Despite his ability as a top-class defender he will be mostly remembered for his involvement in a betting scandal[2] that led to him being banned from football for eight years between 1964 and 1972.

Peter Swan was born in South Elmsall near Pontefract in West Yorkshire on 8 October 1936, he was one of seven children, all boys.

Swan played for Doncaster Schools as a teenager and joined Sheffield Wednesday as a 15-year-old amateur in 1952, working part-time at Armthorpe Colliery at the same time.

In an interview with The Times newspaper in July 2006, Swan said "We lost the game fair and square, but I still don't know what I'd have done if we'd been winning.

Swan was banned on Monday 13 April 1964 just as he was preparing to play against Tottenham that evening, his place in the team being taken by Vic Mobley.

Wednesday manager Derek Dooley offered Swan a contract for 1973–74 but this involved playing reserve team football and helping the young players.

Swan scored on his debut for Bury against Torquay United after just three minutes after playing over 300 matches for Sheffield Wednesday and never finding the net.

His first season at the helm was a great success, with Matlock getting past the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup for only the second time in the club's history.

He eventually returned as manager in November 1980, with his second spell at the club lasting just over a year after a poor run of results.

He released a biographical book in September 2006 called "Setting The Record Straight" written in conjunction with Nick Johnson and with a heartfelt foreword by Jimmy Greaves (ISBN 0-7524-4022-5).