Peter Thorne (English footballer)

Peter Thorne
Personal information
Full name Peter Lee Thorne[1]
Date of birth (1973-06-21) 21 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Urmston, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1994Wigan Athletic (loan) 11 (0)
1995–1997 Swindon Town 77 (27)
1997–2001 Stoke City 158 (65)
2001–2005 Cardiff City 126 (46)
2005–2007 Norwich City 36 (1)
2007–2010 Bradford City 77 (31)
Total 485 (170)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Lee Thorne (born 21 June 1973) is an English retired professional footballer, who played as a striker.

He played for a number of clubs in his career scoring just short of 200 goals. He started his career with Blackburn Rovers, but failed to make a single league appearance in four years before he left to join Swindon Town. He went on to play for Stoke City and Cardiff City, making more than 100 appearances for each. In 2005, he moved to Norwich City where he scored just one goal in two seasons and was on the verge of retiring until he moved to Bradford City. In two seasons, he was top scorer with Bradford, before leaving before the end of his third season and deciding to retire at the age of 36.

  1. ^ Peter Thorne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)