Andy Peak's last appearance after a long and honourable service
to the club was in the 2-0 Spalding Cup defeat by Hayes in October
1997. He deserved a more fitting finale. He had begun the season
by becoming the first Diamonds player to make 200 appearances
but was an early victim of the teams poor start to the season
and left Nene Park after adding four more Conference games to
the list.
Andy had played at Hayden Road and started his Diamonds career
in the clubs first season. His only goal came in the 2-0 victory
over Halesowen in the FA Vase reply in November 1992, but surprisingly
it wasn't until February 1993 that he established himself as
a regular in the back four. 1993/94 was even less memorable,
he began the season on the bench and the arrival of full back
Tim Wooding and the good form of central defenders Darrell Page
and John Flower restricted his starts in the title winning side
to a miserly 20. But better times were around the corner.
In 1994/95 he started in the team that reached the FA Trophy
semi final and the following year played a major role in the
club gaining promotion to the Conference. Missing for much of
the first part of the 996/97 season he returned for the home
match against Slough in March and was retained by Brian Talbot
for the impressive run in the secured Conference survival. He
was resealed the following season as Talbot look to strengthen
the Diamonds side.
| Nominee |
Votes |
| Andy
Peaks |
1238 |
| Michael McElhatton |
893 |
| Andy Kirkup |
238 |
| John Flower |
174 |
| Adie Mann |
161 |
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