Martin Peters

Martin Stanford Peters MBE (8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager. He played for England national team.

Martin Peters
MBE

Peters in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Martin Stanford Peters
Date of birth	8 November 1943
Place of birth	Plaistow, Essex, England
Date of death	21 December 2019(2019-12-21) (aged 76)
Place of death	London, England
Height	6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)
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	206	(44)
1980–1981	Sheffield United	24	(3)
1982–1983	Gorleston
Total		721	(174)
International career
1966–1974	England	67	(20)
Managerial career
1981	Sheffield United
Medal record Men's football Representing  England FIFA World Cup Winner 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In 2016, it was announced that Peters had Alzheimer's disease.^[1] Peters died on 21 December 2019 in London from the disease at the age of 76.^[2][3][4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]

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[6]	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. Appearance(s) in European Cup Winners' Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Texaco Cup
3. Twelve appearances two goals in UEFA Cup; two appearances in Anglo-Italian League Cup
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
5. Appearance(s) in Anglo-Scottish Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

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.

List of international goals scored by Martin Peters^[8]

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 (aet)	1966 FIFA World Cup
3	22 October 1966	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	2–0	2–0	1966–67 British Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
4	21 October 1967	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1–0	3–0	1966–67 British Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
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	1968–69 British Home Championship
10	10 May 1969	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Scotland	1–0	4–1	1968–69 British Home Championship
11				4–0
12	21 April 1970	Wembley Stadium, London, England	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 (aet)	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	UEFA Euro 1972 qualification
19	15 May 1973	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Wales	3–0	3–0	1972–73 British Home Championship
20	19 May 1973	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Scotland	1–0	1–0	1972–73 British Home Championship

Honours

Football

West Ham United^[9]

• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1964–65
• Football League Cup runner-up: 1965–66

Tottenham Hotspur^[9]

• Football League Cup: 1970–71, 1972–73
• UEFA Cup: 1971–72; runner-up: 1973–74
• Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1971

International^[9]

• FIFA World Cup: 1966
• UEFA European Football Championship third place: 1968

Individual

• World XI: 1968, 1969^[10]
• Rothmans Golden Boots Awards: 1971^[11]

Orders and special awards

• MBE for services to football, (1978).^[12]