Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton
Peter Shilton (2008)
Personnel
Surname	Peter Leslie Shilton
birthday	September 18, 1949
place of birth	Leicester ,  England
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
1963-1966	Leicester City
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1966-1974	Leicester City	286 (1)
1974-1977	Stoke City	110 (0)
1977-1982	Nottingham Forest	202 (0)
1982-1987	Southampton FC	188 (0)
1987-1992	Derby County	175 (0)
1992-1995	Plymouth Argyle	34 (0)
1995	Wimbledon FC	0 (0)
1995	Bolton Wanderers	1 (0)
1995-1996	Coventry City	0 (0)
1996	West Ham United	0 (0)
1996-1997	Leyton Orient	9 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1968-1972	England U-23	13 (0)
1970-1990	England	125 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Peter Leslie Shilton , OBE (born September 18, 1949 in Leicester ) is a former English football player and is England's record holder with 125 appearances in the senior national team. He played in the position of goalkeeper . He took turns in the goal of the national soccer team for years with his equal Ray Clemence . On June 16, 1990, he overbid Pat Jennings ' European record with his 120th game , expanded this to 125 games and held it until June 8, 1995, when he was outbid by Thomas Ravelli .

Player career

During his nearly three decades career, he played with eleven professional English clubs: Leyton Orient , West Ham United , Coventry City , Bolton Wanderers , Wimbledon FC , Plymouth Argyle , Derby County , Southampton FC , Nottingham Forest , Stoke City and Leicester City . He played 1005 championship games.

Leicester City

In 1966, the only 16-year-old Peter Shilton started his playing career with his hometown club Leicester City . Just a year later he succeeded Gordon Banks , who had previously guarded the Leicester gate for eight years. In the Football League First Division 1968/69 Shilton rose with his team as the table penultimate in the Second Division. For this he reached the FA Cup final in 1969 with Leicester, but lost it 0-1 against Manchester City . In the 1970/71 season he managed to return to the First Division with his team and was able to establish himself there in the following three years.

Stoke City

In 1974, Peter Shilton decided to change clubs and moved to Stoke City for £ 325,000 . After a good fifth place in the first season it was only enough for 12th place in the following year and in the Football League First Division 1976/77 even relegation to the Second Division followed. Shilton did not want to play another year in the English second division and then joined the newly promoted Nottingham Forest for £ 250,000 .

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham had managed to return to the first division the year before under the coaching duo Brian Clough and Peter Taylor . In the Football League First Division 1977/78 his team achieved the sensation of winning the championship before Liverpool FC as a promoted team. The following season was also very successful and finished with second place in the Football League First Division 1978/79 and winning the National Champion Cup in 1979 . In the final, the Swedish champions Malmö FF were defeated 1-0 in Munich . The winning goal was scored by Trevor Francis , who had only recently been signed up .

As defending champion Nottingham also started in the National Champion Cup in 1980 and won the title in Madrid with a goal by Robertson 1-0 against Hamburger SV . In 1980 it was enough to finish fifth in the First Division. The title hat trick did not succeed in the National Champion Cup 1981 , Forest failed in the first round at the Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia , in the league only finished 7th.

This meant that three outstanding seasons had passed, in which there was a championship win, two successes each in the European Cup and the League Cup and the 1979 European Supercup. Forest had its most successful time in the club's history at the end of the 70s and beginning of the 80s and Peter Shilton also celebrated the greatest successes of his career here. In addition to him, u. a. Defender Viv Anderson , midfielder Martin O'Neill and the striker Trevor Francis and John Robertson the club at this time. After an average season in 1981/82, Shilton decided on a new challenge and moved to Southampton FC .

Southampton FC

After a rather average first season Southampton reached in the Football League First Division 1983/84 the runner-up behind the serial champions Liverpool FC . Shilton and his team were also able to leave their ex-club Nottingham Forest behind. In addition, the club reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup 1983/84, but lost it in the neutral Highbury Stadium with 0: 1 against the eventual winners Everton . The following season led the team to fifth place in the table. With second place from the previous year, Southampton also played in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup , but failed there in the first round at Hamburger SV . Due to the 5-year suspension of all English clubs as a result of the Heysel disaster from the 1985/86 season, Southampton FC was also denied international participation in the years to come. After two average years in the First Division, Peter Shilton joined Derby County in 1987 .

Derby County

Derby had made the direct march from Third to First Division in the past two years. After a close relegation in the first year with only one point ahead of Chelsea , Shilton's new team reached a very good fifth place in the Football League First Division in 1988/89 . However, due to the still existing ban on all English clubs, this did not lead to participation in the UEFA Cup. However, this upswing was short-lived. After 16th place in the following year Derby rose in the 1990/91 season, beaten from bottom of the table in the Second Division. Peter Shilton remained loyal to his club and played in the second division in the coming year. Teammates of his in his time at Derby County were u. a. Mark Wright and Dean Saunders . After the missed promotion, the almost 43-year-old Shilton moved to Plymouth Argyle .

Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth also played only in the second division at this time and even rose to the third division in the 1994/95 season.

Leyton Orient

Shilton signed his last professional contract in 1996 as a substitute goalkeeper for third division Leyton Orient FC. On December 22, 1996, he played his 1000th competitive game in a 2-0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion . He ended his career in 1997 at the age of 47.

English national football team

Shilton stood between the English posts in five international tournaments: EM 1980 , WM 1982 , WM 1986 , EM 1988 and the 1990 World Cup . With 17 World Cup games he is the English record holder.

Internationally, Shilton could not book any titles in his career with the English national team . In 1986 Shilton was in the limelight of the World Cup tournament in Mexico , albeit in the role of victim. Diego Maradona had scored an irregular goal with the legendary " Hand of God " by maneuvering the ball with his left hand over the rushing Peter Shilton. Argentina, who won 2-1, put Shilton and England out of the semifinals.

Shilton's greatest achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup . Here he had to bow to a deflected free kick from the German Andreas Brehme , in which he did not cut a good figure. In the subsequent penalty shootout , he could not parry a German penalty; England missed the final. At that tournament, Shilton was the oldest player at the age of 40. He was the first goalkeeper to have played ten World Cup games without conceding a goal - a record that was only set by Fabien Barthez in 2006 .

Trivia

Shilton has been awarded the orders of MBE and OBE.

For the Commodore 64 there is the game "Peter Shilton's Handball Maradona", in which you can control Shilton in English league games.

successes

• English champion 1978 (Nottingham Forest)
• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1979 and 1980 (Nottingham Forest)
• English League Cup 1978 and 1979 (Nottingham Forest)
• European Supercup 1979 (Nottingham Forest)

Web links

• official homepage
• Side of the FA
• Peter Shilton in the database of FIFA (English)
• Hall Of Fame ( Memento from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Peter Shilton in the soccerbase.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shilton, the hero, holds. In: berliner-kurier.de. December 22, 2005, accessed September 17, 2013 . 
2. ↑ December 1996. Sunday 22. In: WSC.co.uk. When Saturday Comes Ltd., London, accessed September 17, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Congratulations! In: FIFA.com. September 16, 2012, accessed September 17, 2013 .