Peter Winn

Peter Harry Winn (born 19 December 1988) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Barton Town.

He started his career at Scunthorpe United, making his first-team debut at the age of 16 whilst a second-year scholar.

Winn began his career in the youth system at Scunthorpe United, and was named as the club's Young Player of the Year for the 2006–07 season.

He initially played as a goalkeeper when he first joined the club's youth set-up, later being deployed as a left winger from the age of 14 onwards.

He made his debut for Scunthorpe at the age of 17 while a second-year scholar at the club, starting in a 2–1 victory over Bradford City in the Football League Trophy in October 2006.

He also made an appearance as a second-half substitute in the same competition in the next round against Port Vale, with Scunthorpe losing the tie 5–3 on a penalty shoot-out, drawing 0–0 after extra-time.

The following season, Winn made four first-team appearances for the club, all of which came in Scunthorpe's league campaign.

He was loaned out to Northwich Victoria and Barrow respectively towards the latter stages of the 2008–09 season.

Winn joined Conference Premier club Gateshead the following season, initially on a two-month loan deal, before extending the agreement until the end of the season.

During the early stages of the 2008–09 season, Mansfield Town registered transfer interest in Winn, hoping to sign him on loan.

No loan agreement to Mansfield materialised and, later that month, he joined Northwich Victoria on loan from October 2008 until January 2009.

He played nine games and scored one goal, in a 1–1 draw against Salisbury City on 21 November 2008.

He had a trial at York City in February, playing in a reserve team game against Grimsby Town, although no transfer materialised.

Winn joined Barrow on an emergency one-month loan in February 2009, where he played three times before returning to his parent club.

During the 2009–10 season, Winn signed for Conference Premier club Gateshead on an agreement loan on 16 October 2009.

He scored on his debut, in Gateshead's 1–0 victory against Salisbury City on 31 October 2009.

In his second appearance for the club, he scored the equalising goal in an FA Cup tie against League One club Brentford, taking the game to a replay at Griffin Park.

His loan spell initially ended in December 2009, but he rejoined Gateshead on loan until the end of the season in February 2010.

His last goal for the club came in a 3–1 victory over Forest Green Rovers as Gateshead narrowly avoided relegation.

He played 27 times for the club during his two loan spells, scoring five times.

Winn was subsequently released by Scunthorpe at the end of the 2009–10 season, and was offered a contract by Gateshead shortly after.

On his return to Scunthorpe, Winn was released, and subsequently signed for League Two club Stevenage in 2010.

Winn rejected the contract offer from Gateshead and instead joined League Two club Stevenage on a one-year contract on 27 May 2010.

After the transfer had been completed, Winn stated that he had sent Stevenage manager Graham Westley a letter prior to moving to the club requesting a trial with the club.

On his move to the club, Winn stated "it's a good feeling having signed for Stevenage as I wanted to play in the Football League again next season and I've now got the chance".

Winn made his debut for Stevenage in the club's 2–2 draw against Macclesfield Town on 7 August 2010.

In his first season with Stevenage, Winn helped the club earn promotion to League One in May 2011.

The following season, Winn was loaned to Conference Premier clubs Cambridge United and Grimsby Town.

He scored his first goal for the club in Stevenage's 3–1 FA Cup win over Newcastle United in January 2011.

Winn scored Stevenage's third goal of the game in injury-time to seal the victory, describing the goal as the "biggest moment of his career".

He scored his first league goal for Stevenage in a 3–0 victory against Rotherham United on 25 January 2011.

Winn was sent-off for the first time in his career in a match against Southend United on 22 April 2011, after a challenge on Southend defender Sean Clohessy.

He returned to the first-team a month later, on 20 May 2011, in the play-off semi-final second leg against Accrington Stanley, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute in a 1–0 victory.

Winn was an unused substitute in the 2011 Football League Two play-off final eight days later, a 1–0 win against Torquay United, thus earning Stevenage promotion to League One.

He was released by Stevenage in May 2012, and joined Macclesfield Town of the Conference Premier a month later.

After two years at Macclesfield, Winn signed for divisional rivals Chester in July 2014, where he spent the 2014–15 season.

In July 2015, Winn joined his hometown club, Cleethorpes Town of the Northern Counties East Premier Division, and won the Northern Counties East League Cup in his first season there.

During the 2016–17 season, Winn helped the club to Northern Counties East Premier Division and Lincolnshire Senior Trophy titles, whilst also finishing runner-up in the FA Vase.

After three years at Cleethorpes, Winn joined Grimsby Borough of Northern Counties East Division One in July 2018, with the club winning the league title during his one season there.

He subsequently signed for divisional rivals Barton Town in July 2019.