Martin Peters

**Martin Stanford Peters**  (8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager. He played for England national team.

In 2016, it was announced that Peters had Alzheimer's disease. Peters died on 21 December 2019 in London from the disease  at the age of 76.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|West Ham United|1961–62|First Division|5|0|0|0|0|0|—|5|0||
|1962–63|First Division|36|8|1|0|2|1|—|39|9||||
|1963–64|First Division|32|3|0|0|4|0|—|36|3||||
|1964–65|First Division|35|5|2|0|1|0|9|1|47|6|||
|1965–66|First Division|40|11|4|0|10|3|6|3|60|17|||
|1966–67|First Division|41|14|2|0|6|2|—|49|16||||
|1967–68|First Division|40|14|3|2|3|2|—|46|18||||
|1968–69|First Division|42|19|3|3|3|2|—|48|24||||
|1969–70|First Division|31|7|1|0|2|0|—|34|7||||
|rowspan="7"|Tottenham Hotspur|1969–70|First Division|7|2|—|—|—|7|2||||
|1970–71|First Division|42|9|5|2|7|4|4|4|58|19|||
|1971–72|First Division|35|10|5|2|7|3|14|2|61|17|||
|1972–73|First Division|41|15|3|1|8|5|8|3|60|24|||
|1973–74|First Division|35|6|1|0|1|0|12|8|49|14|||
|1974–75|First Division|29|4|2|0|0|0|—|31|4||||
|rowspan="7"|Norwich City|1974–75|Second Division|10|2|—|—|—|10|2||||
|1975–76|First Division|42|10|5|2|3|1|3|1|53|14|||
|1976–77|First Division|42|7|1|1|2|0|3|0|48|8|||
|1977–78|First Division|34|7|2|0|0|0|0|0|36|7|||
|1978–79|First Division|39|10|1|0|3|2|3|0|46|12|||
|1979–80|First Division|40|8|3|0|5|0|—|48|8||||
|Frankston City (guest)|1979|Victorian State League|5|3|—|—|—|5|3|||||
|Sheffield United|1980–81|Third Division|24|4|0|0|2|0|2|0|28|4||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|England|||
|1966|11|3||
|1967|4|2||
|1968|8|3||
|1969|8|3||
|1970|12|5||
|1971|8|2||
|1972|3|0||
|1973|11|2||
|1974|2|0||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Peters goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|26 June 1966|Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|30 July 1966|Wembley Stadium, London, England||2–1|4–2||1966 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|3|22 October 1966|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||2–0|2–0|1966–67 British Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||
|4|21 October 1967|Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales||1–0|3–0|1966–67 British Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||
|5|6 December 1967|Wembley Stadium, London, England||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|6|24 February 1968|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland||1–0|1–1|British Home Championship/UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||
|7|8 May 1968|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain||1–1|2–1|UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||
|8|22 May 1968|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1–0|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|9|3 May 1969|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||1–0|3–1|1968–69 British Home Championship||||||||
|10|10 May 1969|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1–0|4–1|1968–69 British Home Championship||||||||
|11|4–0|||||||||||||
|12|21 April 1970|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1–0|3–1|British Home Championship||||||||
|13|20 May 1970|Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia||1–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|14|2–0|||||||||||||
|15|14 June 1970|Estadio León, León, Mexico||2–0|2–3||1970 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|16|25 November 1970|Wembley Stadium, London, England||2–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|17|3 February 1971|Empire Stadium, Gżira, Malta||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 1972 qualification||||||||
|18|22 May 1971|Wembley Stadium, London, England||2–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 1972 qualification||||||||
|19|15 May 1973|Wembley Stadium, London, England||3–0|3–0|1972–73 British Home Championship||||||||
|20|19 May 1973|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1–0|1–0|1972–73 British Home Championship||||||||

### Football

**West Ham United**
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1964–65
- Football League Cup runner-up: 1965–66

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- Football League Cup: 1970–71, 1972–73
- UEFA Cup: 1971–72; runner-up: 1973–74
- Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1971

**International**
- FIFA World Cup: 1966
- UEFA European Football Championship third place: 1968

**Individual**
- World XI: 1968, 1969
- _Rothmans Golden Boots Awards_: 1971

### Orders and special awards

- MBE for services to football, (1978).

## Infobox (football biography)

- **image**: Martin Peters.jpg
- **caption**: Peters in 2007
- **fullname**: Martin Stanford Peters
- **birth date**: 8 November 1943
- **name**: Martin Peters
 <small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **birth place**: Plaistow, Newham, Plaistow, Essex, England
- **death place**: London, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1959–1970
- **years2**: 1970–1975
- **years3**: 1975–1980
- **years4**: 1980–1981
- **years5**: 1982–1983
- **clubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **clubs2**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **clubs3**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
- **clubs4**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **clubs5**: Gorleston F.C., Gorleston
- **caps1**: 302
- **goals1**: 81
- **caps2**: 189
- **goals2**: 46
- **caps3**: 206
- **goals3**: 44
- **caps4**: 24
- **goals4**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 721
- **totalgoals**: 174
- **nationalyears1**: 1966–1974
- **nationalteam1**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 67
- **nationalgoals1**: 20
- **manageryears1**: 1981
- **managerclubs1**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United