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

Peter Marinello

Peter Marinello, April 1970
Personal information
Full name	Peter Marinello
Date of birth	(1950-02-20) 20 February 1950 (age 72)
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
National team
1969–1970	Scotland U23[1]	2	(0)
1978[2]	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Hibernian

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]

Arsenal

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]

Later playing career

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

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

Hibernian

• Scottish League Cup: runner-up 1968–69[14]

References

• Harris, Jeff (1995). Hogg, Tony (ed.). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.

External links

• Statistics on Gunnermania
• Marinello talks to Arseblog.com's 'Arsecast'

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