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Peter Reader (footballer)

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Peter Reader
Personal information
Full name Peter Edward Reader
Date of birth (1941-03-08) 8 March 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth East Ham, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 West Ham United 0 (0)
1961–1962 Millwall 1 (0)
Gravesend & Northfleet
International career
1958–1959 England Youth 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Edward Reader (born 8 March 1941) is an English former football goalkeeper.[1]

Reader was born in East Ham and played youth football for West Ham United. There, he played for the winning side in the final of the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup at Stamford Bridge on 14 October 1959 (the final had been deferred from the 1958–59 season), having shared goalkeeping duties with Frank Caskey in previous rounds.[2]

Reader received a total of 11 caps for England at youth level, including the British Youth Championships in the 1957–58 and 1958–59 seasons.[3]

Reader did not make a senior appearance for West Ham and was transferred to Millwall in June 1961. At Millwall, he made a single appearance, against Tranmere Rovers on 11 November 1961. Millwall lost the game 5–1.[4] He went on to join Gravesend & Northfleet, then of the Southern League Premier Division.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Reader". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. ^ Hillier, Roger. "1959 FA Youth Cup Final/The Class of 1959". theyflysohigh. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Peter Reader International Stats". 11v11. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Millwall Stats 1961–62". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Peter Reader". thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2018.