football coach who is currently working at Leicester City with youth squads. He managed Doncaster Rovers from 1991 to 1993. Playing career Beaglehole's playing career included appearance ...

was moved up to take charge of the new Under-21 development squad. Peake retired from football in August 2020, and was awarded the Premier League Eamonn Dolan Award, for exceptional contribution to development within the academy environment.

Honours

* FA Cup: 1987 * Coventry City Hall of Fame

References

External links

*
Trevor Peake manager stats
at Soccerbase
Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile
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