Peter Collins is a former professional footballer who played for Chelmsford City

Chelmsford City F.C.

Chelmsford City F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Chelmsford, Essex. The club are currently members of the Conference South and play at the Melbourne Stadium.-Chelmsford:...

, and Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

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Football career

Collins joined the Spurs from Chelmsford City in January 1968 for a fee of £5,000 with an addition payment due when he had made 10 first class appearances with Spurs paying Chelmsford another £5,000 within 9 months. Collins scored twice within the first nine minutes on his debut in a friendly against Glasgow Rangers at White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....

. The highlight of Collins' career at the club was the 2-0 win in the 1971 Football League Cup Final

1971 Football League Cup Final

The 1971 Football League Cup Final took place in February 1971 at Wembley Stadium. It was the eleventh Football League Cup final and the fifth to be played at Wembley.It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa...

 against Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

. His career was ended through injury at the club, the central defender played a total of 106 matches plus ten as substitute and scoring eight goals in all competitions.

A strong, powerful and quick centre half Collins was one of the rare players that made the jump from non league

Non-league football

Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...

 to the English top flight when he signed for Tottenham in 1968. His league debut was at home to Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 in August 1968. During his five years at the club Spurs won:-

1971 League Cup

1972 UEFA Cup

1973 League Cup

And where involved in:-

1974 UEFA Cup Final
1968/9 League Cup Semi Final

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

• 1971 Football League Cup Final
  1971 Football League Cup Final
  The 1971 Football League Cup Final took place in February 1971 at Wembley Stadium. It was the eleventh Football League Cup final and the fifth to be played at Wembley.It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa...
  
  : Winner
• 1968/69 Football Combination Title
  Football Combination
  The Football Combination , is a football competition for the reserve teams of English Football League clubs from Southern England and Wales...
  
   : Winner

Post-football career

Collins took the position of part- time manager of Braintree Town

Braintree Town F.C.

Braintree Town F.C. is an English football club based in Braintree, Essex. The club are currently members of the Conference National and play their home matches at Cressing Road.-History:...

 up to 1995. He spent 25 years as a PE

Physical education

Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

 teacher in Chelmsford up to 2003 and is presently a property developer in Spain

Spain

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External links

• http://prints.paphotos.com/pictures_688869/Soccer-League-Cup-Final-Tottenham-Hotspur-v-Aston-Villa.html Photo of Peter in the League Cup Final.
• http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Tottenham-2-0-Aston-Villa-article131021.html Pictures from Mirror newspaper of the day
• http://mirrorfootball.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_1665063/football-tottenham-hotspur-v-aston-villa-league-cup-final-1971.html 1971 League cup winning team picture
• http://mirrorfootball.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_1667621/71-1877.html 1971 League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.

Tottenham Hotspur 2 v Aston Villa 0.
Spurs players left to right: Cyril Knowles

Cyril Knowles

Cyril Barry Knowles was a footballer who played full-back for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He was the brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Knowles.- Early career :...

, Martin Peters

Martin Peters

Martin Stanford Peters, MBE is a former football player and member of the victorious England team which won the 1966 World Cup as well as playing in the 1970 FIFA World Cup....

, Peter Collins, Pat Jennings

Pat Jennings

Patrick Anthony "Pat" Jennings OBE is a Northern Ireland former football player. He played 119 games for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, a figure which at the time was a world record and is still a Northern Ireland record, in an international career which lasted for over 22 years...

 and Phil Beal

Phil Beal

Phil Beal born January 8, 1945 at Godstone, Surrey is a former English football player.-Tottenham Hotspur career:Beal played for Surrey boys and England Youth before signing as an amateur for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in 1960 and became a professional at the club in 1962.He made his debut as a...

 parade the trophy on a lap of honour after the match.
27 February 1971.