Peter Bircumshaw

Peter Bircumshaw
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-08-29) 29 August 1938 (age 88)
Place of birth Mansfield, England
Position Left winger
Youth career
Notts County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1962 Notts County 72 (40)
1962–1963 Bradford City 27 (7)
1963–1964 Stockport County 17 (4)
1964–1965 Cambridge City 32 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Bircumshaw (29 August 1938 – June 2017) was a footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League for Notts County, Bradford City and Stockport County.

Bircumshaw started his professional career with Notts County, where he scored 40 goals in 72 league games before he moved to Bradford City in 1962. He spent just one season at Valley Parade, but he finished as the club's joint top goal-scorer with seven league goals and four in the FA Cup, including a hat-trick in a 5–2 win over Oldham Athletic. He joined Stockport County before he moved into non-league football with Cambridge City. He was with Cambridge City from February 1964 to January 1965.

Bircumshaw's brother Tony also played professional football.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peter Bircumshaw". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.