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1 Career  



1.1  Hibernian  





1.2  Arsenal  





1.3  Later playing career  







2 After playing  





3 Honours  





4 References  





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Peter Marinello
Peter Marinello, April 1970
Personal information
Full name Peter Marinello
Date of birth (1950-02-20) 20 February 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Salvesen's Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 Hibernian45 (5)
1970–1973 Arsenal38 (3)
1973–1975 Portsmouth95 (7)
1975–1978 Motherwell89 (12)
1978Canberra City (loan)11 (1)
1978–1980 Fulham27 (1)
1980–1981 Phoenix Inferno25 (17)
1981–1983 Heart of Midlothian22 (3)
1983–1984 Partick Thistle6 (0)
Broxburn Athletic
International career
1969–1970 Scotland U23[1]2 (0)
1978[2] Scottish League XI1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Marinello (born 20 February 1950) is a Scottish former footballer.[3]

Career[edit]

Hibernian[edit]

Marinello started his career at Hibernian,[4] and could play either as a centre forwardorright winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed "the next George Best" by the British press.[5][6][7]

Arsenal[edit]

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 UnitedatOld 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]

Later playing career[edit]

He next played for Portsmouth followed by Motherwell,[12] Canberra City, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian[13] and Partick Thistle.[6][7]

After playing[edit]

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]

Honours[edit]

Hibernian

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Peter Marinello". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  • ^ "SFL player Peter Marinello". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  • ^ Peter Marinello at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  • ^ Hibernian player Marinello, Peter, FitbaStats
  • ^ "Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9". BBC. 3 April 2007.
  • ^ a b c d Hey Hey Marinello, BBC Sport, 21 May 2007
  • ^ a b c d e f An email conversation with Peter Marinello: 'On my day I would like to say I was as good as Ryan Giggs', The Independent, 9 April 2007
  • ^ a b "Peter Marinello". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
  • ^ "Arsenal Stats". thearsenalhistory.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  • ^ a b "Peter Marinello: What happened next". FourFourTwo.com. 1 August 2007.
  • ^ a b "Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow". The Scotsman. 29 January 2005.
  • ^ Peter Marinello, MotherWELLnet
  • ^ Hearts player Peter Marinello, London Hearts Supporters Club
  • ^ "Peter Marinello". Hibernian Historical Trust.org.
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