Peter Noble

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Peter Noble
Personal information
Full name Peter Noble
Date of birth 19 August 1944 (1944-08-19) (age 63)
Place of birth    Newcastle, England
Playing position Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1960-65
1964-68
1968-73
1973-80
1980-81		 Consett
Newcastle United
Swindon Town
Burnley
Blackpool		 00? 0(?)
025 0(7)
214 (62)
243 (63)
097 (14)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Peter Noble (born 19 August 1944 in Newcastle) is a retired football forward.

Noble signed for Swindon Town from Newcastle United in January 1968 for £8,000 and made his debut as a substitute in a 3-0 win over Walsall at the beginning of February.

In the following season he scored sixteen league goals and was the club's top scorer, but his main contribution was to the successful League Cup campaign. He played in every match en route to the Final, scoring four goals, including the extra time winner in the semi-final replay versus Burnley.[1] He discovered five years later that he had suffered a broken shoulder blade in this game.[2]

He was the club's top scorer again in 1969/1970 with twelve goals and once more in 1971/1972, with fourteen. He also scored in both the 1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup Final and the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup Final. He left Swindon at the end of the 1972/1973 season, when Burnley paid £40,000 for his services.

Burnley originally played him in the fullback position[2] before eventually moving him up into midfield, and he became their top scorer for three of the following four seasons. He also became the team's penalty taker and scored 28 out of 28 spot kicks for the Clarets.[2]

In 1980 he moved to Blackpool and opened a sports shop in Burnley - Peter Noble Sport Ltd. - which is still in business as of 2006.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ How we beat the Gunners. Heroes of 69. Swindon Advertiser (1999). Retrieved on 2007-01-15.
  2. ^ a b c d Town heroes 30 years on. Heroes of 69. Swindon Advertiser (1999). Retrieved on 2007-01-15.

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