{{Short description|Irish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Peter Desmond | image = | fullname = Peter Desmond | birth_date = 23 November 1926 | birth_place = [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|7||1926|11|23|df=y}} | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Richmond Celtic | years1 = 1947–1948 | years2 = 1948–1949 | years3 = 1949–1950 | years4 = 1950–1951 | years5 = 1951–1952 | years6 = 1952–1953 | years7 = 1953–1954 | clubs1 = [[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]] | clubs2 = [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] | clubs3 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] | clubs4 = [[Southport F.C.|Southport]] | clubs5 = [[York City F.C.|York City]] | clubs6 = [[Stockton F.C.|Stockton]] | clubs7 = [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]] | caps1 = | caps2 = 14 | caps3 = 2 | caps4 = 12 | caps5 = 1 | caps6 = | caps7 = 1 | goals1 = | goals2 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1949 | nationalteam1 = [[Ireland national football team (FAI)|Ireland]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Peter Desmond''' (23 November 1926 in [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland – July 1990) was an Irish [[association football|footballer]]. Desmond played for several clubs in the [[League of Ireland]] and the [[Football League|English League]]. As an international, Desmond also played for [[Ireland national football team (FAI)|Ireland]].
Desmond made all four appearances for Ireland while playing for [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]. He made his international debut in a 3–0 win against [[Finland national football team|Finland]] on 8 September 1949 at [[Dalymount Park]] in a [[1950 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualifier.
Desmond was also a member of the Ireland team that defeated [[England national football team|England]] [[England v Ireland (1949)|2–0]] at [[Goodison Park]], becoming the first non-[[United Kingdom|UK]] team to beat England at home. Ireland took the lead in the 33rd minute when Desmond, after collecting a pass from [[Tommy O'Connor]], was brought down in the England penalty area; [[Con Martin]] then converted the subsequent penalty kick.
Desmond made just two more international appearances for Ireland. They came on 9 October 1949 in a 1–1 draw with [[Finland national football team|Finland]] and on 13 November 1949 in 3–1 defeat to [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]. Both these games were World Cup qualifiers.
==Sources== *''The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story'' (1997): Sean Ryan [https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1851589392]
==External links== *[http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/player.php?id=343 Ireland Stats] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071118202014/http://www.corkcityfc.ie/articles/awayfromhome.htm Cork City fansite] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011558/http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=187 Harlepool United fansite]
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