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Peter Brabrook

Chelsea FC

3 appearances, 0 goals

P 3 W 0 D 1 L 2 F 3: A 7
17% successful

1958-61

captain: none
minutes played:
270

Timeline

  Peter Brabrook
Birth 8 November 1937 in Greenwich, London [registered in Greenwich, December 1937].
Attended Windsor & Napier School, East Ham
Marriage to Doreen L. Styles [registered in East Ham, Essex, March 1963].
Death 10 December 2016, in St. Luke's Hospice in Basildon, from liver cancer, aged 79 years 32 days.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Club Career

Club(s) Started his football career playing schoolboy football with East Ham schools, Essex schools and London schools. He joined the amateur ranks when he joined the Chelsea FC groundstaff in March 1953. Brabrook turned professional in March 1955. Everton FC attempted to sign him in August 1962, offering a £75 per week. But after 251 league appearances and 47 goals, it was West Ham United FC that signed him on 20 October 1962 for £33,000, preferring to remain in the capital. He made 167 league appearances and scored 33 times. Joined Orient Athletic FC in July 1968 and made 72 league appearances, scoring six times. Signed with Romford FC in August 1971.
Club honours FA Cup winners 1963-64; Football League runners-up 1965-66; Football League Champions 1969-70;
Individual honours Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 10½", 12st. 0lbs [1959].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of two who became the 771st players (771) to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-right
First match No. 325, 17 June 1958, USSR 1 England 0, a World Cup Finals group phase play-off match at Nya Ullevi Stadion, Heden, Göteborg, Sweden, aged 20 years 221 days.
Last match No. 340, 15 May 1960, Spain 3 England 0, a friendly match at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Chamartín, Madrid, aged 22 years 189 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1958;
British Championship 1958-59;
Team honours British Championship shared 1958-59;
Individual honours England U23 (nine appearances, one goal, 1957-61), England Youth
Distinctions The twentieth Londoner to represent England.

Beyond England

Became a proprietor of a butcher's shop. Also coached the West Ham United FC under-17 side in the 21st century. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.41/42.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps reserve minutes captain
5 3 2 three 270 0 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.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 2 0 1.00 2.333 16.7 -2
All matches were played in a white shirt

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Away 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 1 0 1.50 3.00 25.0 -1
Neutral 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1

Competition Record

Competition 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 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
World Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
British Championship 1 0 1 0 3 3 =0 0 0 3.00 3.00 50.0 =0
Friendly 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.00 3.00 0.00 -1

Tournament Record

World Cup Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1958 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
WCF All 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1958-59 1 0 1 0 3 3 =0 0 0 3.00 3.00 50.0 =0
BC All 1 0 1 0 3 3 =0 0 0 3.00 3.00 50.0 =0

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
BC 1 0 1 0 3 3 =0 0 0 3.00 3.00 50.0 =0
2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1 0 1.50 2.00 25.0 -1

Match History

 
Age 19 under 23  
two appearances - Bulgaria September 1957 & Romania October 1957
 
Age 20  
one appearance - Scotland January 1958
   

 Club: Chelsea F.C. - three full appearances (270 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - three full appearances (270 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW party member
 
WCF
outside right 15x
322 8 June 1958 - USSR 2 England 2, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg ND party member
323 11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg ND
324 15 June 1958 - Austria 2 England 2, Ryavallen Stadion, Borås ND
1 325 17 June 1958 - USSR 1 England 0
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg
NL  
 
one of two who became the 771st player (771) to appear for England.
the nineteenth Chelsea player to represent England
the youngest World Cup Finals player so far

under 23  
one appearance - Poland September 1958

2 326 4 October 1958 - Northern Ireland 3 England 3
Windsor Park, Belfast
BC AD   7
  

under 23  
one appearance - Czechoslovakia October 1958

Age 21  
withdrew - France March 1959, three appearances - Italy & West Germany May 1959, Hungary September 1959.

Age 22  
withdrew - GDR, Poland & Israel May 1960. (promoted to senior squad).
 
339 11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley
tour
HD reserve
3 340 15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
AL   7
341 22 May 1960 - Hungary 2 England 0, Népstadion, Budapest AL reserve
  
343 19 October 1960 - Luxembourg 0 England 9, Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg WCP AW party member
  
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Age 23  
Peter Brabrook was a replacement at the Anfield get-together on 6-8 February 1961.
   

under 23  
one appearance - Scotland March 1961


  

 
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