Peter Ramage

Newcastle United

Ramage played in the same youth team as Taylor, Michael Chopra and Adam Rundle under Alan Irvine, before later being coached by former Newcastle players Kenny Wharton and Peter Beardsley. He would later partner Taylor in central defence when they broke into the first team. In the reserve team he was coached by another former United player, Tommy Craig. In March 2003, Ramage won the Jackie Milburn Trophy, given each year to the rising star of north-east football. He worked his way through Newcastle's youth system and captained the Newcastle reserve side before making his breakthrough to the first team squad. Ramage made his first team debut as a substitute in Newcastle's UEFA Cup round-of-16 match second leg against Olympiacos on 16 March 2005, winning 4–0, as the club won 7–1 on aggregate to the next round. His first league start at Old Trafford in the 2–1 defeat to Manchester United on 24 April 2005. He followed this up with several first team starts due to injuries to other defenders in the Newcastle squad. At the end of the 2004–05 season, Ramage went on to make five appearances in all competitions. On 1 June 2005, he signed a three–year contract with the club, keeping him until 2008. At the start of the 2005–06 season, Ramage found himself out of the starting eleven for Newcastle United in the first two months to the season. He made his first appearance of the season against rivals, Sunderland on 23 October 2005 and helped the club win 3–2. After…

While playing for Crystal Palace, Ramage began taking up coaching badges in hopes of moving to management when his football career ends. In June 2016, he was awarded the UEFA A licence.

Arizona United SC/Phoenix Rising FC

On 3 August 2016, United Soccer League club Arizona United SC announced that it had signed Ramage. He made his debut for the club on the same day, starting the whole game, in a 3–2 win against Vancouver Whitecaps 2. Since making his debut for Arizona United SC, Ramage received a number of first team run ins for the rest of the 2016 season. At the end of the 2016 season, he went on to make eleven appearances in all competitions. Ramage was one of four players that transitioned to the renamed Phoenix Rising FC in 2017. He captained the club in their first match, starting the whole game, in a 1–0 loss against Toronto FC II on 25 March 2017. Since joining Phoenix Rising, Ramage became a first team regular, playing in the centre–back position. He then scored his first goal for the club, scoring from a header, in a 4–3 win against Swope Park on 23 April 2017. His second goal for Phoenix Rising came on 27 August 2017 against Sacramento Republic, scoring from a header, in a 3–1 win. At the end of the 2017 season, Ramage went on to make twenty–six appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. On 24 October 2017, he departed the club as a player in October 2017. Shortly, Ramage announced his retirement from professional football. He was hired as an…

As of 10 August 2018

Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Ramage is the son of Iain Ramage, a former semi-professional rugby union player and international SRU referee, who was an assistant referee at both the 1999 and 2003 World Cup. He grew up in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, but moved to the Newcastle area at the age of twelve and attended Valley Gardens Middle School and Whitley Bay High School. As a youngster, Ramage was with Cramlington Juniors, the local boys' club, and then joined the Newcastle United academy, playing alongside his Valley Gardens schoolmate Steven Taylor. Growing up, he reflected on his childhood, saying: "When I started playing football he ran one of the junior teams I played for along with one of the other lads' dads. He didn't pressure me into playing rugby because he was a top player himself. But he's encouraged me, as have the rest of my family, but my dad's been the main one. I enjoy going. I love watching rugby and I love watching my dad. It's good to get away from football some time. When I was about 4 years old. It's just where I'm from. All I did was play football. My parents were strict of me to do my education and I was good at it. But I wanted to play football full time." Ramage also grew up supporting Newcastle United. Ramage is married to his wife, Tanisha and has two children.