- Peter McDonnell
Peter McDonnell (b.
June 11 1953 ,Kendal ,England ) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.He began his professional career in 1973 with Bury, before being signed by Liverpool boss
Bill Shankly after one year. He spent four years as reserve goalkeeper atAnfield , without making a first-team appearance. There were no substitute goalkeepers in domestic football in those days, and so McDonnell's only first-team squad involvement came in European football.He was on the bench for the
1977 European Cup Final , a game which Liverpool won. However, McDonnell's winner's medal was lost after the game, believed by some to have been stolen and given to one of Liverpool's first-team players who had missed the final [cite book |title=Liverpool's 5-Star Heroes | publisher=Trinity Mirror Sport Media| year=2005| isbn=978-1905266050] . Following the arrival ofSteve Ogrizovic , he was pushed down to third choice, and left to join Oldham Athletic in 1978.He spent four years there, before heading to Dallas in the NASL, then to
Hong Kong to play for Rangers, eventually returning home to represent a number of non-league clubs. Peter spent some time at Barrow AFC in the Northern Premier League, and later the Conference, where he won the FA Trophy at Wembley in 1990.Peter McDonnell is currently a referee in the Lancaster Honda North Lancashire and District Football League and is a
Westmorland Football Association council member. [cite web |url=http://www.westmorlandfa.com/AboutUs/Contacts/CouncilMembers/ |title=Council 2007/2008 |accessdate=2008-06-18 |work=www.westmorlandfa.com |date=2008-06-18]References
External links
* [http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=496 Profile at LFCHistory.net]
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