{{short description|English footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Peter Frain | image = | caption = | fullname = Peter John Andrew Frain<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|6760|accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|18|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_place = Birmingham,<ref name=Hugman/> England | height = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1983–1984 | clubs2 = → Mansfield Town (loan) | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1987 | clubs3 = NSÍ (Faroe Islands) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 7 | nationalyears1 = 1982 | nationalteam1 = England U17 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = England U18 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = Knowle | manageryears2 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs2 = Alvechurch | manageryears3 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs3 = Highgate United | manageryears4 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs4 = Highgate United | manageryears5 = 2010 | managerclubs5 = Bolehall Swifts }}
'''Peter John Andrew Frain''' (born 18 March 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Mansfield Town.<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/mansfield/mansfield.html |title=Mansfield Town : 1946/47–2007/08 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref> After retiring as a player he took up management, most recently as manager of Midland Football Combination Premier Division side Bolehall Swifts.
==Playing career== Frain spent five years with West Bromwich Albion, during which time he played four times for the England under-18 team. He played twice in the Third Division of the Football League while on loan to Mansfield Town, but never appeared for his owning club. He went on to play in the Faroe Islands and in English non-League football.<ref name="Peter the great">{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Peter+the+great+is+on+a+High+as+the+fortunes+are...-a0173598240 |title=Peter the great is on a High as the fortunes are transformed at Tythe Barn Lane |first=Nick |last=Pullen |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |format=reprint |publisher=The Free Library (Farlex) |date=19 January 2008 |accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref>
==Management career== After retiring as a player Frain became a manager, first with Knowle,<ref name="Peter the great"/> and then in joint charge of Alvechurch alongside Paul Busst until the pair left the club in September 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alvechurchfc.com/Club%20History.htm |title=Club History |publisher=Alvechurch F.C |accessdate=21 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707121518/http://www.alvechurchfc.com/Club%20History.htm |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/archive/2005/09/14/Worcestershire+Archive/7808684.Boss_Frain_quits_troubled_Church/ |title=Boss Frain quits troubled Church |newspaper=Worcester News |date=9 September 2005 |accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref> The next month Frain was appointed manager of Midland Football Combination Premier Division club Highgate United.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=30029 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001022322/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=30029 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=1 October 2012 |title=Highgate appoint Frain |work=NonLeague Daily |date=3 October 2005 |accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref> In his second season with the club they finished third,<ref name="Peter the great"/> going one place better in 2007–08 and earning promotion to the Midland Football Alliance.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fchd.info/HIGHGATU.HTM |title=Highgate United |work=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629150614/http://www.fchd.info/HIGHGATU.HTM |archive-date=29 June 2008}}</ref> Frain left the club in late 2008 for work-related reasons, but returned only two weeks later.<ref name="Pete Frain returns">{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pete-frain-returns-to-highgate-united-71073 |title=Pete Frain returns to Highgate United |first=Nick |last=Pullen |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=16 October 2008 |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref> After a mid-table finish preceded a poor start to the 2009–10 season, Frain was sacked in September 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.solihullnews.net/solihull-sport/solihull-football/2009/09/04/frain-sacked-for-backing-players-105074-24609655/ |title=Frain sacked for backing players |newspaper=Solihull News |date=4 September 2009 |accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref> In January 2010, Frain returned to the Midland Combination as manager of Premier Division side Bolehall Swifts.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/news/West-Brom-man-s-change-Bolehall-Swifts/article-1772174-detail/article.html |title=Former West Brom man in as it's all change at Bolehall Swifts |first=Matt |last=Panter |newspaper=Tamworth Herald |date=28 January 2010 |accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref> After helping the club to an 18th-place finish in the Midland Football Combination Premier Division, Frain was replaced as manager in July 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/news/Ambitious-new-Bolehall-boss-vows-win-swift-promotion/article-2390687-detail/article.html |title=Ambitious new Bolehall boss vows to win swift promotion |first=Matt |last=Panter |newspaper=Tamworth Herald |date=8 July 2010 |accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2008, Frain was working as a logistics manager.<ref name="Pete Frain returns"/> He is the brother of former Birmingham City and Northampton Town footballer John Frain.<ref name="Peter the great"/>
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