years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
1973 1978 1982 -- 1985 1985 1985 -- 1986 1986 -- -- 1992 1974 1974 -- 1978 1978 -- 1982 bury -rrb- hong kong rangers barrow morecambe barrow liverpool oldham athletic → dallas tornado -lrb- loan 1 0 137 9 0 0 0 0 kendal , england goalkeeper 11 june 1953 peter mcdonnell
 peter mcdonnell
peter mcdonnell

peter mcdonnell -lrb- born 11 june 1953 , kendal , westmorland , england -rrb- is an english former footballer goalkeeper who played professionally in england , the united states and hong kong .
he began his professional career in 1973 with bury , before being signed by liverpool boss bill shankly after one year .
he spent four years as reserve goalkeeper at anfield , without making a first-team appearance .
there were no substitute goalkeepers in domestic football in those days , and so mcdonnell 's only first-team squad involvement came in european football .
he was on the bench for the 1977 european cup final , a game which liverpool won .
however , mcdonnell 's winner 's medal was lost after the game , believed by some to have been stolen and given to one of liverpool 's first-team players who had missed the final .
following the arrival of steve ogrizovic , he was pushed down to third choice , and left to join oldham athletic in 1978 .
he spent four years there , before heading to dallas in the nasl , then to hong kong to play for hong kong rangers , eventually returning home to represent a number of non-league clubs .
he spent some time at barrow in the northern premier league , and later the football conference and won the fa trophy at wembley stadium in 1990 .
mcdonnell is currently a referee in the north lancashire and district football league and is a westmorland football association council member .
