- Peter Mendham
Football player infobox
playername = Peter Mendham
fullname = Peter Stanley Mendham
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1960|4|9|df=y
cityofbirth =King's Lynn
countryofbirth =England
position = Midfielder
years = 1978-1987
1981
1987-88
1988-1989
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-
clubs = Norwich CityMiramar Rangers (loan)Kings Lynn Town Watton Town Hammarby NAC Breda Diss Town Wroxham Town Diss Town North Walsham Norwich United
caps(goals) = 211 0(23)Peter Stanley Mendham (born
9 April ,1960 inKing's Lynn ) is a former professional footballer who played for Norwich City. He was a midfielder, who played in the side that won the Milk Cup in 1985. In February 2007, he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for the attempted murder of his girlfriend.Career
Mendham came through the youth ranks at
Carrow Road , and played 267 first-team games (211 in the league), and scored 29 goals for the Canaries. He was forced to retire because of injury in 1987. He was a member of the Norwich teams that won theFootball League Cup in 1985, and the Second Division championship in 1986. Following his premature retirement, the club awarded Mendham a testimonial match againstReal Sociedad , and he continued to work for the club for several years as 'Football in the Community Officer'.After his retirement from the professional game, Mendham continued to play non-league football, and scored the winning goal for Diss Town in the final of the 1994
FA Vase at Wembley. He worked as a fundraiser for a charity in East Anglia after he stopped playing.In the 1990s, Peter coached youths and children in the Norwich area.
Criminal proceedings
On
19 October 2006 , Mendham was arrested, and later charged with the attempted murder of his 39-year-old girlfriend at their house in Norwich. The woman had suffered multiple stab wounds, and lost a kidney during emergency surgery [cite news | title=Footballer on murder bid charge | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/6072538.stm | publisher=BBC | date=2006-10-20 ] .In December 2006, Mendham denied the attempted murder charge, but one month later, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of wounding with intent [cite news | title=Former footballer faces jail term | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/6296115.stm | publisher=BBC | date=
2007-01-24 ] . On February 21, 2007, Mendham was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison [cite news | title=Ex-footballer jailed over attack | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/6382509.stm | publisher=BBC | date=2007-02-21 ] . On24 May 2007 , Mendham announced that he would appeal against the sentence [cite news | title=Mendham to appeal against sentence | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6687903.stm | publisher=BBC | date=2007-05-24 ] .Honours
As a player
* League Cup winner 1985
* Second division championship winner 1986
* FA Vase winner 1994References
External links
* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/mendham.htm Ex-canaries.co.uk]
* [http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED21%20Oct%202006%2010%3A44%3A59%3A287 Mendham is charged - report from Eastern Daily Press]Other sources
*"Canary Citizens" by Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
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