Peter Sayer

Peter Sayer

Personal information
Full name	Peter Anthony Sayer
Date of birth	(1955-05-02) 2 May 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1978	Cardiff City	82	(14)
1978–1980	Brighton	55	(6)
1980–1984	Preston North End	45	(6)
1981	→ Cardiff City (loan)	4	(1)
1984–1985	Chester City	36	(6)
1989	Southport	3	(0)
International career
1977	Wales	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Anthony Sayer (born 2 May 1955) is a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international. He achieved a total of seven caps during his career.

Club career

Born in Cardiff, Sayer began his career at his hometown club Cardiff City, making his debut against Hull City in September 1974. He went on to play a further nine matches in his first season before suffering a broken ankle in a match against Southampton which kept him out for nearly a year, returning at the end of the following season to play a handful of games as Cardiff clinched promotion to Division Two. ^[1] He established himself in the side the following year and helped the club to avoid relegation, as well as scoring the only goal of the game when Cardiff knocked Tottenham Hotspur out of the FA Cup in 1977. ^{[2] [3]}

Sayer left Cardiff midway through the 1977–78 season for £100,000 to sign for Brighton & Hove Albion. He helped the club win promotion to Division One in his first year but, after starting the 1978–79 season as a member of the first-team, Sayer found himself replaced in the side by Mark Lawrenson. He remained at the Goldstone Ground until the end of the season when he was sold to Preston North End for £85,000. ^[4] After finding it difficult to break into the side, he was loaned back to Cardiff in September 1981, playing four times and scoring during a 3–2 win over Luton Town. He eventually ended his league career with Chester City before moving into non-league football with Morecambe, Northwich Victoria and Southport. ^[5]

International career

During his career, Sayer won seven caps for Wales, making his debut in a 3–0 defeat against Czechoslovakia on 3 March 1977. He went on to play in Wales' following six matches, winning his final cap on 12 October 1977 in a 2–0 defeat to Scotland.

After football

After his retirement, he returned to work for Preston in their football in the community department. ^[6] He later worked as a bar manager at Preston golf club. ^[2] Now Peter works for an Italian Takeaway called Puccini in Penwortham with his colleagues Isaac, Jack (current Uni undergraduate and bartender at The Black Bull Inn) & Sophie Adamson and his boss Todor

References

1. Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 169. ISBN   1-85983-462-0.
2. "Cardiff old boy returns to invoke giant-killing days" . The Independent . 6 January 2007. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
3. "Jones eager for Spurs challenge". BBC Sport. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
4. "How Albion dragon slayed England". The argus. 7 October 2004. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
5. "Southport FC Player List: S". Southport FC Stats.^{[ dead link ]}
6. "Meet the legends as they return to Deepdale". Prestonnorthendfc.co.uk. 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.