Peter Hobday (footballer)
Peter Hobday ( born April 9, 1961 in London ) is a former English footballer.
Sports career
Hobday began his career in the English third division side FC Gillingham before 1980 in the third-rate German amateur league to TuS Schloss Neuhaus, a predecessor organization of today's SC Paderborn 07, joined. There succeeded the Vorstopper and defensive midfielder two years later than Westphalia master of promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. After Hobday with his club as Table descent directly, he joined the Stuttgarter Kickers still second-rate.
Also in Stuttgart remained Hobday three years before he moved to 96 Erstligaabsteiger Hanover. Hobday succeeded with his new club, the direct re-emergence and completed his first season in the Bundesliga on a mid-table from. Then he moved in 1988 to Eintracht Frankfurt, who had just won the DFB-Pokal.
Hobday debut for Eintracht in the Supercup match against reigning champions Werder Bremen and arrived later in the Europe Cup Winners' Cup in four games for use. The championship round was, however, disappointing and Hobday could keep up with his club, the class only because in two relegation matches against the third-placed 2nd League 1 FC Saarbrücken was almost won.
The subsequent season ended prematurely for Hobday after only two missions. When a car accident on February 14, 1989, he retired to a triple skull fracture and a brain contusion, so it turned out a long time for his club and had to end his career in the Bundesliga after a comeback attempt against SV Waldhof Mannheim for the time being.
It was not until the 1993/94 season he rejoined his first German club, which now TuS Paderborn Neuhaus was, at. Despite the profit of the league championship Hobday missed with his club in the play- offs the rise. He joined the then also third-rate Arminia Bielefeld on, with which he returned to climb two successes in series in the Bundesliga. After a few missions in the first half of the season the season 1996/97 Hobday was transferred to the second division to Rot- Weiss Essen, where he was, however, used only sporadically in the remaining games of the season. Hobdays professional career was thus terminated after 275 games in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga ( including 61 Erstligaeinsätze ) and 35 gates.
His last position was as a footballer then in the amateur field of one-year stay for the LR Ahlen in the Regionalliga West / Southwest before Hobday finished his career to work in the future as a coach. After he had already learned the coaching profession in England, he earned 1999 A license of the DFB is to serve professional clubs can. Currently Peter Hobday performs a football school and a sports store in Paderborn.