Peter Eccles

Peter Eccles

Peter Eccles (born 14 August 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional soccer player.

He played for Shamrock Rovers for many years as a centre back and was part of their successful teams of the 1980's. Won five league championships with the club, in 1994 captaining the last Rovers side to win the League.

He made his debut on the 18th of October 1981 at Milltown against UCD.

Peter made 9 appearances in European competition for Rovers, scoring once [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/europeanresults.php] .

He was Rovers Player of the Year in 1992/93 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock_Rovers#Player_of_the_Year_Award_recipients] .

He also had one of Ireland's shortest ever international careers when he replaced Chris Hughton on 23rd April 1986 at Lansdowne Road to play the last ten minutes of a 1-1 home friendly game against Uruguay. This was his only ever appearance for the Republic of Ireland national football team. As well as his full international cap he represented the League of Ireland on Inter-League and Olympic teams scoring against France in November 1987.

After a year in Australia and a short spell with Dundalk he signed a 2 year deal with Leicester City in England but only made one first team appearance for them (against Blackburn Rovers) in 1989.

He currently works in the Department of the Marine in Beggars Bush, Dublin.

Honours

* League of Ireland Championship: 5
** Shamrock Rovers 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1993/94

* FAI Cup: 3
** Shamrock Rovers 1985, 1986, 1987

* Leinster Senior Cup (football): 1
** Shamrock Rovers 1982

*LFA Presidents Cups: 1
** Shamrock Rovers - 1987/88


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