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Peter Shearing
Peter Fraser Shearing (born 26 August 1938) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He played professionally for West Ham United F.C., West Ham United, Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth, Exeter City F.C., Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers and Gillingham F.C., Gillingham between 1960 and 1973, and in total made 245 appearances in the Football League. He also won an FA Amateur Cup winners medal for Hendon F.C., Hendon in 1960. References 1938 births Living people English footballers Gillingham F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Footballers from Uxbridge English Football League players Association football goalkeepers {{england-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
