Peter Weir (footballer)

Last updated

Peter Weir
Personal information
Full name Peter Russell Weir [1]
Date of birth (1958-01-18) 18 January 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Neilston Juniors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1981 St Mirren 60 (4)
1981–1987 Aberdeen 159 (23)
1988–1989 Leicester City 28 (2)
1989–1990 St Mirren 28 (6)
1990–1992 Ayr United 40 (1)
Total315(36)
International career
1980–1983 Scotland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Russell Weir (born 18 January 1958) is a Scottish former footballer, best known for his time with Aberdeen, who played as a winger.

Contents

Playing career

Having been a supporter of Aberdeen as a boy, Peter joined the club from St Mirren in 1981 for £300,000 plus Ian Scanlon, which was then a club record; [2] Alex McLeish, who had attended Barrhead High School and played in youth teams alongside Weir, was already at the club. [3] He had been brought to St Mirren in 1978 by Alex Ferguson who left the Paisley club within days, [4] but soon became manager of Aberdeen and sought to make his former signing part of his new team.

Weir made 237 appearances and scored 38 goals whilst at Pittodrie, and was capped by Scotland on six occasions. [4] He won two League titles and three Scottish Cups, as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983, playing a crucial role in the final. [5]

In December 1987, Weir left the Dons to move across the border to sign for Leicester City [2] for £80,000. Upon leaving Leicester in 1989, he returned to St Mirren and later played for Ayr United.

Coaching career

Weir later returned to Aberdeen in its youth system set-up. [2]

In November 2018, he was one of four inductees into the club's Hall of Fame. [6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [7] [8] [9]

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 1978-79 Scottish Premier Division 60------6+0+
1979-80 262------26+2+
1980-81 282------28+2+
Total604------805
Aberdeen 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division 2523110243428
1982–83 31653501125211
1983–84 275428061458
1984–85 163200000183
1985–86 215413040326
1986–87 342102020392
1987–88 5000103090
Total1592319729230623738
Leicester City 1987-88 Second Division 182------18+2+
1988-89 100------10+0+
Total282------28+2+
St Mirren 1988-89 Scottish Premier Division 166------16+6+
1989-90 120------12+0+
Total286------327
Ayr United 1990-91 Scottish First Division 291------29+1+
1991-92 110------11+0+
Total401------40+1+
Career total3153619+7+29+2+30+6+417+53+

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [10]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 198040
1981—
1982—
198320
Total60

Honours

Aberdeen [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aberdeen F.C.</span> Association football club in Aberdeen, Scotland

Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They compete in the Scottish Premiership and have never been relegated from the top division of the Scottish football league system since they were elected to the top flight in 1905. Aberdeen have won four Scottish league titles, seven Scottish Cups and six Scottish League Cups. They are also the only Scottish team to have won two European trophies, having won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup in 1983.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alex McLeish</span> Scottish footballer and manager

Alexander McLeish is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He played as a defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Leighton</span> Scottish footballer

James Leighton is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Leighton started his career with Aberdeen, where he won seven domestic trophies and the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup under the management of Alex Ferguson. Ferguson then signed Leighton for Manchester United in 1988, but dropped him after he conceded three goals in the 1990 FA Cup Final. Leighton then had spells with Arsenal, Reading, Dundee and Sheffield United, and rebuilt his career after joining Hibernian in 1993. He returned to Aberdeen in 1997, leading to a career total of over 600 appearances in the league alone.

William Ferguson Miller MBE is a Scottish former professional football player and manager, who made a club record 560 league appearances for Aberdeen. Sir Alex Ferguson described Miller as "the best penalty box defender in the world".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Aitken</span> Scottish footballer and manager

Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made over 480 league appearances for Celtic, and later played for Newcastle United, St Mirren and Aberdeen. Aitken also made 57 international appearances for Scotland. His playing position was either in midfield or defence.

Andrew Watson is a Scottish former professional footballer and coach.

Alex Smith MBE is a Scottish former football player and manager. His major achievements over close to five decades as a manager include winning the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren and 1990 with Aberdeen, where he also won the Scottish League Cup in 1989. He had a role in the development of many prominent players, and the 2005 book on Scottish football, The Final Whistle? was described as "the nearest thing the Scottish game has to a father figure".

Steven Archibald is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He played prominently as a forward for Aberdeen, winning the Scottish league in 1980, Tottenham Hotspur, winning two FA Cups and a UEFA Cup, and Barcelona, winning the Spanish league in 1985. He also played for several other clubs in Scotland, England, Spain and Ireland.

James Bett is a Scottish former professional association footballer who played in central or left midfield. He played with Aberdeen for nine seasons and had shorter spells at other clubs in Belgium, Iceland and Scotland. He earned 26 caps for the Scottish national team over eight years.

John Hewitt is a Scottish former footballer and manager, who spent the majority of his playing career with Aberdeen, but also had spells with Celtic and St Mirren among others. He also spent a short time in management in Ireland with Dundalk before retiring from the game.

John McMaster is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for the bulk of his career with Aberdeen.

Archibald Knox is a Scottish football player and coach. He was most recently the assistant manager of Aberdeen until leaving the club in March 2013.

Douglas Keith Bell is a Scottish former professional footballer.

Jim Clunie was a Scottish football player and manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1983 European Cup Winners' Cup final</span> Football match

The 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Aberdeen of Scotland and Real Madrid of Spain. It was the final match of the 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup tournament and the 23rd European Cup Winners' Cup final, a football tournament contested by the winners of each qualifying nation's national cup.

John "Ian" Scanlon is a Scottish former professional footballer. During his playing career Scanlon represented East Stirlingshire, Aberdeen, St Mirren and English club Notts County.

William Garner, also known as Willie Garner is a Scottish former footballer best known for playing for Aberdeen. He is now a manager, mainly of clubs in the junior ranks of Scottish football.

The Aberdeen–Rangers rivalry refers to football matches and related activity involving the Scottish football clubs Aberdeen F.C. and Rangers F.C.

The 2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season was Aberdeen's 104th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Weir". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Peter Weir". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ↑ McLeish, Alex; Alastair Macdonald (1988). The Don of an Era. John Donald Publishers. ISBN   0-85976-242-4.
  4. 1 2 "Dark Blue Dons: Peter Weir". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 "In celebration of Peter Weir and Aberdeen's aces of 1983". These Football Times. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "AFC Hall of Fame 2018". Aberdeen F.C. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Past Saints - W". StMirren.info. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Peter Weir". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Peter Weir | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "AFC HALL OF FAME 2018 - AN INTERVIEW WITH PETER WEIR". Aberdeen FC. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "1983: Ferguson first for Aberdeen". UEFA. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.