Peter Marinello
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Marinello | ||
Date of birth | 20 February 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Salvesen's Boys Club | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1970 | Hibernian | 45 | (5) |
1970–1973 | Arsenal | 38 | (3) |
1973–1975 | Portsmouth | 95 | (7) |
1975–1978 | Motherwell | 89 | (12) |
1978 | Canberra City | 11 | (1) |
1978–1980 | Fulham | 27 | (1) |
1980–1981 | Phoenix Inferno | 25 | (17) |
1981–1983 | Heart of Midlothian | 21 | (3) |
1983–1984 | Partick Thistle | 6 | (0) |
Broxburn Athletic | |||
International career | |||
1969–1970 | Scotland U23[1] | 2 | (0) |
1978 | Scottish League XI[2] | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Marinello (born 20 February 1950) is a former Scottish football player.[3]
Marinello started his career at Hibernian, and could play either as a centre forward or right winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed "the next George Best" by the British press.[4] In January 1970 he joined Arsenal for £100,000 (a club record fee and the first time Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player) and he scored on his debut, against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 January 1970.
However after that his career quickly took a downturn, a combination of homesickness,[5] his celebrity lifestyle and heavy drinking[6] and a knee injury[6] led to a dip in form which meant he was left out of Arsenal's first team; he did not take part in Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970 and only played three matches in their 1970-71 Double-winning campaign.[5] Unable to break into the first team consistently in his Arsenal career, he only played eight league matches in 1971-72 and thirteen in 1972-73; he eventually left Arsenal in July 1973 for Portsmouth after failing to agree a new contract.[6] In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring five goals.
He later played for Motherwell, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle. Though he retired a wealthy man,[5] a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994.[6] He now lives in Bournemouth, Dorset.
References
- ^ "Peter Marinello". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Peter Marinello". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ Peter Marinello at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ "Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9". BBC.
- ^ a b c "Peter Marinello - Fallen Idle". FourFourTwo.
- ^ a b c d "Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow". The Scotsman.
- Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
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