Mark Peters

Mark William Peters (born 4 October 1983) is an English retired footballer who played as a forward. He began his career as a youth at Southampton, before transferring to Brentford, where he made appearances in the Football League. Following his departure in 2004, Peters embarked on a nomadic career in non-League football. He was capped by England C at international level in 2006.

Playing career

Southampton Peters began his career with Premier League club Southampton at the age of 11 and signed his first professional contract in October 2000. He scored 32 goals for the youth team during the 2000–01 season. Peters never made an appearance for the first team and a broken ankle suffered in 2001 hindered his progress. Peters departed the club in February 2002. He was not picked for the first team under Steve Coppell during the 2001–02 season and instead played for the reserves. Peters made his professional debut when he came on as a substitute for Mark McCammon after 77 minutes of a 1–1 draw with Port Vale on 19 October 2022. He christened his maiden start for the club with his first goal, in a 2–1 West London derby defeat versus Queens Park Rangers on 19 April 2003. After the sacking of Wally Downes and the arrival of new manager Martin Allen, Peters was released in March 2004. He made only 12 first team appearances during the 2003–04 season, though he was the top scorer for the reserve team. During his two years with the Bees, Peters made 24 appearances and scored one goal.

Non-League football Peters transferred to Conference club Farnborough Town in March 2004. He made just three appearances for the club. following a trial with Woking, he joined Conference South club Hornchurch on 8 November 2004. After making just one appearance, Peters returned to Frimley Green in mid-November 2004 and made seven appearances, scoring eight goals, A falling out with manager Ernie Howe saw Peters leave the club in November 2005, Following four appearances and one goal while with Conference South club Eastleigh on a trial basis, Peters joined Isthmian League Premier Division club AFC Wimbledon, for whom he made six appearances for the club without scoring, before departing on 2 February 2006. Peters finished the 2005–06 season with Frimley Green, for whom he scored 14 goals in 12 appearances.

Peters re-signed for Basingstoke Town in July 2006. He made eight appearances and scored two goals, before joining Wessex League Premier Division club Gosport Borough on a dual-registration on 11 October 2006. Peters scored four goals in his four appearances for the club. He appeared for Southern League First Division South & West club Uxbridge during the second half of the 2006–07 season.

Peters played the first half of the 2007–08 season with Walton & Hersham, scoring five goals in 11 appearances, before playing the second half of the season for Frimley Green.

Peters played the 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons for Combined Counties League Premier Division club Badshot Lea and scored 24 goals in 74 appearances.

International career Peters' form for Basingstoke Town won him a call up to the England C team in a friendly versus Conference club Forest Green Rovers on 5 September 2006. Peters began the match as a substitute and came on for Yemi Odubade after 65 minutes of the 1–0 defeat. 0 12 0

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