Gavin Peacock
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gavin Keith Peacock | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Eltham, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | (1) |
| 1987 | → Gillingham (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Gillingham | 64 | (11) |
| 1989–1990 | Bournemouth | 56 | (8) |
| 1990–1993 | Newcastle United | 105 | (35) |
| 1993–1996 | Chelsea | 103 | (17) |
| 1996 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 1996–2002 | Queens Park Rangers | 186 | (34) |
| 2001 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gavin Keith Peacock (born 18 November 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as Midfielder and striker from 1984 until 2002 notably in the Premier League for Newcastle United and Chelsea.
He also played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers, Gillingham, Bournemouth and Charlton Athletic. He then worked in the media as a pundit, and in September 2008 relocated to Canada to study theology with a view to becoming a Christian minister.
Peacock comes from a footballing family, his father Keith played for Charlton. Though Peacock followed Charlton Athletic as a child, he maintained a soft spot for Newcastle United. His father’s side of the family are from North East England, they followed Newcastle United and Peacock in his youth owned Newcastle replica shirts; he also regularly visited South Shields on the Peacock family holidays.
Peacock lived in Crayford, Kent, and attended Bexley Grammar School as a child. He played schoolboy international football for England.
Peacock started his career at Queens Park Rangers, making 17 appearances in the First Division and scoring once before he moved to Third Division Gillingham in 1987 in a move which was started by his father, Keith, Gillingham's manager. Shortly after joining, his father was sacked by the club but Gavin remained on as a player until after their relegation to the Fourth Division in 1989.
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