MARTIN PETERS

 Died at the weekend aged 76 after enduring Alzheimer's. he will be remembered for his 364 appearances for West Ham United, when he was one of the Hammers' trio that made such a huge contribution to the England World Win in 1966. He played between 1959-70 just over 300 games for West Ham scoring 81 goals from midfield.


Martin went to Spurs in 1970, as Britain's first £200,000 footballer, winning two League Cups and the European Cup Winners Cup and he appeared 189 times scoring 46 goals.
In 1975 he then went to Norwich playing 206 times with 44 goals City and in 1980 Sheffield United played 24 times and then managed for a while.

Martin Peters MBE played 67 times for England scoring 20 goals, along side Alan Ball, Ray Wilson, Gordon Banks, and Bobby Moors who have passed on from the 1966 WC Final team. A modest and disciplined footballer he celebrated the World Cup win with a cup of tea at the victory banquet, having been a goal scorer.
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Alf Ramsey described Peters as being "ten years ahead of his time", such was his ability to ghost into free spaces to score goals. He was also a specialist at free-kicks and a versatile footballer, who could play in any position, including a stint as a goalie at West Ham, once, after an injury.
 "The Champions" by Philip Jackson, outside the Boleyn Ground, West Ham, in 2003, includes Peters, Hurst, Moore and Ray Wilson.