Peter Spiring

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Spiring

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| fullname = Peter John Spiring

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glastonbury, England

| height =

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Bristol City

| years1 = 1968–1973 | clubs1 = Bristol City | caps1 = 63 | goals1 = 16

| years2 = 1971 | clubs2 = → Washington Darts (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1973–1974 | clubs3 = Liverpool | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1974–1976 | clubs4 = Luton Town | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 1976–1983 | clubs5 = Hereford United | caps5 = 227 | goals5 = 20

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Peter Spiring (born 13 December 1950) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League playing as a winger for Bristol City, Luton Town and Hereford United,{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/peterspiring.html |title=Peter Spiring |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=17 October 2009}} and in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for Washington Darts.{{cite web |url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Spiring.Peter.html |title=North American Soccer League Players Peter Spiring |work=NASL Jerseys |publisher=Dave Morrison |accessdate=17 October 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Spiring started his career at Bristol City before being sold to Liverpool for £60,000 in March 1973. He did not play a first team match at Anfield, only featuring on the bench twice,{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=1141 |title=Player Profile Peter Spiring |publisher=LFCHistory |accessdate=17 October 2009}} and was later sold to Luton Town for £70,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/seasontransfers.asp?season_id=16 |title=Transfers for the 1974-1975 season |publisher=LFCHistory |accessdate=17 October 2009}} He went on to spend eight seasons at Hereford United.

Spiring's son Reuben played first-class cricket for Worcestershire.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/worcestershire/1448961.stm |title=Spiring calls it quits |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 July 2001 |accessdate=17 October 2009}}