Martin Peters was an international footballer who represented England 67 times scoring 20 goals. His first cap was against Yugoslavia on 4th May 1966 at 22 years old, and his last was vs Scotland on 18th May 1974 aged 30. Peters, born on 8th November 1943, in Plaistow, London, has a FA Legacy Number of 844 and played as a Midfielder and Defensive Midfielder for his country.

Martin Peters - 67 caps (20 goals)

Full Name: Martin Stanford Peters
Born: 8th November 1943, Plaistow, London
Died: 21st December 2019, aged 76
England Career: 1966 - 1974
Positions whilst with England: Midfielder and Defensive Midfielder
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: West Ham United (33) & Tottenham Hotspur (34)
FA Legacy Number: 844
World Cup Winner in 1966.

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Yugoslavia (FR) on 4th May 1966 aged 22 years, 5 months, 26 days
Last Cap: v Scotland (HC) on 18th May 1974 aged 30 years, 6 months, 10 days
First Goal: v Finland (FR) on 26th June 1966 aged 22 years, 7 months, 18 days
First Captaincy: v Wales (HC) on 19th May 1971 aged 27 years, 6 months, 11 day
Career Length: 8 years, 14 days
Starts: 64
Substitute: 3
Withdrawn: 3
Full Games: 61

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
26
6
2
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
9
2
0
0
1

European Championship QualifierECQ
15
5
0
0
0

European Championship FinalsECF
2
0
0
0
0

British Home ChampionshipHC
13
7
1
0
0

World Cup QualifierWCQ
2
0
1
0
0

Competitive
41
14
2
0
1

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Home
32
10
3
0
1

Away
29
9
1
0
0

Neutral
6
1
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Drawn
14
2
3
0
0

Lost
11
1
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Midfielder
66
19
4
0
1

Defensive Midfielder
1
1
0
0
0

Total
67
20
4
0
1

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Alf Ramsey
66
20
4
0
1

England Joe Mercer
1
0
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Bobby Moore
57 Matches

Alan Ball
47 Matches

Gordon Banks
44 Matches

Geoff Hurst
41 Matches

Bobby Charlton
38 Matches

Alan Mullery
32 Matches

Colin Bell
26 Matches

Emlyn Hughes
25 Matches

Franny Lee
25 Matches

Keith Newton
21 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
www.theyflysohigh.co.uk by Steve Marsh
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
228 sources from 67 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

SCO, 0 - 2, 18th May 1974 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 67.
Age: 30 years, 6 months, 10 days.
POR, 0 - 0, 3rd Apr 1974 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 66.
Age: 30 years, 4 months, 25 days.
ITA, 0 - 1, 14th Nov 1973 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 65.
Age: 30 years, 0 months, 6 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 17th Oct 1973 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 64.
Age: 29 years, 11 month, 9 days.
AUT, 7 - 0, 26th Sep 1973 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 63.
Age: 29 years, 10 months, 18 days.
ITA, 0 - 2, 14th Jun 1973 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 62.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 6 days.
URS, 2 - 1, 10th Jun 1973 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 61.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 2 days.
POL, 0 - 2, 6th Jun 1973 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 60.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 28 days.
TCH, 1 - 1, 27th May 1973 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 59.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 19 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 19th May 1973 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 58.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 11 day.
WAL, 3 - 0, 15th May 1973 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 57.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 7 days.
NIR, 2 - 1, 12th May 1973 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 56.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 4 days.
SCO, 5 - 0, 14th Feb 1973 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 55.
Age: 29 years, 3 months, 6 days.
NIR, 0 - 1, 23rd May 1972 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 54.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 15 days.
FRG, 0 - 0, 13th May 1972 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 53.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 5 days.
FRG, 1 - 3, 29th Apr 1972 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 52.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 21 day.
GRE, 2 - 0, 1st Dec 1971 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 51.
Age: 28 years, 0 months, 23 days.
SUI, 3 - 2, 13th Oct 1971 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 50.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 5 days.
SCO, 3 - 1, 22nd May 1971 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 49.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 14 days.
WAL, 0 - 0, 19th May 1971 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 48.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 11 day.
NIR, 1 - 0, 15th May 1971 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 47.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 7 days.
MLT, 5 - 0, 12th May 1971 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 46.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 4 days.
GRE, 3 - 0, 21st Apr 1971 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 45.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 13 days.
MLT, 1 - 0, 3rd Feb 1971 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 44.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 25 days.
GDR, 3 - 1, 25th Nov 1970 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 43.
Age: 27 years, 0 months, 17 days.
FRG, 2 - 3, 14th Jun 1970 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 42.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 6 days.
TCH, 1 - 0, 11th Jun 1970 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 41.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 3 days.
BRA, 0 - 1, 7th Jun 1970 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 40.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 29 days.
ROU, 1 - 0, 2nd Jun 1970 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 39.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 24 days.
ECU, 2 - 0, 24th May 1970 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 38.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 16 days.
COL, 4 - 0, 20th May 1970 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 37.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 12 days.
SCO, 0 - 0, 25th Apr 1970 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 36.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 17 days.
NIR, 3 - 1, 21st Apr 1970 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 35.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 13 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 18th Apr 1970 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 34.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 10 days.
BEL, 3 - 1, 25th Feb 1970 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 33.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 17 days.
NED, 0 - 0, 14th Jan 1970 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 32.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 6 days.
POR, 1 - 0, 10th Dec 1969 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 31.
Age: 26 years, 1 month, 2 days.
NED, 1 - 0, 5th Nov 1969 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 30.
Age: 25 years, 11 month, 27 days.
BRA, 1 - 2, 12th Jun 1969 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 29.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 4 days.
URU, 2 - 1, 8th Jun 1969 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 28.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 0 days.
MEX, 0 - 0, 1st Jun 1969 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 27.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 24 days.
SCO, 4 - 1, 10th May 1969 (HC) West Ham United, Cap: 26.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 2 days.
NIR, 3 - 1, 3rd May 1969 (HC) West Ham United, Cap: 25.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 25 days.
FRA, 5 - 0, 12th Mar 1969 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 24.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 4 days.
BUL, 1 - 1, 11th Dec 1968 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 23.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 3 days.
ROU, 0 - 0, 6th Nov 1968 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 22.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 28 days.
URS, 2 - 0, 8th Jun 1968 (ECF) West Ham United, Cap: 21.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 0 days.
YUG, 0 - 1, 5th Jun 1968 (ECF) West Ham United, Cap: 20.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 27 days.
SWE, 3 - 1, 22nd May 1968 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 19.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 14 days.
ESP, 2 - 1, 8th May 1968 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 18.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 0 days.
ESP, 1 - 0, 3rd Apr 1968 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 17.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 25 days.
SCO, 1 - 1, 24th Feb 1968 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 16.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 16 days.
URS, 2 - 2, 6th Dec 1967 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 28 days.
NIR, 2 - 0, 22nd Nov 1967 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 14.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 14 days.
WAL, 3 - 0, 21st Oct 1967 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 13.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 13 days.
SCO, 2 - 3, 15th Apr 1967 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 12.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 7 days.
WAL, 5 - 1, 16th Nov 1966 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 11.
Age: 23 years, 0 months, 8 days.
TCH, 0 - 0, 2nd Nov 1966 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 10.
Age: 22 years, 11 month, 24 days.
NIR, 2 - 0, 20th Oct 1966 (ECQ) West Ham United, Cap: 9.
Age: 22 years, 11 month, 12 days.
FRG, 4 - 2, 30th Jul 1966 (WCF) West Ham United, Cap: 8.
Age: 22 years, 8 months, 22 days.
POR, 2 - 1, 26th Jul 1966 (WCF) West Ham United, Cap: 7.
Age: 22 years, 8 months, 18 days.
ARG, 1 - 0, 23rd Jul 1966 (WCF) West Ham United, Cap: 6.
Age: 22 years, 8 months, 15 days.
FRA, 2 - 0, 20th Jul 1966 (WCF) West Ham United, Cap: 5.
Age: 22 years, 8 months, 12 days.
MEX, 2 - 0, 16th Jul 1966 (WCF) West Ham United, Cap: 4.
Age: 22 years, 8 months, 8 days.
POL, 1 - 0, 5th Jul 1966 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 27 days.
FIN, 3 - 0, 26th Jun 1966 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 2.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 18 days.
YUG, 2 - 0, 4th May 1966 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 1.
Age: 22 years, 5 months, 26 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.