Peter John Hampton (12 September 195425 September 2020) was an English

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who played as a

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for

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and

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Park ...

Career

Hampton was born in

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and almost joined

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on junior terms before his family moved to Bishop Auckland when he was ten years old. He joined

in September 1971, having played at international level with England Schools. He made his professional debut at the end of the 1972–73 season but struggled to get back into the side due to the form of Terry Cooper,

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and

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. Hampton spent the next three seasons in the reserves, making few appearances in the first team, but was an unused substitute in the

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. He finally had a run in the side in 1976–77, playing in 36 matches, but he was unable to hold on to his place and joined

in August 1980 for a fee of £175,000. Under the management of

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at Stoke, Hampton enjoyed regular first team football for the first time in his career. He made 37 appearances in 1980–81, 36 in 1981–82, 45 in 1982–83 and 38 in 1983–84. After spending four seasons at the

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making a total of 156 appearances

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sold him to Third Division

. His first season at

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ended with the Clarets being relegated to the Fourth Division. He spent two seasons with the club in the bottom tier before spending a short time at

and

. Hampton later was Carlisle United's physiotherapist for eleven years, and later was manager of non-league

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from 1998 to 2001.

After football

After leaving Workington in 2001 he opened his own private physiotherapy practice, was part of Carlisle's youth team staff, and also worked as a sales executive for a sportswear firm. Hampton died, aged 66, on 25 September 2020 whilst on a family holiday in Cyprus. He had recently retired after working at

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. His grandson Joe White is also a footballer.

Career statistics

References

External links

*
Peter Hampton interview
at the ''

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