Peter Spiring

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Peter Spiring
Personal information
Full name Peter John Spiring
Date of birth (1950-12-13) 13 December 1950 (age 72)
Place of birth Glastonbury, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Bristol City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1973 Bristol City 63 (16)
1971Washington Darts (loan) 4 (0)
1973–1974 Liverpool 0 (0)
1974–1976 Luton Town 15 (2)
1976–1983 Hereford United 227 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Spiring (born 13 December 1950) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League playing as a winger for Bristol City, Luton Town and Hereford United, [1] and in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for Washington Darts. [2]

Spiring started his career at Bristol City before being sold to Liverpool for £60,000 in March 1973. He did not play a first team match at Anfield, only featuring on the bench twice, [3] and was later sold to Luton Town for £70,000. [4] He went on to spend eight seasons at Hereford United.

Spiring's son Reuben played first-class cricket for Worcestershire. [5]

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References

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  2. "North American Soccer League Players Peter Spiring". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 17 October 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Player Profile Peter Spiring". LFCHistory. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  4. "Transfers for the 1974-1975 season". LFCHistory. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  5. "Spiring calls it quits". BBC Sport. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2009.