Peter Withe is a bit of a hero.
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But first.....Nigel Spink? Remember him, who joined Aston Villa in 1977 and made his 1st team debut two years later!!! on Boxing Day 1979, in a league defeat at Nottingham Forest.
He had to wait until May 26th 1982 for his second appearance with the first team in the European Cup Final when regular keeper Jimmy Rimmer went injured. This was a victory in Rotterdam against Bayern Munich, by 1-0 with a goal from Peter Withe, part of a run of 6 seasons with English clubs winning the coveted European Cup or Champions' League as it has been known since 1992-3 season.
(Spink, Rimmer (by coincidence), Chris Kirkland and John Ruddy are four goalkeepers with the shortest international careers of 45 minutes.)
1976-77 Liverpool beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 in Rome
1977-78 Liverpool beat Club Brugges 1-0 at Wembley
1978-79 Nottingham Forest beat Malmo 1-0 at Munich
1979-80 Nottingham Forest beat Hamburg 1-0 in Madrid
1980-81 Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 Paris
1981-82 Aston Villa beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam
THEN in 1982-83 after Hamburg broke the "run".....
1983-84 Liverpool beat Roma aet 1-1 and pens in Rome and then....
1984-85 Juventus beat Liverpool 1-0 at Heysel.
Peter Withe made over 500 apps in his career between 1970-1991 playing at:
from 1970 Southport 3apps, 1971 Barrow 1 app, 1972 Port Elizabeth SA, 1973 Arcadia Shepherds Pretoria 26 apps, 1975 Wolves 17/3 and Portland Timbers 22/16, 1976 Birmingham City, 1978 Nottm Forest 75 apps 28 goals, 1980 Newcastle Utd 76 apps 25 goals, 1985 Aston Villa 182 apps 74 goals, 1989 Sheffield Utd 74 apps 18 goals, 1990 Huddersfield 38 apps 1 goal = 539 apps 177 goals
England 11 caps: scoring one goal
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