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Martin Peters

Martin Stanford PetersMBE(8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an Englishfootballerand manager. As a member of theEnglandteam which won the1966 FIFA World Cup,he scored the second of England's four goals in the final againstWest Germany.He also played in the1970 FIFA World Cup.[5]Born inPlaistow,Essex,he played club football forWest Ham United,Tottenham Hotspur,Norwich CityandSheffield United.He briefly managed Sheffield United before retiring from professional football in 1981.

Martin Peters
MBE
Peters in 1970
Personal information
Full name Martin Stanford Peters
Date of birth (1943-11-08)8 November 1943
Place of birth Plaistow,Essex,England
Date of death 21 December 2019(2019-12-21)(aged 76)
Place of death Brentwood,England[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
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 207 (44)
1979 Frankston City(guest) 5 (3)
1980–1981 Sheffield United 24 (4)
1982–1983 Gorleston
Total 727 (178)
International career
1960–1962 England Youth[3] 12 (1)
1962–1966 England U23[4] 5 (2)
1966–1974 England 67 (20)
Managerial career
1981 Sheffield United
Medal record
Men'sfootball
RepresentingEngland
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1966 England
UEFA European Championship
Third place 1968 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peters was known as "the completemidfielder"as he could pass the ball well with either foot, was good in the air and difficult to mark because of his movement.[6]Afree kickspecialist, he was described by England manager SirAlf Ramsey,after a game againstScotlandin 1968, as being "ten years ahead of his time".[7]His versatility was such that while he was at West Ham he played in every position in the team, including goalkeeper in his third game, replacing an injuredBrian Rhodes.[6]With his transfer from West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur in 1970, he became Britain's first £200,000 footballer.[8]

Early years

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Peters was born in Egham Road, off Beckton Road inPlaistow,Essex, on Monday 8 November 1943 during theSecond World War.His father, William Peters, was aThamesLighterman.Shortly after Peters' birth, he wasevacuatedwith his mother toShropshireto avoid the bombing of London by theLuftwaffe.[9]When he was seven his family moved toDagenham,where he attended the local Fanshawe School.[10]In schoolboy football, he played mostly as acentre-halfbut often as afull-back.[11]He came to the attention ofFulham,Arsenal,Tottenham HotspurandChelsea.Peters did not support any club as a schoolboy and favoured joining Chelsea as his friendTerry Venables,whom he had met playing for Dagenham Schoolboys, had signed for Chelsea.[12]After playing forEngland schoolboyshe wasscoutedbyWally St PierforWest Ham United.[12]In the summer of 1959 he was signed as a 15-year-old apprentice by West Ham.[13]

Club career

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West Ham United

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Peters jumping overMarkku Peltoniemiin a match between West Ham United andHJK Helsinki,1967

Peters signed his first professional contract in November 1960.[14]His first managerTed Fentonleft the club in 1961, to be replaced byRon Greenwood.He was a major influence on Peters and his progress as a young footballer.[15]In his first years with West Ham, Peters had played in both defensive and midfield positions before Fenton had encouraged him to play as aright-half.[14][16][17]He made his debut onGood Friday1962 in a 4–1 home win againstCardiff City.He scored his first goal for West Ham in a 6–1 win atManchester Cityon 8 September 1962.[18]Also in 1962, Peters played in goal for West Ham in a game against Cardiff after regular goalkeeper,Brian Rhodeshad been injured.[19]

Peters played only five games in his first season with West Ham. Although he played 32 league games in the 1963–64 season, he played no part in theirFA Cuprun and was not selected for theFA Cupfinal of 1964atWembley,in which they beatPreston North End3–2.[20]The following year, however, he established himself as a first team regular and was victorious at Wembley when West Ham won theEuropean Cup Winners Cupwith victory over1860 Munich.[21]He was usually partnered in midfield byEddie BovingtonandRonnie Boyce.[18]

Peters began to impose himself on West Ham's game, and another chance for silverware came in 1966 when West Ham reached theLeague Cup final.The occasion was still over two-legs with each of the finalists hosting a leg (though this changed to a one-off final at Wembley a year later), and Peters played in both matches. He scored in the second game but opponentsWest Bromwich Albionemerged as 5–3 winners onaggregate.[22][23][24]The 1968–69 season saw Peters' onlyhat-trickfor West Ham, in a 4–0 home defeat of West Bromwich Albion.[25]That was also his most prolific season: 24 goals came for him from 48 games.[18]

Tottenham Hotspur

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Peters (left, background) watchesPhil Bealattempting a goal line clearance in the second leg match of the1974 UEFA Cup final

Feeling he was in the shadows ofBobby MooreandGeoff Hurst,Peters sought a new challenge. In March 1970, West Ham received a record-breaking £200,000 (£150,000 cash) for Peters fromTottenham Hotspurand he moved to White Hart Lane, with Spurs and England strikerJimmy Greaves(valued at £50,000) going the other way.[26][8]On 21 March 1970, Peters scored on his Spurs debut againstCoventry City.[8]He won his first domestic winners' medal in 1971 when Spurs beatAston Villa2–0 in theLeague Cup final,[8]and his second European triumph when Spurs beatWolverhampton Wanderers3–2 on aggregate to win the1972 UEFA Cup final.At the time, this was the only all-English European final untilManchester Unitedbeat Chelsea in the2008 UEFA Champions League final.[8]WhenAlan Mulleryleft forFulhamin 1972,Bill Nicholsonmade Martin club captain. In the1973 Football League Cup final,Peters was the winning skipper as they defeatedNorwich City1–0. He completed one more full season with Spurs, who lost the1974 UEFA Cup finaltoFeyenoordonaggregate.[27]He then moved in March 1975 to Norwich City – managed by his former West Ham teammateJohn Bond– for a fee of £40,000.[26][28]In total Peters played 260 times in all competitions, scoring 76 goals.[29]

Norwich City

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Peters, then aged 31, made his debut appearance for Norwich on 15 March 1975 in a 1–1 away draw with Manchester United.[28]He helped newly promoted Norwich establish themselves in the First Division, making more than 200 appearances, and earning a testimonial against an all-star team which included most of the 1966 World Cup-winning England XI.[30]He was votedNorwich City F.C. Player of the Seasontwo years running, in 1976 and 1977, and in 2002 was made an inaugural member of theNorwich City F.C. Hall of Fame.[31]In 1978, whilst still a Norwich City player, Peters was awarded anMBEfor services toassociation football.[32]Peters also travelled to Australia and played as a guest player for Victorian State League sideFrankston City.For them he played five games, scoring three goals; the team won four and drew one of the matches in which he competed.[33][34]

Sheffield United

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He joinedSheffield Unitedon 31 July 1980 as player-coach, eventually replacingHarry Haslamas manager.[35]

International career

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Peters (left) as part ofThe Champions statue,Location: The Boleyn,Newham,London

1966 World Cup

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Alf Ramseyhad seen Peters' potential quickly, and in May 1966 he gave the young midfielder his debut forEngland national teamagainstYugoslaviaat Wembley.[36]England won 2–0 and Peters had an outstanding debut. Nearly scoring twice he set up chances forJimmy Greavesand for others.[37]In the final preparation period for Ramsey prior to naming his squad for the1966 FIFA World Cup,Peters played in two more of the scheduled warm-up games. AgainstFinland,he scored his first international goal in what was only his second appearance,[38]and subsequently he made Ramsey's squad for the competition, as did his West Ham teammatesBobby Moore(the England captain) andGeoff Hurst.[39]

Though Peters did not play in the opening group game againstUruguay,the drab 0–0 draw prompted Ramsey into changes.[36]The England coach had been toying with using a system which allowed narrow play through the centre, not operating with conventional wingers but instead with fitter, centralised players who could show willing in defence as well as spread the ball and their runs in attack. Peters therefore had become an ideal player for this 4-1-3-2 system, elegant in his distribution and strong in his forward running, yet showing the stamina, discipline and pace to get back and help the defence when required. This system was dubbed "the wingless wonders".[40][41]

Ramsey put Peters in the team for his fourth cap, for the second group game againstMexico,which England won 2–0.[42]He kept his place as England got through their group, scraped past a violentArgentinaside in the quarter finals (Peters' late cross set up Hurst's header for the only goal)[43]and beatPortugalin the last four.[44]TheWest Germanyawaited in the final.

A tense but open game at Wembley saw the score at 1–1 in the final quarter of an hour when England won a corner.Alan Balldelivered it to the edge of the area to Hurst, who tried a shot on the turn. The ball deflected high into the air and bounced down into the penalty area where Peters rifled home ahalf-volley.West Germany equalised in the final seconds, though glory would still come the team's way with the 4–2 win in extra time, and Hurst – like Peters, winning only his eighth cap – completing a historic hat-trick.[45]

1970 World Cup

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Peters played in England's three group games in the1970 FIFA World Cupin Mexico, from which they qualified, again with West Germany waiting in the last eight. Peters scored against Germany again early in the second half – a run and finish from behind a defender which no West German player had spotted – to establish a 2–0 lead, but later Ramsey committed a tactical error bysubstitutingPeters andBobby CharltonwithColin BellandNorman Hunter,and West Germany won 3–2 in extra-time.[46][47]

Later international career

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In 1972, Peters won his 50th England cap in a qualifier forUEFA Euro 1972,beatingSwitzerland3–2.[47]England failed to progress due to another defeat against West Germany, who went on to win the tournament.[48]International disappointment for Peters was tempered mildly by more club success, and he scored the only goal as England beatScotlandat Wembley on 19 May 1973.[47]It was his 20th goal for his country and would prove to be his last. England had been stuttering in their qualifying campaign for the1974 FIFA World Cup,dropping points in a drawn game againstWalesand then a 2–0 defeat againstPolandinChorzówon 6 June 1973.[47]England needed to defeat Poland at Wembley on 17 October 1973 to qualify for the finals in Germany, and with an out-of-form Moore dropped from the side – he would subsequently play only once more for his country – Peters captained the side for the crucial game. A defensive error allowed Poland to score, and only a penalty allowed England to level up quickly.Allan Clarkescored from it, but England could not get the crucial winning goal. Poland went through after the match finished 1–1, meaning Peters would not play in a third successive World Cup competition.

At the age of 30, Peters' career at the highest level began to slip away. He played three more games for England, reaching a total of 67 caps, though his career with his country ended on 18 May 1974, as England lost 2–0 against Scotland atHampden Park.[36][47]

Managerial career

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His wait to become manager was not long, his final game coming againstGillinghamon 17 January 1981 which Haslam was too ill to attend, and at which there were demonstrations from the Sheffield United fans. Peters retired to take up the manager's job the following day with United 12th in the table with 16 games to play, but was unable to halt the decline already in place, winning just three of the remaining games. For the first and only time in their history Sheffield United were relegated to theFourth Division,[49]and Peters resigned.[50]On his retirement from professional football in January 1981, after a distinguished and injury-free career, he had made 882 appearances in total, scoring 220 goals. After he quit Sheffield United, Peters spent the 1982–83 season playing in defence forGorleston[51]in theEastern Counties League.

After football

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Peters signing autographs at theBoleyn Groundin 2015

In 1984, he moved into the insurance business where he stayed until he was made redundant in July 2001.[52]

Peters joined the board of directors at Spurs in a non-executive capacity in 1998, taking on a supporter-liaison role.[29]He remained in that post for four years before stepping down, but remained one of the match-day welcomers in the hospitality suites at the club'sWhite Hart Laneground. He also worked in the hospitality suites atUpton Parkfor West Ham home matches.[53]

In 2006, Peters published hisautobiography,The Ghost of '66.[54]That same year he was inducted, with former managerRon Greenwood,into theEnglish Football Hall of Famein recognition of his achievements as a player.[55]

Personal life

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Pre-match tribute to Martin Peters atTottenham Hotspur Stadiumthe day after his death was announced
Memorial stone covering Peters' ashes at theLondon Stadium

In 1964, Peters married Kathleen Ward, with whom he had two children. They remained married until his death in 2019.[56][57]Peters identified as aConservative Partysupporter when asked about his politics in 1972.[58]

In 2016, it was announced that Peters hadAlzheimer's disease.[59][60]Peters died on 21 December 2019, aged 76. Tributes were paid to him from football clubs he played for, including West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City and many others.[61][29][62]In September 2021, Peters' ashes wereinterredin afoundation stoneat West Ham's ground, theLondon Stadium.[63]

Career statistics

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Club

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Source:Martin Petersat the English National Football Archive(subscription required)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 1961–62 First Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 0
1962–63 First Division 36 8 1 0 2 1 — 39 9
1963–64 First Division 32 3 0 0 4 0 — 36 3
1964–65 First Division 35 5 2 0 1 0 9[a] 1 47 6
1965–66 First Division 40 11 4 0 10 3 6[a] 3 60 17
1966–67 First Division 41 14 2 0 6 2 — 49 16
1967–68 First Division 40 14 3 2 3 2 — 46 18
1968–69 First Division 42 19 3 3 3 2 — 48 24
1969–70 First Division 31 7 1 0 2 0 — 34 7
Total 302 81 16 5 31 10 15 4 364 100
Tottenham Hotspur 1969–70 First Division 7 2 — — — 7 2
1970–71 First Division 42 9 5 2 7 4 4[b] 4 58 19
1971–72 First Division 35 10 5 2 7 3 14[c] 2 61 17
1972–73 First Division 41 15 3 1 8 5 8[d] 3 60 24
1973–74 First Division 35 6 1 0 1 0 12[d] 8 49 14
1974–75 First Division 29 4 2 0 0 0 — 31 4
Total 189 46 16 5 23 12 38 17 266 80
Norwich City 1974–75 Second Division 10 2 — — — 10 2
1975–76 First Division 42 10 5 2 3 1 3[e] 1 53 14
1976–77 First Division 42 7 1 1 2 0 3[e] 0 48 8
1977–78 First Division 34 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 7
1978–79 First Division 39 10 1 0 3 2 3[e] 0 46 12
1979–80 First Division 40 8 3 0 5 0 — 48 8
Total 207 44 12 3 13 3 9 1 241 51
Frankston City(guest) 1979[33] Victorian State League 5 3 — — — 5 3
Sheffield United 1980–81 Third Division 24 4 0 0 2 0 2[e] 0 28 4
Career total 727 178 44 13 69 25 64 22 904 238
  1. ^abAppearance(s) inEuropean Cup Winners' Cup
  2. ^Appearance(s) inTexaco Cup
  3. ^Twelve appearances two goals inUEFA Cup;two appearances inAnglo-Italian League Cup
  4. ^abAppearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  5. ^abcdAppearance(s) inAnglo-Scottish Cup

International

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Source:[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England
1966 11 3
1967 4 2
1968 8 3
1969 8 3
1970 12 5
1971 8 2
1972 3 0
1973 11 2
1974 2 0
Total 64 20
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Peters goal.[56]
List of international goals scored by Martin Peters
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 June 1966 Olympic Stadium,Helsinki,Finland Finland 1–0 3–0 Friendly
2 30 July 1966 Wembley Stadium,London,England West Germany 2–1 4–2
(a.e.t.)		 1966 FIFA World Cup
3 22 October 1966 Windsor Park,Belfast,Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2–0 2–0 British Home Championship/UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
4 21 October 1967 Ninian Park,Cardiff,Wales Wales 1–0 3–0
5 6 December 1967 Wembley Stadium, London, England Soviet Union 2–2 2–2 Friendly
6 24 February 1968 Hampden Park,Glasgow,Scotland Scotland 1–0 1–1 British Home Championship/UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
7 8 May 1968 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium,Madrid,Spain Spain 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
8 22 May 1968 Wembley Stadium, London, England Sweden 1–0 3–1 Friendly
9 3 May 1969 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1–0 3–1 British Home Championship
10 10 May 1969 Wembley Stadium, London, England Scotland 1–0 4–1
11 4–0
12 21 April 1970 Northern Ireland 1–0 3–1 British Home Championship
13 20 May 1970 Estadio El Campín,Bogotá,Colombia Colombia 1–0 4–0 Friendly
14 2–0
15 14 June 1970 Estadio León,León,Mexico West Germany 2–0 2–3
(a.e.t.)		 1970 FIFA World Cup
16 25 November 1970 Wembley Stadium, London, England East Germany 2–0 4–1 Friendly
17 3 February 1971 Empire Stadium,Gżira,Malta Malta 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
18 22 May 1971 Wembley Stadium, London, England Scotland 2–0 4–1
19 15 May 1973 Wales 3–0 3–0 British Home Championship
20 19 May 1973 Scotland 1–0 1–0

Honours

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Football

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West Ham United[64]

Tottenham Hotspur[64]

International[64]

Individual

Orders and special awards

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  • MBEfor services to football, (1978).[67]

References

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Books

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  • Peters, Martin (2006).The Ghost of '66.Orion Books Ltd.ISBN978-0-7528-8149-2.

Internet

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  12. ^abPeters 2006,p. 17.
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  14. ^abPeters 2006,p. 21.
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