![]() Peter Marinello, April 1970 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Marinello | ||
Date of birth | 20 February 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Salvesen's Boys Club | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( 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]
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]
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]
He next played for Portsmouth followed by Motherwell, [12] Canberra City, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian [13] and Partick Thistle. [6] [7]
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]
![]() Peter Marinello, April 1970 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Peter Marinello | ||
Date of birth | 20 February 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Salvesen's Boys Club | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( 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]
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]
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]
He next played for Portsmouth followed by Motherwell, [12] Canberra City, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian [13] and Partick Thistle. [6] [7]
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]