Peter Durber

Peter Durber (8 May 1873 – 16 March 1963) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop North End and Stoke.^[1] He played in the Southern League for Southampton with whom he played in the 1900 FA Cup Final, beating three First Division clubs along the way.^[2]

Peter Durber

Personal information
Full name	Peter Durber[1]
Date of birth	(1873-05-08)8 May 1873
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death	16 March 1963(1963-03-16) (aged 89)
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
	Wood Lane
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Audley Town
1896–1898	Stoke	27	(0)
1898–1900	Southampton	43	(0)
1900–1901	Stoke	33	(0)
1901–1902	Glossop North End	30	(0)
1902–1906	Northampton Town	112	(0)
Total		245	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Durber was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Audley Town before joining Stoke in 1896.^[1] He played in two season under Horace Austerberry before leaving for Southampton in 1898.^[1] Durber was a defender who was part of Southampton's 1899 Southern League Championship winning team, and a finalist in the 1900 F.A. Cup final when the Saints were beaten 4–0 by Bury at the Crystal Palace. In May 2010, it was announced that his 1900 FA Cup runners-up medal and 1899 Southern League championship medal were to be sold at auction.^[3] The FA Cup Final medal was sold for £2,400.^[4]

He returned to Stoke in August 1900 and played 35 times in the 1900–01 season. He them spent a season with Glossop North End before enjoying a six-year spell at Northampton Town.^[1]

Career statistics

Source:^[5]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1896–97	First Division	17	0	2	0	19	0
	1897–98	First Division	10	0	1	0	11	0
Southampton	1898–99	Southern League	16	0	3	0	19	0
	1899–1900	Southern League	27	0	6	0	33	0
Stoke	1900–01	First Division	33	0	2	0	35	0
Glossop North End	1901–02	Second Division	30	0	2	0	32	0
Career total			133	0	16	0	149	0

Honours

Southampton

• Southern League Championship 1898–99
• FA Cup finalist: 1900