Peter Price | |
Fullname: | Peter William Price |
Birth Date: | 1949 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Wrexham, Wales |
Position: | Inside forward |
Youthyears1: | ????–1966 |
Youthclubs1: | Liverpool |
Years1: | 1966–1968 |
Years2: | 1968–1972 |
Years3: | 1972–1974 |
Years4: | 1974 |
Years5: | 1974–1978 |
Clubs4: | → Peterborough United (loan) |
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 |
Peter Price (born 17 August 1949) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played professionally in England during the 1960s and 1970s.
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 striker[1] despite playing a similar role throughout. He began his career as a youth at Liverpool, signing a full-time professional contract in 1966.[2]
In 1968, having failed to break into the Liverpool first team, he joined Peterborough United,[3] for whom he scored 62 goals in 119 appearances.
In 1972, Price signed for Portsmouth.[4] 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.
He ended his career at Barnsley, making his final appearance in the spring of 1978.
While at Peterborough, Price played for the Welsh under-23 side, scoring the winning goal against Scotland at Swansea City's Vetch Field ground.[5]