Peter Marinello

Scottish footballer

Peter Marinello
Personal information
Peter Marinello, April 1970
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	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]

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

^ "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.