Peter Thomas Anderson (born 31 May 1949) is an English former football midfielder and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Thomas Anderson | ||
| Date of birth | 31 May 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Hendon, Middlesex, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hendon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1971 | Hendon | 83 | (35) |
| 1971–1975 | Luton Town | 181 | (34) |
| 1976–1978 | Royal Antwerp | 30 | (9) |
| 1978 | San Diego Sockers | 11 | (6) |
| 1978–1980 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 40 | (8) |
| 1978–1979 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 30 | (12) |
| 1979–1980 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 11 | (7) |
| 1980–1982 | Millwall | 32 | (4) |
| 1983–1984 | Hendon | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980–1982 | Millwall | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Anderson began his career in the Hendon F.C. Academy, turning professional with the club in 1968. In 1970, he transferred to Luton Town. His first match came on 13 February 1971 in a 1–0 victory over Watford. In December 1975, Luton Town sold Anderson to Royal Antwerp in order to prevent banckruptcy.[1] In 1978, Anderson moved to the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League. He played eleven matches, scoring six goals off two hat tricks, before a midseason transfer to the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The Rowdies advanced all the way to Soccer Bowl '78. He played in Tampa for three outdoor and two NASL indoor seasons. In the fall of 1978, he went on loan to Sheffield United, but broke his collar bone late in the English season and missed all of the 1979 NASL season, except for six playoff games and Soccer Bowl '79. The following March, Anderson scored the title-clinching goal in a mini-game tie-breaker for the Rowdies versus Memphis in the 1980 NASL Indoor Championship Finals.[2] In 1980, Millwall hired Anderson as player-manager. In 1982, the team released him and he finished his career with Hendon before returning to live in the United States.
In 1997, he founded Bayshore Technologies in Tampa Bay.[3]
Honors edit
- NASL 1979–80 Indoor Championship
- Soccer Bowl '78 (runner up)
- Soccer Bowl '79 (runner up)
References edit
- ^ Luton Town: 1974 - 1985 Archived 12 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dave Scheiber (3 March 1980). "Rowdies slam to No. 1". St. Petersburg Times.
- ^ How Peter Anderson runs Bayshore Technologies Inc. like one of his soccer teams
External links edit
- Hendon F.C.: Peter Anderson
- "The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-1998" (edited and compiled by Barry J. Hugman 1998) ISBN 1-85291-585-4
- NASL stats
- Tampa Bay Rowdies: Peter Anderson
- Bayshore Technologies