Peter Price (footballer, born 1949)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter William Price | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ????–1966 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1968–1972 | Peterborough United | 119 | (62) |
| 1972–1974 | Portsmouth | 14 | (2) |
| 1974 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1974–1978 | Barnsley | 79 | (28) |
| Total | 214 | (92) | |
| International career | |||
| 1970–1971 | Wales U23 | 4 | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Price (born 17 August 1949) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played professionally in England during the 1960s and 1970s.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Price was one of that generation who bridged the gap between terminological eras, beginning his career as an inside forward and ending it as a striker[1] despite playing a similar role throughout. He began his career as a youth at Liverpool, signing a full-time professional contract in 1966.[2]
Peterborough United
[edit]In 1968, having failed to break into the Liverpool first team, he joined Peterborough United,[3] for whom he scored 62 goals in 119 appearances.
Portsmouth
[edit]In 1972, Price signed for Portsmouth.[4] Hampered by a back injury, he struggled to establish himself in the side, eventually leaving Fratton Park to return to his former club two years later.
Barnsley
[edit]He ended his career at Barnsley, making his final appearance in the spring of 1978.
International career
[edit]While at Peterborough, Price played for the Welsh under-23 side, scoring the winning goal against Scotland at Swansea City's Vetch Field ground.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ As football moved from 1-2-3-5 to 1-4-3-3/1-4-2-4
- ^ "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
- ^ "Report of 1960s "Posh" match". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1-874287-25-2
- ^ "Rothmans Football Year Book,1970-71" Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 ISBN 0-362-00071-9
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