Peter Spiring
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter John Spiring | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Glastonbury, England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Bristol City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1968–1973 | Bristol City | 63 | (16) |
| 1971 | → Washington Darts (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1973–1974 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1974–1976 | Luton Town | 15 | (2) |
| 1976–1983 | Hereford United | 227 | (20) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Peter Spiring (born 13 December 1950 in Glastonbury) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League playing as a Winger for Bristol City, Luton Town and Hereford United,[1] and in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for Washington Darts.[2]
Spiring started his career at Bristol City before being sold to Liverpool for £60,000 in March 1973. He did not play a first team match at Anfield, only featuring on the bench twice,[3] and was later sold to Luton Town for £70,000.[4] He went on to spend eight seasons at Hereford United.
Spiring's son Reuben played first-class cricket for Worcestershire.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Peter Spiring". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/peterspiring.htm. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "North American Soccer League Players Peter Spiring". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Spiring.Peter.htm. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Player Profile Peter Spiring". LFCHistory. http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=1141. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Transfers for the 1974-1975 season". LFCHistory. http://www.lfchistory.net/seasontransfers.asp?season_id=16. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Spiring calls it quits". BBC Sport. 20 July 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/1448961.stm. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
[edit] External links
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
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