Peter Marinello
![]() Peter Marinello, April 1970 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Marinello | ||
Date of birth | 20 February 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
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 (loan) | 11 | (1) |
1978–1980 | Fulham | 27 | (1) |
1980–1981 | Phoenix Inferno | 25 | (17) |
1981–1983 | Heart of Midlothian | 22 | (3) |
1983–1984 | Partick Thistle | 6 | (0) |
Broxburn Athletic | |||
International career | |||
1969–1970 | Scotland U23[2] | 2 | (0) |
1978[3] | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Marinello (born 20 February 1950) is a Scottish former footballer.[4]
Career
[edit]Hibernian
[edit]Marinello started his career at Hibernian,[5] 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.[6][7][8]
Arsenal
[edit]In January 1970, a month before his 20th birthday, he joined Arsenal for £100,000, a club record fee at the time. The acquisition of Marinello also marked the first time that Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player. He went on to score on his debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 January 1970.[9][8] Next month on the fifth of February he appeared as a guest on the weekly pop show Top of the pops and on February 21st he reviewed the singles of the week in the music magazine Melody Maker (instant karma by John Lennon was single of the week) However, a combination of a newly adopted 'celebrity party lifestyle' and a knee injury led to a dip in his footballing form[7][8] and meant that he was not a regular in the team: he was not part of the squad for the final of Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970,[8] but he contributed four appearances during the run, including the semi-final first leg against Ajax.[10] He only played three matches in their 1970–71 Double-winning campaign.[11] He subsequently played eight league matches in 1971–72 and thirteen in 1972–73. In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring 5 goals.[9] Marinello left Arsenal in July 1973 after failing to agree a new contract.[12]
Later playing career
[edit]He next played for Portsmouth followed by Motherwell,[13] Canberra City, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian[14] and Partick Thistle.[7][8]
After playing
[edit]Though he retired a wealthy man, a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994.[12][8] He now runs an amateur football club and lives in Bournemouth, Dorset.[11] He released an autobiography, Fallen Idle, in 2007.[7]
Honours
[edit]- Hibernian
- Scottish League Cup: runner-up 1968–69[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Peter Marinello". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Peter Marinello". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "SFL player 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
- ^ Hibernian player Marinello, Peter, FitbaStats
- ^ "Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9". BBC. 3 April 2007.
- ^ a b c d Hey Hey Marinello, BBC Sport, 21 May 2007
- ^ a b c d e f An email conversation with Peter Marinello: 'On my day I would like to say I was as good as Ryan Giggs', The Independent, 9 April 2007
- ^ a b "Peter Marinello". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Arsenal Stats". thearsenalhistory.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Peter Marinello: What happened next". FourFourTwo.com. 1 August 2007.
- ^ a b "Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow". The Scotsman. 29 January 2005.
- ^ Peter Marinello, MotherWELLnet
- ^ Hearts player Peter Marinello, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ "Peter Marinello". Hibernian Historical Trust.org.
- Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
External links
[edit]- 1950 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Men's association football wingers
- Scottish men's footballers
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Canberra City FC players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Phoenix Inferno players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Broxburn Athletic F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Scotland men's under-23 international footballers
- Scottish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States