Ryan Vincent Peters (born 21 August 1987) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a right back. He is currently manager of club Maidenhead United.
A product of the Brentford youth system, Peters began his senior career with the club in the Football League. After his release in 2008, he dropped into non-League football. Peters played for Margate, Braintree Town and Maidenhead United until his retirement in 2019. Beginning in 2015, he served Maidenhead United as first team coach and then assistant manager. He became interim manager of the club in November 2025 and was appointed to the role permanently in May 2026.
Playing career
Brentford After beginning his career as a forward and winger, Peters graduated from the Brentford youth team to the first team during the 2004–05 League One season and made his senior debut as a 51st-minute substitute for Jay Tabb in a 3–0 defeat to Peterborough United on 21 August 2004. He made his first start for the club in the following match, lasting 54 minutes of a 2–0 League Cup first round defeat to Ipswich Town, before being substituted for Jay Tabb. After a period away on loan in late 2004, Peters returned to the team in early 2005 and signed a one-year professional contract, with the option of a further year, effective from the end of the 2004–05 season. He scored the first senior goal of his career in a 3–3 draw with Sheffield Wednesday on 25 February 2005. Peters finished the 2004–05 season with 12 appearances and one goal.
Over the course of the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, Peters failed to break through into the first team and after Brentford's relegation to League Two and the appointment of new manager Terry Butcher in 2007, he fell out of favour. He made six appearances in the first two months of the 2007–08 season before leaving on loan and then being released in January 2008. During seasons at Griffin Park, Peters made 47 appearances and scored two goals.
Non-League football While a Brentford player, Peters had loan spells at Conference Premier clubs Gravesend & Northfleet, Crawley Town and Isthmian League Premier Division club AFC Wimbledon. He joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Margate on loan in October 2007 and joined the club on a permanent transfer in January 2008. He moved up to the Conference South to join Braintree Town in 2009 and one season later, he won the first silverware of his career when the Iron won the 2010–11 Conference South title. He played on for four further seasons at Braintree Town before leaving Cressing Road at the end of the 2014–15 season, by which time he had made 202 appearances and scored two goals for the club. Peters dropped back down to the National League South to follow former Braintree Town manager Alan Devonshire to Maidenhead United in May 2015. In his second season with the Magpies, he helped the club to the National League South title. He played on into the 2018–19 season, which was his last as a player.
International career Peters was capped by England Futsal in 2008.
Coaching career In 2012, Peters returned to Brentford to work in the club's Community Sports Trust and as of October 2020, he was the Trust's Elite Development Programme coach. From 2015 to May 2017, he coached Brentford Women. In May 2015, Peters joined National League South club Maidenhead United as player-first team coach and he was promoted into the role of assistant manager at the end of the 2018–19 season. Peters was appointed interim manager on 30 November 2025 following the retirement of his predecessor Alan Devonshire. He guided the team to a seventh-place finish in the 2025–26 National League South, with the club's season ending in a playoff quarter final defeat. In May 2026, Peters signed a two-year contract to manage the team on a permanent basis.
Personal life Peters is godfather to former Brentford teammate Karleigh Osborne's son.
Career statistics +Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBrentford2004–05League One9110101Appearances in Football League Trophy01212005–06League One1012010101412006–07League One1300000201502007–08League Two40—101060Total362303050472Gravesend & Northfleet (loan)2004–05Conference Premier10———10Crawley Town (loan)2006–07Conference Premier31——1041AFC Wimbledon (loan)2006–07Isthmian League Premier Division50———50Margate2007–08Isthmian League Premier Division302——1Appearance in Isthmian League Cup03122008–09Isthmian League Premier Division33700—1Appearance(s) in FA Trophy0347Total63900—20659Braintree Town2009–10Conference South38000—003802010–11Conference South21000—102202011–12Conference Premier26010—102802012–13Conference Premier31010—103302013–14Conference Premier39130—204412014–15Conference Premier31130—30371Total186280—802022Maidenhead United2015–16National League South18030—202302016–17National League South31000—1Appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup03202017–18National League13010—21 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup01602018–19National League0000—1010Total62040—60720Career total356141503022039614
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Ref Maidenhead United (interim)30 November 2025PresentTotal―
Honours Braintree Town Conference South: 2010–11
Maidenhead United National League South: 2016–17
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