Peter Shilton
Peter Shilton (born September 18, 1949) was a English footballerer playing as goalkeeper, and later a club manager.He played for 11 English league clubs:
- Leicester City F.C (where he made his first team debut at the age of 16)
- Stoke City F.C
- Nottingham Forest F.C (where he won League Championship and European Cup winners medals)
- Southampton F.C
- Derby County F.C
- Plymouth Argyle F.C
- Wimbledon F.C
- Bolton Wanderers F.C
- Coventry City F.C
- West Ham United F.C
- Leyton Orient F.C
He played for the English national football team more times -- 125 -- than any other player. He was on the losing side in 24 of these games, on the winning side 66 times. He continued to play for England until quite late in his career - he was part of the England side in the 1990 World Cup - at the age of 40. Four years earlier he was the victim of Diego Maradona's controversial Hand of God goal in a World Cup quarter-final.
He managed Plymouth Argyle between 1992 and 1995. He was initally very successful, but eventually fell out with several members of the playing and coaching staff as well as chairman, Dan MacCauley.
