Peter Jackson made his name at his hometown club, Bradford City, joining the Bantams as apprentice in 1978, and he went on to play over 300 games in all competitions before joining Newcastle United for £250,000 in October 1986.

He spent a couple of seasons at St James' Park before returning to Valley Parade in 1988 and two years later he was on the move again, this time to Huddersfield Town.

A further 150 League games followed in the blue and white of Huddersfield before he linked up with the blue and white of Chester City, and it was at the Deva Stadium where his League playing career came to an end. Following a brief spell with Halifax Town, he returned to Huddersfield as their manager in October 1997.

His two seasons in charge saw him guide the Terriers to safety as they won their battle to avoid relegation from Division One and the following season he led them to a respectable tenth position. But, in May 1999, he was replaced as Town boss by Steve Bruce.

Four years and three further managers later, Huddersfield found themselves in the Third Division having survived a period of administration and on his return to the West Yorkshire, Peter, who kept in touch with the game via media work in his four years out of management, inherited a squad that comprised of just eight senior players.

He immediately set out to put together a squad that was capable of an immediate return to the Second Division and, after a play-off semi-final success over the Imps and a penalty shoot-out victory over Mansfield Town at the Millennium Stadium, promotion was secured.

He led the Terriers to a ninth place finish in their first season back in Second Division whilst in 2005/06 then finished fourth only to miss out on promotion via the play-offs, losing 3-2 to Barnsley in the semi-finals. Peter stayed with Huddersfield until March 2007 when he left the club by mutual consent with the Terriers mid-table in League One.

Peter was appointed as Lincoln City manager on October 30th 2007, a fortnight after the departure of John Schofield and with the Imps joint bottom of the Coca-Cola League 2 table.