Noel Luke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noel Emmanuel Luke[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1984 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | (1) |
| 1984–1986 | Mansfield Town | 50 | (9) |
| 1986–1993 | Peterborough United | 277 | (27) |
| 1993 | Rochdale | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–???? | Boston United | ||
| Holbeach United | |||
| Corby Town | |||
| King's Lynn | |||
| Raunds Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Noel Emmanuel Luke (born 28 December 1964) is an English former footballer who played as a right back and winger in the Football League during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably with Peterborough United.[3]
Career
[edit]Luke was born in Birmingham, and started his career with West Bromwich Albion, whose youth academy he joined aged 14.[4] He made his West Brom debut aged 17,[4] but only managed 9 League appearances for them.[1] He left the club in 1984 to join Mansfield Town after West Brom disbanded their reserve team and after 50 League games with them he moved in 1986 to Peterborough United.[4] He was to go on to play 277 League games for the Posh,[3] and he scored for them in Mark Lawrenson's managerial debut for Peterborough.[5] His last game for the club was on 20 March 1993 against Oxford United.[6] He was on a week-to-week contract prior to the termination of his contract, and was released in March 1993 by manager Lil Fuccillo to make space in his squad for new signing Chris Greenman.[4]
After leaving Peterborough he had a short spell at Rochdale, making his last Football League appearance on 10 April 1993 as a substitute against Scunthorpe United.[6] He then moved into non-league football with Boston United.[3] He later had spells with Holbeach United, Corby Town, King's Lynn and Raunds Town.[4]
After football
[edit]After retiring from football, Luke operated the in-stadium "pub" at Peterborough United's ground and also worked in matchday hospitality at the club.[4] More recently, he has worked as a HGV driver for Tesco.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Noel Luke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Rollin, Jack (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 418. ISBN 0-356-17911-7. OCLC 655598315.
- ^ a b c Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
- ^ a b c d e f g Swann, Alan (19 April 2020). "Peterborough United star Noel Luke remembers: A cream pie in the face for Chris Turner, a brutal departure from London Road and his life after Posh". Peterborough Today. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Peterborough Today - manager debuts 21/11/09
- ^ a b Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.
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- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- Boston United F.C. players
- Holbeach United F.C. players
- Corby Town F.C. players
- King's Lynn F.C. players
- Raunds Town F.C. players
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