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Martin Peters
MBE
Peters in 2007
Personal information
Full name Martin Stanford Peters
Date of birth 8 November 1943
Place of birth Plaistow, Essex, England
Date of death 21 December 2019(2019-12-21) (aged 76)
Place of death London, England
Height 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1970 West Ham United 302 (81)
1970–1975 Tottenham Hotspur 189 (46)
1975–1980 Norwich City 206 (44)
1980–1981 Sheffield United 24 (3)
1982–1983 Gorleston
Total 721 (174)
International career
1966–1974 England 67 (20)
Managerial career
1981 Sheffield United
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  England
FIFA World Cup
Winner1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Stanford Peters MBE (8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager. He played for England national team.

In 2016, it was announced that Peters had Alzheimer's disease.[1] Peters died on 21 December 2019 in London from the disease at the age of 76.[2][3][4]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 1961–62 First Division 500000—50
1962–63 First Division 3681021—399
1963–64 First Division 3230040—363
1964–65 First Division 35520109[a]1476
1965–66 First Division 4011401036[a]36017
1966–67 First Division 41142062—4916
1967–68 First Division 40143232—4618
1968–69 First Division 42193332—4824
1969–70 First Division 3171020—347
Total 302811653110154364100
Tottenham Hotspur 1969–70 First Division 72———72
1970–71 First Division 42952744[b]45819
1971–72 First Division 3510527314[c]26117
1972–73 First Division 411531858[d]36024
1973–74 First Division 356101012[d]84914
1974–75 First Division 2942000—314
Total 189461652312381726680
Norwich City 1974–75 Second Division 102———102
1975–76 First Division 421052313[e]15314
1976–77 First Division 42711203[e]0488
1977–78 First Division 347200000367
1978–79 First Division 391010323[e]04612
1979–80 First Division 4083050—488
Total 207441231339124151
Frankston City (guest) 1979[6] Victorian State League 53———5 3
Sheffield United 1980–81 Third Division 24400202[e]0284
Career total 727178441369256422904238
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in European Cup Winners' Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Texaco Cup
  3. ↑ Twelve appearances two goals in UEFA Cup; two appearances in Anglo-Italian League Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  5. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Anglo-Scottish Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
England
1966113
196742
196883
196983
1970125
197182
197230
1973112
197420
Total6420
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Peters goal.
List of international goals scored by Martin Peters[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
126 June 1966Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland1–03–0Friendly
230 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England West Germany2–14–2
(aet)		1966 FIFA World Cup
322 October 1966Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland2–02–01966–67 British Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
421 October 1967Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales Wales1–03–01966–67 British Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
56 December 1967Wembley Stadium, London, England Soviet Union2–22–2Friendly
624 February 1968Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–01–1British Home Championship/UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
78 May 1968Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain Spain1–12–1UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
822 May 1968Wembley Stadium, London, England Sweden1–03–1Friendly
93 May 1969Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–03–11968–69 British Home Championship
1010 May 1969Wembley Stadium, London, England Scotland1–04–11968–69 British Home Championship
114–0
1221 April 1970Wembley Stadium, London, England Northern Ireland1–03–1British Home Championship
1320 May 1970Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Colombia1–04–0Friendly
142–0
1514 June 1970Estadio León, León, Mexico West Germany2–02–3
(aet)		1970 FIFA World Cup
1625 November 1970Wembley Stadium, London, England East Germany2–04–1Friendly
173 February 1971Empire Stadium, Gżira, Malta Malta1–01–0UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
1822 May 1971Wembley Stadium, London, England Scotland2–04–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
1915 May 1973Wembley Stadium, London, England Wales3–03–01972–73 British Home Championship
2019 May 1973Wembley Stadium, London, England Scotland1–01–01972–73 British Home Championship

Honours

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Football

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West Ham United[9]

Tottenham Hotspur[9]

International[9]

Individual

Orders and special awards

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  • MBE for services to football, (1978).[12]

References

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Books

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  • Peters, Martin (2006). The Ghost of '66. Orion Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7528-8149-2.

Internet

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  1. ↑ "FA wants Fifa to investigate possible dementia link to ex-footballers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "A statement from the family of Martin Peters | West Ham United". www.whufc.com.
  3. ↑ "Martin Peters RIP". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Martin Peters: 1966 World Cup winner and West Ham legend dies aged 76". BBC Sport. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ↑ Martin Peters at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. ↑ "Victorian State League 1979 Season Results".
  7. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Martin Peters (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  8. ↑ "England Players - Martin Peters". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 McNulty, Phil (21 December 2019). "Martin Peters obituary - 'a trailblazer for modern midfielders'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties". Beyond The Last Man. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "1969-1970 British Team of the Season". BigSoccer. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  12. ↑ Critchley, Mark (22 December 2019). "Martin Peters: Why 'The Ghost' and 1966 World Cup winner was so pivotal to England's finest hour". The Independent.


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