Peter Eastoe

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Peter Eastoe is a professional footballer, born Sunday, August 2, 1953. He played football for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Swindon Town, Queens Park Rangers, Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Leicester City (loan), Huddersfield Town (loan), Walsall (loan), Leicester City (loan), Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) S.C. Farense, Atherstone United.

Born in the village of Dordon, Tamworth, Staffs, Eastoe signed schoolboy forms with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the late 1960s. Unable to break into the Wolves first team, English youth international Eastoe joined Swindon in November 1973 for a club record fee of £88,000 - after a successful loan spell which saw him average a goal every other game, including a brace on his debut. Part way through this loan spell, the manager who brought him to the club, Les Allen, resigned - but the returning Danny Williams had seen enough to sign him - no doubt impressed with his skill, determination and great aerial prowess.

Though Eastoe's goals were not enough to keep the Town up that season, in Division Three he was a revelation - banging home 31 goals as Swindon challenged for promotion, and elevating Eastoe to hero status at the County Ground. Unfortunately, they fell six points short of this target, and Eastoe's goals had alerted the attention of the bigger clubs.

The 1975/1976 season was less successful for the Town, and Eastoe left for First Division Queens Park Rangers before the end of the season, in a part-exchange deal which brought Town legend Don Rogers back to the club. Eastoe spent two seasons with QPR before moving to Everton and then West Brom during the 1980's. During the twilight of his career he played in the Portuguese league and had temporary spells at Wolves and Leicester and Atherstone Utd. His short managerial career included spells with Nuneaton Borough and Alvechurch but he now works as a lorry driver and lives with his family in Stourbridge.

SEASONAL RECORD: 1978/79-1981/82

Wolves:

    1971-1972     Played   3     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1) 
    1972-1973     Played   2     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1) 
    1973-1974     Played   1     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1) 

Swindon Town:

    1973-1974     Played   19     Scored   8   goals   (Division 2) 
    1974-1975     Played   46     Scored   26   goals   (Division 3) 
    1975-1976     Played   26     Scored   9   goals   (Division 3) 

QPR:

    1975-1976     Played   0     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1) 
    1976-1977     Played   27     Scored   6   goals   (Division 1) 
    1977-1978     Played   19     Scored   6   goals   (Division 1) 
    1978-1979     Played   26     Scored   3   goals   (Division 1) 

Everton:

    1978-1979     Played   8     Scored   0   goals   (Division 1) 
    1979-1980     Played   26     Scored   6   goals   (Division 1) 
    1980-1981     Played   42     Scored   15   goals   (Division 1) 
    1981-1982     Played   19     Scored   5   goals   (Division 1)