Peter Handyside

Peter David Handyside (born 31 July 1974) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender from 1992 until 2007.

For the Scottish surgeon and anatomist, see Peter David Handyside.

Peter Handyside
Personal information
Full name Peter David Handyside
Date of birth (1974-07-31) 31 July 1974
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1986–1989 Heston Rovers
1989–1990 Queen of the South
1990–1991 Grimsby Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2001 Grimsby Town 201 (4)
2001–2003 Stoke City 78 (0)
2003–2004 Barnsley 28 (0)
2004–2006 Northwich Victoria 29 (0)
2006–2007 Hucknall Town
Total 325 (4)
National team
1993–1995 Scotland U21[1] 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Despite being Scottish, Handyside played his entire career in England, having initially came through the youth ranks at Heston Rovers he was scouted by Grimsby Town who signed him as a junior before promoting him to the first team in 1992. Handyside went on to make over 200 appearances for Grimsby in all competitions and was in the team that won the Football League Second Division play-offs and Football League Trophy during the 1997–98 season. In 2001 after nine years at Blundell Park, Handyside joined Stoke City who he went on to captain and eventually earning promotion out of the Second Division like he had previously done at Grimsby. In 2003, he signed with Barnsley where he remained for a year before dropping into non-league football with Northwich Victoria. In 2006, he signed with Hucknall Town before retiring at the end of the 2006–07 season at the age of 33.

Career

Early career

Handyside was a product of the youth system at Heston Rovers a local side from his home town of Dumfries. He also had a spell on the books of the youth team of Queen of the South including playing in a BP Youth Cup second round tie against Celtic on 31 October 1990.

Grimsby Town

Handyside was trialed by Grimsby Town and was signed by the club's youth team in 1990. He took his step up into the first team in 1992 and was eventually the club's long term replacement for veteran centre back Paul Futcher and made an excellent pairing with Mark Lever. Handyside's maturity grew and he became an integral part of Grimsby's defensive setup, and along with Lever, John McDermott, Tony Gallimore, Graham Rodger, Kevin Jobling and Richard Smith was part of arguably Grimsby's best ever defence. The 1997–1998 Handyside continued to be the nucleus of Town's strong defence that helped achieve a promotion to back to the First Division via the play-offs, and victory in the Football League Trophy.[2] He bowed out at Grimsby after the 2000–01 season. An injury troubled campaign, he was often replaced by loan signing Zhang Enhua. At the end of the season, he rejected the chance to stay on with Grimsby and moved to Second Division Stoke City.

Stoke City

Handyside joined Stoke City in the summer of 2001 on a free-transfer and was made club captain. He played in 41 matches in 2001–02 including the 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final which saw Stoke beat Brentford to gain promotion.[3] He missed only three matches in 2002–03 as Stoke narrowly avoided relegation and at the end of the campaign he was released by Tony Pulis.[4]

Barnsley

In 2003, he made a move to Barnsley but after a season hit with fitness and injury problems he departed Oakwell at the end of the 2003–04 season.

Northwich Victoria

His next port of call was to make a move to Conference club Northwich Victoria where he captained the Vics for two seasons before being released.

Hucknall Town

Hucknall Town signed Handyside for the 2006–07 campaign. He remained at the club for one year before leaving the club on a free transfer. Handyside has played alongside his fellow Grimsby promotion winning teammate Tony Gallimore at four different clubs: Grimsby, Barnsley, Northwich Victoria and Hucknall; the only team at which Peter has not played with Tony is Stoke City, ironically Gallimore's first senior club.

Personal life

Since retiring from professional football Handyside has worked as a delivery driver for Gilberts Furniture on the Fenton Industrial Estate in Stoke on Trent. In December 2013 Handyside's daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia, and in 2014 she launched her own campaign named "Maia's Mission".[5]

Career statistics
  • Sourced from Peter Handyside at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grimsby Town 1992–93 First Division 110002020150
1993–94 First Division 130201020180
1994–95 First Division 350100000360
1995–96 First Division 300102000330
1996–97 First Division 91002000111
1997–98 Second Division 4206060100640
1998–99 First Division 312103000352
1999–2000 First Division 0000000000
2000–01 First Division 191203000241
Total 19041301901402364
Stoke City 2001–02 Second Division 340311030411
2002–03 First Division 440201000470
Total 780512030881
Barnsley 2003–04 Second Division 280201010320
Total 280201010320
Career Total 29642012201803565
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy.

Honours
Grimsby Town
Stoke City

References
  1. http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=221
  2. "Grimsby bounce back to Division 1". BBC News. 24 May 1998. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "Stoke seal promotion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  4. "Handyside to exit Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. "Brave teenager Maia Handyside reveals struggle with losing hair and putting on weight after leukaemia diagnosis". The Sentinel. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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