Nigel Pepper

York City Following a lack of first team opportunities at Rotherham, Pepper signed for York City on a free transfer on 18 July 1990. He made his debut in the 1990–91 season against Maidstone United. He helped the club secure promotion in 1992-93 scoring one of York's penalties in the 1993 Playoff Final shootout victory at Wembley over Crewe. In that season he also took over as the clubs penalty taker and netted 19 out of 22 penalties between 1990 and 1997. He was also pivotal in York making the Playoff Semi-Finals the following season, although they did not secure promotion, losing 1–0 over two legs to Stockport County.

Pepper was a member of the York team that beat Manchester United over two legs in the League Cup in 1995. Having beaten a weakened United team 3–0 at Old Trafford, York were beaten 3–1 at Bootham Crescent in the second leg but went through 4–3 on aggregate.

The following season, also in the League Cup, Pepper played in the York side that defeated Everton 4–3 over two legs.

He made 281 league and cup appearances for the club, scoring 45 times. His final game for club came on 25 February 1997 when he scored in a 3–1 home win over Preston.

Bradford City Pepper joined Bradford City on 28 February 1997 for a fee of £100,000.

Pepper made just 15 appearances in league and cup for the club, but failed to find the net, in a period where on-field disciplinary problems haunted him.

Southend United Following his unhappy time in Scotland, on 23 December 1999 Pepper joined Southend United on loan for the remainder of the 1999/2000 season. He made a total of 12 appearances for The Seasiders, scoring 2 goals.

Scunthorpe United At the end of his contract with Aberdeen, Pepper signed for Scunthorpe United on 7 June 2000 where he was immediately installed as club captain. However, in only his second game for the club against Kidderminster he sustained a double leg fracture just 13 minutes into the game in a challenge with Paul Webb and despite the injuries Pepper retaliated at Webb earning him a red card while he was being stretchered off the pitch.

Pepper struggled for over a year to return to full fitness and although he made 1 further substitute appearance for the club he was released at the end of his contract in June 2002.

Barrow In 2004 Pepper joined non-League Barrow. He remained with the club until his retirement from football in 2008.

Honours York City Football League Third Division play-offs: 1993