Peter Marinello

Peter Marinello

Peter Marinello, April 1970
Personal information
Full name Peter Marinello
Date of birth (1950-02-20) 20 February 1950
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position 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 11 (1)
1978–1980 Fulham 27 (1)
1980–1981 Phoenix Inferno 25 (17)
1981–1983 Heart of Midlothian 21 (3)
1983–1984 Partick Thistle 6 (0)
Broxburn Athletic
National team
1969–1970 Scotland U23[1] 2 (0)
1978 Scottish League XI[2] 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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

Marinello started his career at Hibernian, 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.[4] In January 1970 he joined Arsenal for £100,000 (a club record fee and the first time Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player) and he scored on his debut, against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 January 1970.

However after that his career quickly took a downturn, a combination of homesickness,[5] his celebrity lifestyle and heavy drinking[6] and a knee injury[6] led to a dip in form which meant he was left out of Arsenal's first team; he did not take part in Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970 and only played three matches in their 1970-71 Double-winning campaign.[5] Unable to break into the first team consistently in his Arsenal career, he only played eight league matches in 1971-72 and thirteen in 1972-73; he eventually left Arsenal in July 1973 for Portsmouth after failing to agree a new contract.[6] In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring five goals.

He later played for Motherwell, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle. Though he retired a wealthy man,[5] a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994.[6] He now lives in Bournemouth, Dorset.

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Marinello". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Peter Marinello". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Peter Marinello career at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  4. ↑ "Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9". BBC.
  5. 1 2 3 "Peter Marinello - Fallen Idle". FourFourTwo.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow". The Scotsman.
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