Peter Hall (footballer, born 1939)

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Peter Hall
Personal information
Full name Peter Hall [1]
Date of birth(1939-09-29)29 September 1939 [1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England [1]
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1961 Port Vale 16 (4)
1961–1962 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0 (0)
1962–1965 Yeovil Town
1965–1967 Bedford Town
1967 Gillingham 9 (1)
Margate
Total25+(5+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Hall (born 29 September 1939) is an English former professional footballer who played on the right-wing for Stoke City, Port Vale, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Yeovil Town, Bedford Town, Gillingham, and Margate in the Football League and Southern League. He helped the "Valiants" to win the Fourth Division title in 1958–59, and helped the "Glovers" to win the Southern League title in 1963–64.

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Career

Hall played for Stoke City before joining cross town rivals Port Vale as a teenager in May 1958. [1] Manager Norman Low asked him to join the club after seeing him score the winning goals in the FA County Youth Cup final. [2] He scored his first goal at Vale Park on 27 September 1958, in a 3–2 defeat to Crystal Palace. [1] In all he scored two goals in nine appearances as the "Valiants" won the Fourth Division title in the 1958–59 campaign. [1] He scored two goals in 13 games in the 1959–60 season, as Vale adapted well to the Third Division. [1] However, Hall featured just four times in the 1960–61 season, and was given a free transfer to league rivals Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in May 1961. [1] He never featured for Bill McGarry's "Cherries" in the 1961–62 campaign, and left Dean Court for Southern League side Yeovil Town. He helped Basil Hayward's "Glovers" to win the league title in 1963–64. He left Huish Park for Bedford Town in summer 1965. [3] He left the "Eagles" after they were relegated out of the Premier Division of the Southern League in 1966–67, having scored 60 goals in 103 club appearances. [3] He returned to the Football League Third Division for a short stint with Gillingham, where he rejoined manager Basil Hayward, after being signed for a fee of £1,500 in 1967. [4] [3] His stay at the Priestfield Stadium was cut short due to a knee injury, and he featured in just nine league games for the "Gills". [2] He later played for Almer Hall's Margate back in the Southern League, before he was forced to retire due to persistent knee injuries. [3] [5] He returned to Stoke-on-Trent after retiring from football, and settled in Northwood. [2]

Career statistics

Source: [6]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1958–59 Fourth Division 91000092
1959–60 Third Division 42000042
1960–61 Third Division30000030
Total1640000164
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1961–62 Third Division00001010
Gillingham 1967–68 Third Division91000091

Honours

Port Vale

Yeovil Town

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 122. ISBN   0-9529152-0-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Hodson, Mick (2 January 2010). "Nostalgia Letter: Friend scored twice". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bedfordoldeagles - Best Years Players F-H". sites.google.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 148. ISBN   0-7524-2243-X.
  5. ↑ "Peter Hall profile". Neil Brown state site. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  6. ↑ Peter Hall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  7. ↑ Kent, Jeff (1990). "Fame and Fortune (1950–1959)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 171–196. ISBN   0-9508981-4-7.
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