Peter Price (footballer, born 1949)
{{Short description|Welsh footballer (born 1949)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Peter Price
| image =
| fullname = Peter William Price
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1949|8|17}}
| birth_place = Wrexham, Wales
| death_date =
| height =
| position = Inside forward
| youthyears1 = ????–1966
| youthclubs1 = Liverpool
| years1 = 1966–1968
| years2 = 1968–1972
| years3 = 1972–1974
| years4 = 1974
| years5 = 1974–1978
| clubs1 = Liverpool
| clubs2 = Peterborough United
| clubs3 = Portsmouth
| clubs4 = → Peterborough United (loan)
| clubs5 = Barnsley
| caps1 = 0
| caps2 = 119
| caps3 = 14
| caps4 = 2
| caps5 = 79
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 62
| goals3 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 28
| totalcaps = 214 | totalgoals = 92
| nationalyears1 = 1970–1971
| nationalteam1 = Wales U23
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 =
}}
Peter Price (born 17 August 1949) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played professionally in England during the 1960s and 1970s.
Career
=Early career=
Price was one of that generation who bridged the gap between terminological eras, beginning his career as an inside forward and ending it as a strikerAs football moved from 1-2-3-5 to 1-4-3-3/1-4-2-4 despite playing a similar role throughout.
He began his career as a youth at Liverpool, signing a full-time professional contract in 1966."The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 {{ISBN|1-85291-585-4}}
=Peterborough United=
In 1968, having failed to break into the Liverpool first team, he joined Peterborough United,{{Cite web |url=http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10427~149310,00.html |title=Report of 1960s "Posh" match |access-date=30 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915060500/http://www.theposh.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10427~149310,00.html |archive-date=15 September 2008 |url-status=dead }} for whom he scored 62 goals in 119 appearances.
=Portsmouth=
In 1972, Price signed for Portsmouth."Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 {{ISBN|1-874287-25-2}} Hampered by a back injury, he struggled to establish himself in the side, eventually leaving Fratton Park to return to his former club two years later.
=Barnsley=
He ended his career at Barnsley, making his final appearance in the spring of 1978.
International career
While at Peterborough, Price played for the Welsh under-23 side, scoring the winning goal against Scotland at Swansea City's Vetch Field ground."Rothmans Football Year Book,1970-71" Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 {{ISBN|0-362-00071-9}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{English Fourth Division top scorers}}
{{Peterborough United F.C. Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Footballers from Wrexham
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Peterborough United F.C. players
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
Category:Wales men's under-23 international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:English Football League players
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