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Peter Marinello

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Peter Marinello
Peter Marinello, April 1970
Personal information
Full name Peter Marinello
Date of birth (1950-02-20) 20 February 1950 (age 74)
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

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Hibernian

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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

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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] 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

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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

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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

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Hibernian

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Marinello". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Peter Marinello". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. ^ "SFL player Peter Marinello". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  4. ^ Peter Marinello at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  5. ^ Hibernian player Marinello, Peter, FitbaStats
  6. ^ "Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9". BBC. 3 April 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d Hey Hey Marinello, BBC Sport, 21 May 2007
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ a b "Peter Marinello". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Arsenal Stats". thearsenalhistory.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Peter Marinello: What happened next". FourFourTwo.com. 1 August 2007.
  12. ^ a b "Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow". The Scotsman. 29 January 2005.
  13. ^ Peter Marinello, MotherWELLnet
  14. ^ Hearts player Peter Marinello, London Hearts Supporters Club
  15. ^ "Peter Marinello". Hibernian Historical Trust.org.
  • Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
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