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{{Short description|English football player and manager (born 1945)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Keith Peacock
| image = 
| fullname = 
| height = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Barnehurst]] [[Kent]], England
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
| years1 = 1962–1979
| clubs1 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]<ref name="Hug" />
| caps1 = 532
| goals1 = 92
| years2 = 1979
| clubs2 = [[Columbus Magic]]
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| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1979–81
| clubs3 = [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] (indoor)
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1979–1982
| managerclubs1 = [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 1981–1987
| managerclubs2 = [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]
| manageryears3 = 1989–1991
| managerclubs3 = [[Maidstone United F.C. (1897)|Maidstone United]]
| manageryears4 = 2011
| managerclubs4 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] (caretaker)
}}
'''Keith Peacock''' (born 2 May 1945) is an English former [[association football|footballer]] and [[coach (sport)|manager]].  He was the first player to come on as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] in [[the Football League]].

==Early life==
Peacock was born in [[Barnehurst]].<ref name="Hug">{{cite book |first=Barry J.|last= Hugman |title=Canon League Football Players' Records 1946-1984|publisher=Newnes Books |year=1984|isbn=0-6003-7318-5|page=374}}</ref> and educated at [[Erith School|Erith Grammar School]].

==Playing career==
Peacock played his entire professional career for [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], making over 500 [[Football League]] appearances between 1962 and 1979.<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/charlton/charlton.html Charlton Athletic post-war player statistics]</ref> In May 1963 he scored in the 2-1 last day of season victory at [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] that kept Charlton in the second tier and relegated Walsall.{{cn|date=July 2022}}  On 21 August 1965, he became the first [[Substitute (football)|substitute]] used in [[the Football League]] when he replaced injured [[Goalkeeper (football)|goalkeeper]] [[Mick Rose]] after 11 minutes of an away match against [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/jul/25/theknowledge.sport|title=What ever happened to Len Shackleton's old club?|date=25 July 2001|website=the Guardian}}</ref>

He played for the [[Columbus Magic]] of the [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|ASL]] before joining his old friend [[Gordon Jago]] as his assistant manager and player at the [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]] until 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/2008/10/keith-peacock-1981-id-assistant-coach.html|title=TAMPA BAY ROWDIES APPRECIATION BLOG (1975 to 1993): Keith Peacock 1981 (id); Assistant Coach 1979 - 1982|first=Tb|last=Rowdie|date=28 October 2008}}</ref> Peacock's last appearance as a player for the Rowdies was during the [[1980–81 NASL Indoor season|1980–81]] indoor season.

==Managerial career==
Peacock was manager of [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] between 1981 and 1987 and then [[Maidstone United F.C. (1897)|Maidstone United]] between 1989 and 1991. He later served as assistant manager at [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] before stepping down after the resignation of [[Alan Curbishley]] in 2006. He moved to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] where he became first a scout and then assistant manager under [[Alan Pardew]] and Alan Curbishley. He ended this role at the end of the [[2006–07 in English football|2006–07]] season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/latest-news?page_id=9256|title=Latest &#124; West Ham United|website=whufc.com}}</ref>

In September 2007 Peacock returned to Charlton in the role of honorary associate director.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31290&newstype=n |title=Peacock announced as Addicks ambassador |access-date=24 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007190243/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31290&newstype=n |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 4 January 2011, Peacock was appointed caretaker manager of Charlton following the departure of [[Phil Parkinson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/|title=Football|website=mirror}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Peacock married Lesley and has a son, [[Gavin Peacock|Gavin]] (born 1967), who also became a professional footballer. He also has a daughter called Lauren<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialplayersites.com/players/peacock/biography/|title=- The official web site of Gavin Peacock - OfficialPlayerSites.com|website=officialplayersites.com}}</ref> and four grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article4036277.ece|title=Gavin Peacock convinced God is on his side|author=Cascarino, Tony|work=The Times|date=31 May 2008|access-date=2008-05-31 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2004, his autobiography ''No Substitute'' was published by [[Charlton Athletic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Substitute-autobiography-Keith-Peacock/dp/B002OI55CE|title=Many Miles|first=Charlie|last=Connelly|date=18 November 2001|via=Amazon}}</ref> In 2013, he was inducted into the Charlton Athletic Hall of Fame.

==References==
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{{Charlton Athletic F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{Gillingham F.C. managers}}
{{Charlton Athletic F.C. managers}}
{{Charlton Athletic F.C. Hall of Fame}}

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