23 Facts About Peter Withe

Peter Withe is an English former football manager and striker who played between 1971 and 1990.

Peter Withe played for England 11 times, scoring once, and was a squad member at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Peter Withe was a big, tall, strong, powerful and imposing centre-forward.

Peter Withe began his career at Southport but left in 1971 after a handful of appearances.

Peter Withe played for Wolverhampton Wanderers in two seasons from 1973.

Peter Withe returned to the West Midlands to join Birmingham City in 1975.

Forest signed the 25-year-old Peter Withe to make his debut for the club on 25 September 1976.

Peter Withe scored 39 goals in 99 competitive first team games for Forest.

Peter Withe was 29 at the end of the month that league season started.

Peter Withe won a trophy in each of his first three seasons at Villa Park.

Peter Withe scored 20 times in 36 games to finish joint-top scorer in the league with Tottenham Hotspur's Steve Archibald in that first season as Aston Villa won the Football League title.

Peter Withe scored the only goal in the 1982 European Cup final win against Bayern Munich.

Peter Withe scored 90 goals in over 200 games for Villa.

Peter Withe joined Sheffield United scoring 18 goals in 74 league games in three seasons from 1985 to 1988.

Peter Withe ended his senior playing days scoring once in 38 league games at Huddersfield Town between 1988 and 1990.

Peter Withe's goal was against Hungary on 27 April 1983 in his 7th cap.

Peter Withe ended his international career with 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Peter Withe returned to Aston Villa in a coaching capacity in January 1991.

Peter Withe had a brief spell as manager of Wimbledon, being brought in from the position of reserve team coach at Aston Villa in October 1991 following Ray Harford's resignation.

Peter Withe went into management and, after propelling the Thailand national team towards some success, managed Indonesia until 18 January 2007.

Peter Withe was sacked due to his side's inability to go past the first round of the ASEAN Football Championship, the tournament which he previously won with Thailand in 2000 and 2002, then finished as the runner-up with Indonesia in 2004.

Peter Withe was given a brief touchline ban as manager of Thailand for wearing shorts during an international match against the United Arab Emirates.

Peter Withe managed English non-league club Stockport Sports from April to November 2012.