Peter Beadle

Who is Peter Beadle?

Peter Clifford William James Beadle is an English former footballer and manager, who is the head coach at Sutton United. A forward, he scored some 83 goals in 355 league games, mostly for the two Bristol clubs.

He started his career at Gillingham in 1989, and won a £300,000 move to Tottenham Hotspur two years later. However he never made a first team appearance for "Spurs", and was instead loaned out to Bournemouth and Southend United, before he was transferred to Watford in September 1994. He moved on to Bristol Rovers a year later, and after an impressive spell with the club was signed by Port Vale for £300,000 in August 1998. He was sold on to Notts County in February 1999 for £250,000, before moving to Bristol City for £200,000 seven months later. He spent four years with the club, as City reached the Football League Trophy final twice, losing in 2000 and winning in 2003. He retired after brief spells with Brentford, Barnet, and Team Bath in 2003.

He entered management with Newport County in October 2005. He kept the club in the Conference South, and led the club to the FAW Premier Cup final in 2007 and 2008, losing in 2007 and in 2008.