Peter Spiring
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter John Spiring | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Glastonbury, England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bristol City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1973 | Bristol City | 63 | (16) |
| 1971 | → Washington 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Peter Spiring". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "North American Soccer League Players Peter Spiring". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 17 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Player Profile Peter Spiring". LFCHistory. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Transfers for the 1974-1975 season". LFCHistory. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Spiring calls it quits". BBC Sport. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
External links
[edit]- Peter Spiring at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Glastonbury
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Washington Darts players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Hereford United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Footballers from Somerset