Peter Withnell

Peter Withnell is a Northern Irish former association footballer and Gaelic footballer.

Early life

Withnell played football at age eleven before taking a break and playing it again at age fifteen.

Sporting career

In Gaelic football, Withnell was part of the Down senior team that won the 1991 [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]. In Gaelic football, he played as a defender, midfielder and forward.
In association football, Withnell won the League of Ireland Premier Division with Dundalk in the 1994–95 [League of Ireland Premier Division|1994-1995 season]. He had previously played for Northern Irish lower league side Kilmore Rec. Withnell moved to Cliftonville in January 1999. At the end of the 1998–99 season he scored once in the first match and a hat-trick in the second match of the relegation playoff against Ards, ensuring his club avoided relegation.