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Peter Storey

Arsenal FC

19 appearances, 0 goals

P 19 W 11 D 5 L 3 F 29: A 12
71% successful

1971-7
3

disciplined: none
captain:
none
minutes played:
1710

Profile

Full name Peter Edwin Storey
Born 7 September 1945 in Farnham Hospital, Farnham, Surrey [registered in Surrey South Eastern, September 1945]. To Edwin and Nellie E. (née Cawson).
Grew up on the Longacre Estate in Ash, near Aldershot.
Attended Heathcote Memorial Junior and Yeoman's Bridge Secondary schools.
Married four times, firstly to Susan E. Thompson [registered in Enfield, June 1969], secondly to Catherine Macdonald [registered in St. Marylebone, September 1975], with one daughter, Natalie (b.December 1976), thirdly to Gillian E. Ashby [registered in Islington, September 1981], which gave him three sons, Peter (b.November 1981), Anthony (b.December 1982) and Jamie (b.September 1987). Then currently married to Daniele A. Scorcelletti [registered in Richmond-upon-Thames, July 2000].
Height/Weight 5' 9½", 11st. 7lbs [1972].

Source

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

Biographies True Storey: My Life and Crimes as a Football Hatchet Man - Peter Storey (Mainstream Publishing, September 2011)
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career

Club(s) Represented Aldeshot and Farnborough FA schools, and went on to have trials with Hampshire Schools, as a centre-half, and a right-back for London Schools, both in the same week as a fifteen year old. During which time, he was scouted by Arsenal FC, who would eventually sign him 'on a promise'.
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x

Source

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

England Career

Player number 872nd player to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-back, right-half, left-back.
First match No. 451, 21 April 1971, England 3 Greece 0, a European Championship qualification match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 25 years 226 days.
Last match No. 474, 14 June 1973, Italy 2 England 0, an end-of-season tour match at Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino, aged 27 years 280 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73;
Team honours British Championship winners 1970-71, 1972-73, shared 1971-72;
Individual honours England schoolboy (1961)
Distinctions The 25th Surreyian to represent England

England Disgrace

Sentenced to three years in jail for conspiracy to counterfeit gold half-sovereigns. Imprisoned again for smuggling pornographic videos into England from Rotterdam in the spare tyre of his Suzuki Jeep. Also received a suspended sentence and £700 fine for running a brothel, the Calypso Massage Parlour, in Leyton High Street, east London. There was also a conviction for negotiating with a criminal to buy two cars, a Mercedes and a BMW, which were on a high-purchase agreement, for his Starline minicab firm. - True Storey [2011]

Beyond England

Was a Public House landlord, of the Jolly Farmer in Islington, also ran the Starline minicab firm. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

 

Peter Storey - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
- 19 14 19 0 0 1710 0 0 min 0 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 Storey - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 8 4 3 1 13 5 +8 1 3 1.625 0.625 68.8 +3
Away 11 7 2 2 16 7 +9 3 6 1.455 0.636 72.7 +5
All 19 11 5 3 29 12 +17 4 9 1.526 0.632 71.1 +8

 

Peter Storey - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 15 11 3 1 28 7 +21 1 8 1.867 0.467 83.3 +10
Red 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
Yellow 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 2 0 0.333 1.667 16.7 -2
All 19 11 5 3 29 12 +17 4 9 1.526 0.632 71.1 +8

 

Peter Storey - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 1 1 0.667 1.00 50.0 =0
World Cup 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 1 1 0.667 1.00 50.0 =0

ECP

3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 66.7 +1
European Championship 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 66.7 +1
British Championship 8 7 0 1 14 3 +11 1 5 1.75 0.375 87.5 +6
Friendly 5 2 2 1 9 5 +4 1 1 1.80 1.00 60.0 +1
All 19 11 5 3 29 12 +17 4 9 1.526 0.632 71.1 +8

 

Peter Storey - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 1972-74 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 1 1 0.667 1.00 50.0 =0
WCP All 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 1 1 0.667 1.00 50.0 =0
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 1970-72 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 66.7 +1
ECP All 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 66.7 +1
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1970-71 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 0 1 2.00 0.50 100.0 +2
BC 1971-72 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 66.7 +1
BC 1972-73 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 0 2 2.00 0.333 100.0 +3
BC All 8 7 0 1 14 3 +11 1 5 1.75 0.375 87.5 +6
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 1 1 0.667 1.00 50.0 =0
EC 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 66.7 +1
BC 8 7 0 1 14 3 +11 1 5 1.75 0.375 87.5 +6
All 14 9 3 2 20 7 +13 3 6 1.429 0.50 75.0 +7

 

Peter Storey - Match History
 Club: Arsenal F.C. - 19 full appearances

manager: Sir Alf Ramsey - 19 full capsx

Age 25
1 451 21 April 1971 - England 3 Greece 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley ECP HW Start 2
- 452 12 May 1971 - England 5 Malta 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley ECP HW unused sub 17
2 453 15 May 1971 - Northern Ireland 0 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AW Start 4
- 454 19 May 1971 - England 0 Wales 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HD squad/reserve
3 455 22 May 1971 - England 3 Scotland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW Start 4
Age 26
4 457 10 November 1971 - England 1 Switzerland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley ECP HD Start 4
- 458 1 December 1971 - Greece 0 England 2, Karaiskaki Stadio, Piraes ECP AW unused sub 15
- 459 29 April 1972 - England 1 West Germany 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley ECP HL unused sub 14
5 460 13 May 1972 - West Germany 0 England 0, Olympiastadion, Berlin AD Start 4
6 461 20 May 1972 - Wales 0 England 3, Ninian Park, Cardiff BC AW Start 4
7 462 23 May 1972 - England 0 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HL Start 4
8 463 27 May 1972 - Scotland 0 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow AW Start 4
Age 27
9 464 11 October 1972 - England 1 Yugoslavia 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD Start 4
10 465 15 November 1972 - Wales 0 England 1, Ninian Park, Cardiff WCP AW Start 2
11 466 24 January 1973 - England 1 Wales 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley WCP HD Start 2
12 467 14 February 1973 - Scotland 0 England 5, Hampden Park, Glasgow Fr AW Start 2
13 468 12 May 1973 - Northern Ireland 1 England 2, Goodison Park, Liverpool BC AW Start 2
14 469 15 May 1973 - England 3 Wales 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW Start 2
15 470 19 May 1973 - England 1 Scotland 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW Start 2
16 471 27 May 1973 - Czechoslovakia 1 England 1, Stadión Letná, Praha Fr AD Start 3
17 472 6 June 1973 - Poland 2 England 0, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP AL Start 4
18 473 10 June 1973 - USSR 1 England 2, Central V.I. Lenin Stadium, Moskva tour AW Start 4
19 474 14 June 1973 - Italy 2 England 0, Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino AL Start 4

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