England Goalkeepers - Peter Bonetti

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Peter Bonetti	Chelsea FC 7 appearances, 4 goals against five clean sheets P 7 W 6 D 0 L 1 F 11: A 4 86% successful 1966-70 disciplined: none captain: none minutes played: 660

Timeline
	Peter Phillip Bonetti
Birth	27 September 1941 in Putney, London [registered as Peter [no 'P'] in Wandsworth, December 1941]. To Guiseppe (Joseph) and Lydia Rina (née Darani) Attended St Mary's RC Primary School, Worthing.
First marriage	to Francis T. Jennings [registered in Worthing, Sussex, June 1962]. Four children, Susanne, Kim, Nicholas and Lisa.
Second marriage	to Kay V. McDowell [registered in Birmingham, August 1992]. One child, Scott Joseph (3 October 1984-28 April 2013)
Death	Sunday, 12 April 2020 in Walsall, Staffordshire, aged 78 years 198 days. Left £467,000 in his will
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies	Leaping To Fame - Peter Bonetti (Stanley Paul, London 1968)
	Aptly titled account of the goalkeeping exploits of 'The Cat' with Chelsea and England. 600 league games make him one of soccer's most loyal subjects. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).
Club Career
Club(s)	Started his career with Worthing RC Youth Club. Bonetti joined Chelsea FC as an amateur in 1958, turning professional in April 1959. In the summer of 1975, after 495 league appearances, Bonetti left for St. Louis Stars of the NASL, he made 21 league appearances, before returning to England and resigning for Chelsea. He made another 105 league appearances (total 600). He retired in May 1979. He did however sign for Dundee United FC in July 1979 for five league appearances. In February 1981, Airdrieonians FC attempted to sign him. He did however play two league matches for Woking FC in 1986.
Club honours	FA Youth Cup winners 1959-60; Football League Cup winners 1964-65, runners-up 1971-72; FA Cup runners up 1966-67, winners 1969-70; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1970; European Cup Winners Cup winners 1970-71; NASL Central Division winners 1974-75;
Individual honours	Football League (four appearances)
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 10", 11st. 3lbs [1968].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	846th player to appear for England. 83rd goalkeeper to appear.
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
First match	No. 402, 3 July 1966, Denmark 0 England 2, a tour match at Idrætsparken, København, aged 24 years 279 days.
Last match	No. 448, 14 June 1970, West Germany 3 England 2, Estádio Guanajuato, León, Mexico, aged 28 years 260 days.
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 1966, 1970;
Team honours	World Cup winners 1966 (unused);
Individual honours	England U23 (twelve appearances, 15ga, 4cs)
Distinctions	Could have played for Switzerland, his parents were Swiss. Bonetti almost set a record when not conceding in his first 317 minutes as an England goalkeeper. Jimmy Sutcliffe set a record of 318 minutes between 1893 and 1901.
Beyond England
When he spent his season at Dundee United FC, he lived and ran a guest house in Fionnphort, on the Isle of Mull and apparently worked as a postman. He returned to London and coached Chelsea, then Manchester City, and spent time in the England set-up under Graham Taylor. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.38.

Peter Bonetti - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp
Apps

Starts

Sub on

Sub
off

Mins.

GA Av.
min

Comp GA

Clean
Sheets

Cln
Sht Av

Capt.

Disc.

21+

660

158 min

71.4%

none

none

minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

Peter Bonetti - Match Record - All Matches
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
Home	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	0	2	1.50	0.00	100.0	+2
Away	4	4	0	0	6	1	+5	0	3	1.50	0.25	100.0	+4
Neutral	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
All	7	6	0	1	11	4	+7	0	5	1.571	0.571	85.7	+5

Peter Bonetti - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
*WCP*	0	0	0	0	0	0	=0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	=0
*WCF*	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
World Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
*ECP*	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	2.00	1.00	100.0	+1
*ECF*	0	0	0	0	0	0	=0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	=0
European Championship	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	2.00	1.00	100.0	+1
Friendly	5	5	0	0	7	0	+7	0	5	1.40	0.00	100.0	+5
All	7	6	0	1	11	4	+7	0	5	1.571	0.571	85.7	+5

Peter Bonetti - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Final Tournaments
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WCF 1966	0	0	0	0	0	0	=0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	=0
WCF 1970	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
WCF All	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
ECP 1966-68	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	2.00	1.00	100.0	+1
ECP All	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	2.00	1.00	100.0	+1
All Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WC	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
EC	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	2.00	1.00	100.0	+1
All	2	1	0	1	4	4	=0	0	0	2.00	2.00	50.0	=0

Peter Bonetti - Match History

Club: Chelsea F.C. - 7 full appearances (660 min), four goals against

manager: Walter Winterbottom - 0 full appearancesx

Age 20

1 u23 28 February 1962 - Scotland 2 England 4, Pittodrie, Aberdeen Fr AW Start 1

2 u23 22 March 1962 - England 4 Turkey 2, The Dell, Southampton Fr HW Start 1

Age 21

3 u23 7 November 1962 - England 6 Belgium 1, Home Park, Plymouth Fr HW Start 1

4 u23 28 November 1962 - England 5 Greece 0, St. Andrew's, Birmingham Fr HW Start 1

5 u23 21 March 1963 - England 0 Yugoslavia 0, Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HD Start 1

6 u23 29 May 1963 - Yugoslavia 2 England 4, Stadion JNA, Belgrade tour AD Start 1

7 u23 2 June 1963 - Romania 1 England 0, Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti AL Start 1

manager: Alf Ramsey - 7 full appearances (660 min), four goals againstx

Age 22

8 u23 8 April 1964 - France 2 England 2, Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen Fr AD Start 1

9 u23 13 May 1964 - Hungary 2 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest tour AL Start 1

10 u23 17 May 1964 - Israel 0 England 4, Gaon Stadium, Tel Aviv AW Start 1

11 u23 17 May 1964 - Turkey 3 England 0, Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, İstanbul AW Start 1

Age 23

u23 25 May 1965 - West Germany 1 England 0, Dreisamstadion, Freiburg tour AL squad member

u23 29 May 1965 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 0, Stadion u Nisy, Liberec AD

12 u23 2 June 1965 - Austria 0 England 0, Praterstadion, Wien AD Start 1

Age 24

400 26 June 1966 - Finland 0 England 3, Olympiastadion, Helsinki tour AW squad member

401 29 June 1966 - Norway 1 England 6, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo AW

1 402 3 July 1966 - Denmark 0 England 2, Idrætsparken, København AW Start 1

403 5 July 1966 - Poland 0 England 1, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów AW squad member

404 11 July 1966 - England 0 Uruguay 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley WCF HD squad member 13

405 16 July 1966 - England 2 Mexico 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW

406 20 July 1966 - England 2 France 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW

407 23 July 1966 - England 1 Argentina 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW

408 26 July 1966 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW

409 30 July 1966 - England 4 West Germany 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW

Age 25

2 414 24 May 1967 - England 2 Spain 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 1

3 415 27 May 1967 - Austria 0 England 1, Praterstadion, Wien Fr AW Start 1

Age 26

419 24 February 1968 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC/ ECP AD withdrawn

4 421 8 May 1968 - Spain 1 England 2, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid ECP AW Start 1

Age 28

5 436 5 November 1969 - Netherlands 0 England 1, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Fr AW Start 1

6 437 10 December 1969 - England 1 Portugal 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 1

443 20 May 1970 - Colombia 0 England 4, Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Olímpico tour AW squad member

444 24 May 1970 - Ecuador 0 England 2, Estádio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito AW

445 2 June 1970 - Romania 0 England 1, Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara WCF NW squad member 12

446 7 June 1970 - Brazil 1 England 0, Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara NL

447 11 June 1970 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 1, Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara NW

7 448 14 June 1970 - West Germany 3 England 2, Estádio Guanajuato, León NL Start

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