Peter Marinello
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| Peter Marinello | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Marinello | |
| Date of birth | February 20, 1950 | |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Forward, right winger | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1968-1970 1970-1973 1973-1975 1975-1978 1978 1978-1980 1980-1981 1981-1983 1983-1984 |
Hibernian Arsenal Portsmouth Motherwell Canberra City SC Fulham Phoenix Inferno Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle |
45 (5) 38 (3) 95 (7) 89 (12) -- (-) 27 (1) -- (-) 21 (3) 6 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Peter Marinello (born in Edinburgh on February 20, 1950) is a Scottish former footballer.
Marinello started his career at Hibernian, and could play either as a forward or right winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed "the next George Best" by the British press.[1] In January 1970 he joined Arsenal for £100,000 (a club record fee and the first time Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player) and he scored on his debut, against Manchester United at Old Trafford on January 10, 1970.
However after that his career quickly took a downturn, a combination of homesickness,[2] his celebrity lifestyle and heavy drinking[3] and a knee injury[3] led to a dip in form which meant he was left out of Arsenal's first team; he did not take part in Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970 and only played three matches in their 1970-71 Double-winning campaign.[2] Unable to break into the first team consistently in his Arsenal career, he only played eight league matches in 1971-72 and thirteen in 1972-73; he eventually left Arsenal in July 1973 for Portsmouth after failing to agree a new contract.[3] In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring five goals.
He later played for Motherwell, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle. Though he retired a wealthy man,[2] a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994,[3] and he suffered a nervous breakdown.[2] He now lives in Bournemouth, West Sussex.[3]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9. BBC.
- ^ a b c d Peter Marinello - Fallen Idle. FourFourTwo.
- ^ a b c d e Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow. The Scotsman.
[edit] References
- Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.
