Peter Spiring

Peter Spiring
Personal information
Full name Peter John Spiring
Date of birth (1950-12-13) 13 December 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth Glastonbury, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1973 Bristol City 63 (16)
1971 → Washington Darts (loan) 4 (0)
1973–1974 Liverpool 0 (0)
1974–1976 Luton Town 15 (2)
1976–1983 Hereford United 227 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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,[1] and in the North American Soccer League (NASL) for Washington Darts.[2]

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,[3] and was later sold to Luton Town for £70,000.[4] He went on to spend eight seasons at Hereford United.

Spiring's son Reuben played first-class cricket for Worcestershire.[5]

  1. ^ "Peter Spiring". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ^ "North American Soccer League Players Peter Spiring". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 17 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Player Profile Peter Spiring". LFCHistory. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Transfers for the 1974-1975 season". LFCHistory. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Spiring calls it quits". BBC Sport. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2009.