Peter Marinello

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Peter Marinello
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Peter Marinello, April 1970
Personal information
Full name Peter Marinello
Date of birth (1950-02-20) 20 February 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Salvesen's Boys Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1970 Hibernian 45 (5)
1970–1973 Arsenal 38 (3)
1973–1975 Portsmouth 95 (7)
1975–1978 Motherwell 89 (12)
1978 → Canberra City (loan) 11 (1)
1978–1980 Fulham 27 (1)
1980–1981 Phoenix Inferno 25 (17)
1981–1983 Heart of Midlothian 22 (3)
1983–1984 Partick Thistle 6 (0)
Broxburn Athletic
International career
1969–1970 Scotland U23 [1] 2 (0)
1978 [2] Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Marinello (born 20 February 1950) is a Scottish former footballer. [3]

Contents

Career

Hibernian

Marinello started his career at Hibernian, [4] and could play either as a centre forward or right winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed "the next George Best" by the British press. [5] [6] [7]

Arsenal

In January 1970, a month before his 20th birthday, he joined Arsenal for £100,000, a club record fee at the time. The acquisition of Marinello also marked the first time that Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player. He went on to score on his debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 January 1970. [8] [7] However, a combination of a newly adopted 'celebrity party lifestyle' and a knee injury led to a dip in his footballing form [6] [7] and meant that he was not a regular in the team: he was not part of the squad for the final of Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970, [7] but he contributed four appearances during the run, including the semi-final first leg against Ajax. [9] He only played three matches in their 1970–71 Double-winning campaign. [10] He subsequently played eight league matches in 1971–72 and thirteen in 1972–73. In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring 5 goals. [8] Marinello left Arsenal in July 1973 after failing to agree a new contract. [11]

Later playing career

He next played for Portsmouth followed by Motherwell, [12] Canberra City, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian [13] and Partick Thistle. [6] [7]

After playing

Though he retired a wealthy man, a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994. [11] [7] He now runs an amateur football club and lives in Bournemouth, Dorset. [10] He released an autobiography, Fallen Idle, in 2007. [6]

Honours

Hibernian

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References

  1. ↑ "Peter Marinello". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "SFL player Peter Marinello". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Peter Marinello at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  4. ↑ Hibernian player Marinello, Peter, FitbaStats
  5. ↑ "Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9". BBC. 3 April 2007.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Hey Hey Marinello, BBC Sport, 21 May 2007
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 An email conversation with Peter Marinello: 'On my day I would like to say I was as good as Ryan Giggs', The Independent, 9 April 2007
  8. 1 2 "Peter Marinello". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Arsenal Stats". thearsenalhistory.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Peter Marinello: What happened next". FourFourTwo.com. 1 August 2007.
  11. 1 2 "Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow". The Scotsman. 29 January 2005.
  12. ↑ Peter Marinello, MotherWELLnet
  13. ↑ Hearts player Peter Marinello, London Hearts Supporters Club
  14. ↑ "Peter Marinello". Hibernian Historical Trust.org.
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