11:Peter Beagrie

Last updated : 05 December 2006 By Gtm

Peter Beagrie
Peter Beagrie
No introductions needeed for the veteran of professional football. A hated figure among fans of Grimsby Town for his loyal service to local rivals Scunthorpe United. Beagrie was a shock signing by Graham Rodger in June 2006. The 41 year old ex Premiership player left the position as Player/Coach at Glanford Park and took up the same role with The Mariners on a part time basis, due to his media work for Sky Sports.

Beags started his professional career of with Middlesbrough at the start of the 1983/1984 season. He stayed with his home town club until moving to Yorkshire with Sheffield United in June 1986 for £35,000. After a succesful stay at Bramall Lane, Beagrie moved to Stoke City for £210,000 where he played for 16 months before steppingn up into the top tier of the English game signing for Everton in 1989 for £750,000. Peter went on to make over 100 apperances for The Toffees playing alongside the likes of Peter Beardsley, Neville Southall and fellow Sky Sports tv pundit Tony Cottee.

Following a brief loan spell with Sunderland, Beags moved to Manchester City for £1.1 million midway through the 1993/1994 Premiership season. Beagrie played his part on the wing at Maine Road but was part of the same City squad under Alan Ball that saw the demise of the club as they were relegated out of the Premiership in 1995/1996. Beags stayed on but fortunes did not change and City barely managed to keep afloat in the first divison. Beagrie left at the end of the 1996/1997 season to join fellow first division side Bradford City for a fee of £200,000.

Peter was to play an integral part of the best few seasons in the history of The Bantams, with 97/98 being a consolidation season in which it saw Beags return to the Premiership spending 2 months on loan with former club Everton, the following season Bradford powered there way up through the first division and into the Premiership.

Beagrie was joined in at Bradford with an array of has-beens such as Gary Walsh, Lee Sharpe, Stan Collymore and David Wetherall. City struggled in the league but thanks to a David Wetherall header that beat Liverpool 1-0, the Bantams stayed up and Wimbledon, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford were relegated. The following season Bradford struggled even more and they were doomed from kick off. Following a loan spell at Wigan Athletic, Beagrie dropped 3 lesgues from the Premiership to lowly Scunthorpe United on a free transfer.

Beags played for Scunny from June 2001 to June 2006 notching up around 200 apperances for The Iron and earning himself cult status. He played a large part in Scunthorpe's play off push in 2002/2003 which was halted when the club were knocked out 6-3 on aggregate by Lincoln City, and also he was yet again in the team of the 04/05 season that finished second in League Two to earn promotion. Beagrie took up the roll as Player/Coach that same year and went on to do that job for two whole seasons before joining Grimsby.

A burnt out tired Beagrie made his debut in a friendly against Gainsborough Trinity, in which his cross assisted Isaiah Rankin's 73rd minute winner. Having played well against Boston United on the first day of the season, Beagrie was knocked down a little by some of the more fickle Grimsby fans who still hated him from his Scunthorpe days. After a few games of being an un-used sub, manager Graham Rodger along with the board and Beagrie himself cancelled his contract. Peter then officially retired to continue his media career, commentating mainly on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday.

CAREER STATISTICS!

2006/2007 GRIMSBY TOWN 10 APPS 0 GOALS
2005/2006 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 36 APPS 4 GOALS
2004/2005 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 42 APPS 2 GOALS
2003/2004 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 43 APPS 13 GOALS
2002/2003 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 38 APPS 5 GOALS
2001/2002 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 48 APPS 13 GOALS
2000/2001 WIGAN ATHLETIC(LOAN) 12 APPS 1 GOALS
2000/2001 BRADFORD CITY 21 APPS 1 GOALS
1999/2000 BRADFORD CITY 40 APPS 7 GOALS
1998/1999 BRADFORD CITY 52 APPS 15 GOALS
1997/1998 EVERTON(LOAN) 6 APPS 0 GOALS
1997/1998 BRADFORD CITY 36 APPS 0 GOALS
1996/1997 MANCHESTER CITY 2 APPS 0 GOALS
1995/1996 MANCHESTER CITY 5 APPS 0 GOALS
1994/1995 MANCHESTER CITY 49 APPS 2 GOALS
1993/1994 MANCHESTER CITY 2 APPS 1 GOALS
1993/1994 EVERTON 5 APPS 0 GOALS
1992/1993 EVERTON 23 APPS 3 GOALS
1991/1992 SUNDERLAND(LOAN) 5 APPS 1 GOALS
1991/1992 EVERTON NO DATA AVAILBLE
1990/1991 EVERTON NO DATA AVAILBLE
1989/1990 EVERTON NO DATA AVAILBLE
1989/1990 STOKE CITY NO DATA AVAILBLE
1988/1989 STOKE CITY NO DATA AVAILBLE
1987/1988 SHEFFIELD UNITED NO DATA AVAILBLE
1986/1987 SHEFFIELD UNITED NO DATA AVAILBLE
1985/1986 MIDDLESBROUGH NO DATA AVAILBLE
1984/1985 MIDDLESBROUGH NO DATA AVAILBLE
1983/1984 MIDDLESBROUGH NO DATA AVAILBLE