Gerald Joseph Peyton (born 20 May 1956) is a football coach and former

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who is currently the interim coach of

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club

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. A

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, Peyton had lengthy spells with

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and

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. Following his retirement, he went into coaching and acted as goalkeeping coach for several teams, including

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from 2003 to 2018.

Club career

Born in

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, Peyton's footballing debut came with him featuring for

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in July 1976. He thereafter left Turf Moor in October of that year to link up with

. While at the club Peyton was named to the

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for

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. He then headed out on loan to

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in March where he stayed for another three months. He returned to

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in July, ultimately leaving Fulham in the summer of 1986. Peyton made the move to

soon afterwards. With the Cherries Peyton won the Third Division title of

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. He was also named to the

for

while at the club. Peyton as well won Bournemouth's Player of the Year award for 1987. He eventually moved on to Everton in 1991, from where he was loaned to

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and

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. Peyton returned to

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in March 1993, eventually being sold to

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in the summer of 1993, where he stayed for a solitary season. He retired from playing soon afterwards. In all, Peyton made over six hundred league appearances. Peyton then took up the role of goalkeeping coach with Japanese clubs

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and

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of Sweden, and, until May 2018, English club

International career

Peyton featured for the

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at the

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UEFA European Football Championships and the

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as an unused substitute . At the World Cup Peyton formed part of the famous Irish squad that got to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Altogether, he won 33 international

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for the Republic of Ireland.

Honours

Club

;AFC Bournemouth * Third Division:

Individual

- Third Division:

*AFC Bournemouth Player of the Year: 1987

References