| Peter Withe | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Withe | |
| Date of birth | August 30, 1951 | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1971 1971–1972 1972–1973 1973 1973–1975 1975 1975–1976 1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1985 1985–1989 1987 1989–1990 |
Southport Barrow Port Elizabeth City Arcadia Shepards Wolverhampton Wanderers Portland Timbers Birmingham City Nottingham Forest Newcastle United Aston Villa Sheffield United → Birmingham City (loan) Huddersfield Town |
3 (0) 1 (0) 17 (3) 22 (17) 35 (9) 75 (28) 76 (25) 182 (74) 74 (18) 8 (2) 38 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1981–1985 | England | 11 (1) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1991 1998–2002 2004–2007 |
Wimbledon Thailand Indonesia |
|
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Peter Withe (born 30 August 1951, Liverpool) is a much-travelled English footballer who played centre forward, between 1971 and 1990. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing He now works as a manager, predominantly in South-east Asia.
The highlights of his career came at Aston Villa, where he was a key player in the Football League title triumph of 1981 and scored his side's only goal in their European Cup final triumph in 1982. The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Match summary It represented a huge success in his first season as manager for Tony Barton. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
His brother, Chris, played for Bradford City. Chris Withe (born 25 September 1962) was a professional footballer who played in the Football League for seven clubs Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford
Playing career
He won the Championship with Nottingham Forest but then left on the verge of their European Cup glory to join then-2nd division side Newcastle United. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon
Ron Saunders took him to Aston Villa on the eve of the 1980/81 season for a fee of £500,000, the club's record signing at the time but a snip considered the service he gave them over the next five years. Ron Saunders (born 6 November 1932 in Birkenhead, Cheshire) was an English football player and successful manager
He formed a deadly and almost telepathic partnership up front with young starlet Gary Shaw, and scored 20 goals in Aston Villa's last championship winning season 1980/81. Gary Shaw (born 21 January 1961) was an explosive Striker who played for Aston Villa in the early 1980s Withe was also the scorer of Aston Villa's winner against Bayern Munich in the European Cup final of 1982. FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
Capped by England 11 times, Withe scored once, and was the first English Aston Villa player to feature in a World Cup Finals squad (España 82). The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th staging of the World Cup was held in Spain from June 13 to July 11.
During the summer of 1975, he spent one season in the United States as a member of the expansion Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League (NASL). Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The focal point of a strong offense, Withe scored 17 goals and added 7 assists in 22 games to lead the Timbers to first place in their division and a tie for the best record in the league at 16-6.
The Timbers played two home playoff games in front of more than 30,000 fans each, numbers unheard of for US soccer at the time. They advanced to Soccer Bowl '75, the league championship, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0.
Managerial career
Withe went into management and, after propelling the Thailand national team towards some success, managed Indonesia until 18 January 2007. Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations The Thailand national football team is the national team of Thailand and is connected to the Football Association of Thailand. The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football; it is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI He was sacked due to his side's inability to go past the first round of the ASEAN Football Championship, the tournament which he previously won with Thailand in 2000 and 2002, then finished as the runner-up with Indonesia in 2004. The ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as Tiger Cup) is a biennial international football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation He was also sustained a brief touchline ban as manager of Thailand for wearing shorts during an international match against the United Arab Emirates. The head of the Thai Football Association said he should be wearing a suit.
He also had a brief spell as manager of Wimbledon, being promoted from position of first team coach in October 1991 following Ray Harford's resignation. This article refers to the original club from London which existed until 2004 Raymond Thomas Harford ( June 1, 1945 — August 9, 2003) was an English footballer, better known for his successes Withe's time in charge was not at all successful, winning only one game out of thirteen in the league, and he was replaced after just 105 days at the helm by the club's youth team coach Joe Kinnear, partly as a result of player complaints to the directors about Withe's style of man-management. Joe Kinnear (born 27 December 1946, in Dublin, County Dublin) is an Irish football manager and former player
External links
- Peter Withe career stats at Soccerbase
- The Observer Interview
- Withe looks to improve Indonesia’s fortunes
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Phil Boyer |
First Division top scorer 1980–81 (shared with Steve Archibald) |
Succeeded by Kevin Keegan |