Peter Whiston, who joined Exeter City from Torquay United in an exchange deal for Darran Rowbotham in 1991, made over eighty league appearances for the Grecians before later playing for Southampton and Shrewsbury Town. He had started his professional career at Plymouth Argyle.

Widnes-born Peter came through the youth ranks at Home Park whilst working at Devonport dockyard and, after signing professionally in December 1987, made his Plymouth Argyle debut in May 1989. Struggling to win a first-team place Peter made just ten league appearances before joining Torquay United, initially on loan then permanently, for whom he was to make forty league appearances. Although injury had ruled him out of Torquay’s successful play-off campaign in 1991, Peter had played in four of the club’s first five games of the 1991/92 season when he joined Exeter City in September 1991 for a reported fee of £25,000 in what was effectively a player-exchange deal with Darran Rowbotham moving in the opposite direction for the same fee.

With Plymouth Argyle due a “sell-on” for both players, the deal was eventually scrutinised by a tribunal but not before Peter quickly impressed new Grecians manager Alan Ball on his way to making 85 league appearances through to the end of the 1993/94 season. An accomplished defender, but not always having the best of luck with injuries, Peter also contributed seven league goals during his time with the Grecians.

Then, after Alan Ball had become manager of Southampton in January 1994, Peter followed him to the Dell in August 1994 in a somewhat surprising £30,000 move. Making just one substitute appearance in the league for the Saints, Peter joined Shrewsbury - again initially on loan then permanently - in September 1995 where he made 55 league appearances before injury hit once more forcing him to leave the professional game after featuring in all four divisions. Continuing to play non-league football with Stafford Rangers and Bangor City Peter set about becoming a financial adviser and, returning to the north west of England, later ran a number of financial service companies in Lancashire.