Noel Luke

Noel Luke

Personal information
Full name	Noel Emmanuel Luke[1]
Date of birth	(1964-12-28) 28 December 1964 (age 60)
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

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

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

1. "Noel Luke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. Rollin, Jack (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 418. ISBN 0-356-17911-7. OCLC 655598315.
3. Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
4. 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.
5. Peterborough Today - manager debuts 21/11/09
6. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1993). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.