{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Peter Marinello | image = Peter Marinello (1970).png | caption = Peter Marinello, April 1970 | fullname = Peter Marinello | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = | height = 1.75 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/m/peter-marinello/ |title=Peter Marinello |publisher=motherwellnet.com |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Salvesen's Boys Club | years1 = 1968–1970 | caps1 = 45 | goals1 = 5 | clubs1 = Hibernian | years2 = 1970–1973 | caps2 = 38 | goals2 = 3 | clubs2 = Arsenal | years3 = 1973–1975 | caps3 = 95 | goals3 = 7 | clubs3 = Portsmouth | years4 = 1975–1978 | caps4 = 89 | goals4 = 12 | clubs4 = Motherwell | years5 = 1978 | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 1 | clubs5 = → Canberra City (loan) | years6 = 1978–1980 | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 1 | clubs6 = Fulham | years7 = 1980–1981 | caps7 = 25 | goals7 = 17 | clubs7 = Phoenix Inferno | years8 = 1981–1983 | caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 3 | clubs8 = Heart of Midlothian | years9 = 1983–1984 | caps9 = 6 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Partick Thistle | years10= | caps10= | goals10= | clubs10= Broxburn Athletic | nationalyears1 = 1969–1970 | nationalteam1 = Scotland U23<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=154 |title=Peter Marinello |work=fitbastats.com |accessdate=13 October 2012}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1978<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/petermarinello.html|title=SFL player Peter Marinello|work=Londonhearts.com|publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref> | nationalteam2 = Scottish League XI | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }} '''Peter Marinello''' (born 20 February 1950) is a Scottish former footballer.<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/petermarinello}}</ref>
==Career== ===Hibernian=== Marinello started his career at Hibernian,<ref>[http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player.php?playerid=6185 Hibernian player Marinello, Peter], FitbaStats</ref> and could play either as a centre forward or right winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed "the next George Best" by the British press.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/04/03/peter_marinello_feature.shtml | title=Peter Marinello speaks to BBC London 94.9 | date=3 April 2007|work=BBC }}</ref><ref name=heyhey>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/scotland/6659977.stm Hey Hey Marinello], BBC Sport, 21 May 2007</ref><ref name=day>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070430135304/http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/comment/article2434951.ece An email conversation with Peter Marinello: 'On my day I would like to say I was as good as Ryan Giggs'], The Independent, 9 April 2007</ref>
===Arsenal=== In January 1970, a month before his 20th birthday, he joined Arsenal for £100,000, a club record fee at the time. The acquisition of Marinello also marked the first time that Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player. He went on to score on his debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 January 1970.<ref name=Arsenal>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/433/peter-marinello|title=Peter Marinello|website=Arsenal.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203041050/http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/433/peter-marinello|archivedate=3 February 2016}}</ref><ref name=day/> Next month, on 5 February, he appeared as a guest on the weekly pop show ''Top of the Pops'', and on 21 February he reviewed the singles of the week in the music magazine ''Melody Maker'' (''Instant Karma!'' by John Lennon was single of the week). However, a combination of a newly adopted 'celebrity party lifestyle' and a knee injury led to a dip in his footballing form<ref name=heyhey/><ref name=day/> and meant that he was not a regular in the team: he was not part of the squad for the final of Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970,<ref name=day/> but he contributed four appearances during the run, including the semi-final first leg against Ajax.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal Stats |url=http://thearsenalhistory.com/stat/aftlu.htm |publisher=thearsenalhistory.com |accessdate=25 January 2018 |archive-date=15 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715102949/http://thearsenalhistory.com/stat/aftlu.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He only played three matches in their 1970–71 Double-winning campaign.<ref name="fourfourtwo"/> He subsequently played eight league matches in 1971–72 and thirteen in 1972–73. In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring 5 goals.<ref name=Arsenal /> Marinello left Arsenal in July 1973 after failing to agree a new contract.<ref name="scotsman"/>
===Later playing career=== He next played for Portsmouth followed by Motherwell,<ref>[http://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/m/peter-marinello/ Peter Marinello], MotherWELLnet</ref> Canberra City, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian<ref>[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h01521.html Hearts player Peter Marinello], London Hearts Supporters Club</ref> and Partick Thistle.<ref name=heyhey/><ref name=day/>
==After playing== Though he retired a wealthy man, a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994.<ref name="scotsman">{{cite web | url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=109872005 | title=Glamour long gone but Marinello keeps mellow |date=29 January 2005| work=The Scotsman }}</ref><ref name=day/> He now runs an amateur football club and lives in Bournemouth, Dorset.<ref name="fourfourtwo">{{cite web |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/peter-marinello-what-happened-next| title=Peter Marinello: What happened next|website=FourFourTwo.com|date=1 August 2007}}</ref> He released an autobiography, ''Fallen Idle'', in 2007.<ref name=heyhey/>
==Honours== ;Hibernian *Scottish League Cup: runner-up 1968–69<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk/midfielders/peter-marinello|title=Peter Marinello|website=Hibernian Historical Trust.org}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
*{{cite book | last=Harris|first=Jeff|editor-last=Hogg|editor-first=Tony | title=Arsenal Who's Who | publisher=Independent UK Sports | year=1995 | isbn=1-899429-03-4 }}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911131056/http://jkarlsson.netfirms.com/players/m/marinello_p/ Statistics on Gunnermania] *[http://arseblog.com/WP/2007/06/22/arseblog-meets-peter-marinello/ Marinello talks to Arseblog.com's 'Arsecast']
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