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Peter
Broadbent |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
7 appearances, 2 goals
P 7 W 1 D 4 L 2 F
9:
A 11
43% successful
1958-61
captain: none
minutes played: 630 |
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Timeline |
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Peter Frank Broadbent |
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Birth |
15 May 1933
in Adelaide Road, Elvington, Kent [registered in
Eastry, June 1933]. Second son to John and Elizabeth.
Attended
Elvington Village and Deal County Modern schools. |
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Marriage |
to Shirley A. Nicholl
[registered in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, March 1956].
Two children, Deborah and Gary |
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Death |
1 October 2013 in Wolverhampton, aged 80 years 139 days. |
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Funeral |
9 October 2013 at St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton, buried in Busbury Cemetery. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
Peter
Broadbent: A Biography - Steve Gordos (Breedon Books Publishing Co.
Ltd., Derby, 2007), (reprinted by Derby Books Publishing Ltd. Co, Derby,
January 2012) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played his
early career representing Deal and Sandwich Boys Schools, with Kent County Schools and also for the Dover FC. He,
alongside his Dover manager, George Poyser, both
joined Brentford AFC, towards the end of the 1949-50 season. Poyser joined
as chief scout, while Broadbent joined as an amateur, turning
professional in May 1950. He made sixteen appearances, scoring
twice, before Wolverhampton Wanderers FC signed him in February
1951 for £9000, a substantial fee for a seventeen year-old. He left
after nearly fourteen years service, in which he scored 125 goals
in 452 league appearances. Broadbent joined Shrewsbury Town FC in
January 1965 for £8000, making 69 league appearances,
scoring seven times. Aston Villa FC signed Broadbent in October
1966 for £7500 for another 64 league appearances and two
goals. Joined Stockport County FC in October 1969, making
a final 31 league outings and one last goal. Bromsgrove Rovers FC
in November 1970, where he scored seventeen goals in eighteen
West Midlands (regional) League appearances. He retired from
playing in November 1971. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Champions 1953-54, 1957-58, 1958-59, runners-up 1954-55,
1959-60; FA Charity Shield shared 1954, 1960,
winners 1959, runners-up 1958; FA Cup winners
1959-60; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Broadbent scored
Wolverhampton Wanderers' first ever goal in an European competition tie,
against Schalke in November 1958. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9½", 11st.
6lbs [1959]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
One
of two who became the 771st
players (772)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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First match |
No. 325, 17 June 1958, USSR 1 England 0,
a World Cup Finals play-off match at Nya Ullevi Stadion, Heden, Göteborg, Sweden, aged
25 years
33 days. |
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Last match |
No. 338,
9
April 1960,
Scotland 1 England 1, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged
26 years 330 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1958;
British Championship 1958-59,
1959-60; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1958-59, 1959-60; |
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Individual honours |
England B
(one appearance, 1956), England U23 (one appearance, 1954),
England Schoolboy (trials 1948) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Became a proprietor of a
childrenswear shop in Halesowen. Reported as suffering from Alzheimer's
Disease in November 2002 in Codsall, Wolverhampton, he had been diagnosed
five years earlier. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.46/47. |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
 |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
captain |
| 10 |
7 |
5 |
two |
630 |
2 |
315
min |
2 |
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 |
|
7 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
-2 |
2 |
1 |
1.286 |
1.571 |
42.9 |
-1 |
|
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 |
|
Home |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
1.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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Away |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
1.333 |
2.00 |
33.3 |
-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 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.75 |
0.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
25.0 |
-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 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC 1959-60 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC
All |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.75 |
0.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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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 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.75 |
0.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
|
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
1.40 |
1.40 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Match History
|
apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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England
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