Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Sheffield United
L-Z
772) Richard Lucas
PNE 50 apps; 0 goals
Blades 10 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 28/12/1992 v Exeter (H) â€" Drawn 2-2
880) Chris Lucketti
PNE 161 apps; 9 goals
Blades 17 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 25/08/2001 v Grimsby (A) â€" Drawn 2-2
97) Peter McIntyre
PNE 87 apps; 5 goals
Blades 3 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 03/09/1898 v Sunderland (H) Lost 2-3
456) Andy McLaren
PNE 69 apps; 29 goals
Blades 31 apps; 4 goals
PNE debut 04/01/1947 v Grimsby (H) Won 3-0
721) Mark Patterson
PNE 55 apps 19 goals
Blades 74 apps; 4 goals
PNE debut 27/08/1998 v Port Vale (H) Lost 1-3
410) Jack Pears
PNE 18 apps; 4 goals
Blades 13 apps; 3 goals
PNE debut 17/03/1934 v Notts Co. (H) Won 2-0
737) Nathan Peel
PNE 10 apps; 1 goal
Blades 74 apps; 4 goals
PNE debut 25/08/1990 v Grimsby (H) Lost 1-3
724) Tony Philliskirk
PNE 16 apps; 6 goals
Blades 80 apps; 20 goals
PNE debut 11/02/1989 v Bristol Rovers (H) Drawn 1-1
831) Mark Rankine
PNE 233 apps; 12 goals
Blades 19 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 17/09/1996 v Tottenham (H) Drawn 1-1
905) Andy Smith
PNE 14 apps 0 goals
Blades 6 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 07/08/2004 v Watford (H) Won 2-1
131) Joe Walton
PNE 25 apps; 4 goals
Blades 60 apps; 5 goals
PNE debut 29/03/1902 v Stockport (H) Won 4-0
334) Norman Wharton
PNE 13 apps; 0 goals
Blades 70 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 02/04/1926 v Darlington (H) Drawn 0-0
705) Paul Williams
PNE 1 app; 0 goals
Blades 8 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 05/01/1987 v Crewe (H) Won 1-0
Player Profile Mark Patterson
Mark Andrew Patterson was born in Darwen 24 May 1965. Patterson served his apprenticeship with Blackburn before signing professionally for the club in May 1983. In his first season Patterson scored 7 goals from 29 appearances for Blackburn. The 1984/85 season Patterson was limited to just nine appearances.
The following season was his most successful for Rovers, scoring 10 goals in 26 appearances. This included his first hat-trick in a 6-1 victory against Sheffield United in April 1986.
The next two seasons Patterson scored three goals in 37 appearances culminating in a Wembley appearance as a substitute in June 1988 as Rovers beat Charlton 1-0 in the Full Members Cup Final.
After making 101 appearances and scoring 20 goals, Patterson joined Third Division Preston on 15 June 1988 for a fee of £20,000.
Patterson's debut for PNE was on the opening day of the 1988/89 season as the Whites were beaten 3-1 at home to Port Vale. In September saw Patterson score his first goal for the club in a 1-0 victory at home to Blackpool and score a brace in a 3-3 draw against Chester. Following the departure of Gary Brazil to Newcastle in February 1989, Patterson took over penalty duties for the club. In the remainder of the season Patterson scored seven times, five of these as penalties with three of the five penalties in consecutive matches. In total Patterson made 42 league appearances for the season scoring 15 goals, five goals behind leading scorer Tony Ellis as Preston reached the play offs. Patterson scored against Port Vale in the second leg to make it 1-1 on the night and 2-2 on aggregate. But two second half goals by Port Vale ended PNE's first appearance in the play-offs.
Preston struggled the following season and Patterson only made 13 appearances before being transferred to Bury for £80,000. His last appearance for the club was in a 1-0 home defeat to Rotherham on 20 January 1990 after scoring 19 goals from 55 appearances.
His four goals from 20 appearances help Bury reached the play-offs but were beaten by Tranmere. On 10 January 1991 Patterson joined Bolton for £65,000 after scoring 10 goals from 42 appearances for the Shakers.
His debut for Bolton was on 12 January 1991, coming on as a substitute in a 1-1 draw at Bradford and scored his first goal for Bolton on 1 March 1991 at Tranmere. Two goals from 19 appearances help Patterson achieve his third successful Division Three play-off with three different clubs. After victory in the semi-final against his former club, Bolton lost 1-0 in the final at Wembley against Tranmere.
Patterson became a regular in the Bolton side making 36 appearances in 1991/92. The following season Bolton finished runners up to Third Division Champions Stoke by three points when he made 37 league appearances and captain the side on occasions.
The 1994/95 season saw Bolton promoted to the Premiership when they beat Reading 4-3 in the play off final at Wembley.
Patterson's first game in the Premiership was on 19 August 1995 in a 3-2 defeat at Wimbledon. His only goal in the Premiership for Bolton was in the following month in a 5-2 defeat at Liverpool. Patterson's 169 th and final league game for Bolton was a 1-0 home defeat to Liverpool on 9 December. He had scored 11 goals.
Patterson joined Sheffield United on 22 December 1995 for a fee of £300,000 plus Nathan Blake and made his debut for the Blades the following day in a 2-2 draw at Stoke. Patterson made 21 appearances for Sheffield United scoring twice helping them pull away from the lower half of the First Division
The 1996/97 season saw Patterson make 35 league appearances for the Blades scoring one goal. The goal was in a 3-1 home win against Huddersfield on 3 December 1996. He joined Southend on loan on 27 March, until the end of the season. Patterson made four appearances in his first spell for the club but did not finish on the winning side. His debut was a 0-0 draw at Swindon on 5 April and made his home debut a week later in a 1-1 draw. His spell ending with heavy defeats at Wolves and Grimsby.
Patterson returned to Sheffield United for 1997/98 scoring the winner at Reading in November. His last game for the Blades was a 3-2 win at home to Stoke on 2 December 1997. Patterson had scored four goals in 74 league appearances.
Patterson joined Neil Warnock at Bury for a fee of £125,000 on 10 December 1997 and made his debut on Boxing Day in a 0-0 draw at Tranmere. Patterson scored on his home debut two days later in a 1-1 draw against Crewe.
In December 1998 Patterson joined Blackpool on loan making his debut on 12 December in a 0-0 draw at Bloomfield Road against Wycombe. His seventh and last appearance for Blackpool was a 3-0 defeat at Oldham in January 1989.
Patterson return to Bury and made his last appearance on 27 February in a 4-0 defeat at Tranmere. For Bury, Patterson made 31 league appearances scoring two goals.
At the end of March Patterson transferred to Southend on a free transfer. After a defeat on his second debut, he registered his only victory in his second game as Southend beat Leyton Orient 3-0. His fifth and final game was on 13 April 1999 in a 1-0 home defeat against Cardiff.
On retiring from football the he gained his UEFA B coaching badge with support from the PFA did some radio work and coached at Bolton Wanderers Academy.
Patterson joined Accrington Stanley in September 2000 and later UniBond First Division side Rossendale United in the summer of 2001. Then in November 2001 Patterson joined Conference side Scarborough as player coach and made his debut in a 1-0 home victory to Farnborough. After 23 appearances Patterson left by mutual consent in November 2002.
Patterson joined Leigh RMI on a short term contract in December 2002 as he became Steve Waywell's assistant. Within the Month Waywell had joined Hyde and Patterson became manager of Leigh in January 2003. Leigh survived in the Conference and in a board room shake up he also became Commercial Manager in June 2003. But after a 4-1 home defeat by Barnet in October 2003, Patterson resigned as manager.
Patterson became manager of Chorley in November 2003 following the dismissal of Mark Molyneux and in February 2004 saw his side beat his former club Leigh RMI in the Lancashire Marsden Cup. Patterson left the club two months later.
Patterson replaced Neil Redfearn and his assistant Eric Winstanley at Scarborough prior to the start of the 2006/07 season. But the club, which has debts of over £2m, was compulsorily relegated from the Conference, and started the season in Conference North with 10 points deducted. They then failed to pay several players and, just three days into the season, the FA and Conference imposed an embargo, barring Scarborough from signing any more players until all outstanding wages were settled.
Due to injuries and a small playing squad Patterson, at the age of 41, had to register as a player. He left the club on 4 May 2007 by mutual consent, having failed to agree a new deal.
Patterson became a landscape gardener but was declared bankrupt in August 2007. He is also currently assistant manager to Phil Starbuck at Hednesford Town.