Peter Warmington
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter John Warmington | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Wythall, England | ||
Playing position | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1949–1952 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1957 | Birmingham City | 8 | (3) |
1957–19?? | Bromsgrove Rovers | ||
– | Redditch United | ||
– | Droitwich Town | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Peter John Warmington (born 8 April 1934) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.[1]
Warmington was born in Wythall, Worcestershire. When he left school in 1949, he joined Birmingham City as a junior, and turned professional three years later. Described as a "talented goalscorer" but injury-prone,[2] he scored on his debut in the Second Division on 8 September 1954 in a 4–0 win at home to Ipswich Town. He scored again two games later, but soon lost his place, and when the club signed the prolific Eddy Brown a few weeks later Warmington was reduced to covering for the inside trio of Noel Kinsey, Brown and Peter Murphy.[3] He played occasionally at half-back, as he did in Birmingham's first match in the inaugural staging of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a goalless draw against Internazionale in Milan in May 1956 when Len Boyd and Roy Warhurst were injured.[4] After playing only nine first-team games in his Birmingham career, Warmington dropped into non-league football in his native Worcestershire with Bromsgrove Rovers, Redditch United and Droitwich Town.[2]