Noel Peyton

Noel Peyton

Personal information
Full name	Noel Peyton
Date of birth	4 December 1935 (1935-12-04) (age 75)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Playing position	Inside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1952–1958	Shamrock Rovers
1958–1963	Leeds United	105	(17)
1963–1965	York City	37	(4)
1965–1967	Barnstaple Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Noel Peyton (born Dublin, Ireland; 4 December 1935) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as an inside left for Shamrock Rovers, Leeds United and York City, and for the Republic of Ireland national football team.

Club career

An inside left, Peyton made a scoring debut for Shamrock Rovers in October 1953 in a 4–2 win in the League of Ireland Shield.^[1] He made two appearances in European competition while at Shamrock Rovers,^[2] and in January 1958, moved to Leeds United for a £5,000 fee.^[3] Peyton spent five seasons at Leeds, a period when the club was relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1959–60 season and fought a battle against relegation to the Third Division during the 1961–62 season. He scored 20 goals in 117 appearances for Leeds before joining York City for £4,000 in July 1963, where he made 37 appearances, scoring four goals, during the 1963–64 season. His brother Willie Peyton was also a footballer who played for St Patrick's Athletic.

Playing statistics

Club	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
	Apps (goals)	Apps (goals)	Apps (goals)	Apps (goals)
Shamrock Rovers
Leeds United	105 (17)	3 (1)	9 (2)	117 (20)
York City				37 (4)

International career

Peyton played six times for the Republic of Ireland national football team, once while at Shamrock Rovers. He also won a Republic of Ireland B cap against Romania in 1957.

Honours

• League of Ireland: 2
  • Shamrock Rovers - 1953/54, 1956/57
• FAI Cup: 2
  • Shamrock Rovers - 1955, 1956
• League of Ireland Shield: 3
  • Shamrock Rovers - 1954/55, 1955/56, 1956/57
• Leinster Senior Cup: 2
  • Shamrock Rovers - 1956, 1957
• Dublin City Cup: 1
  • Shamrock Rovers - 1956/57

References

1. ^ "Unknown title". The Irish Times. 12 October 1953. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1953/1012/Pg003.html#Ar00308:1A556C2265B50B85B60E85CE13860416761C07E6160AA62E10B78913B7A013B78813F7A00B556A17B5B306F5B70835CE0875B60AF5CE0E960412B61B. Retrieved 2009-03-22.  (Payment required.)
2. ^ Goggins, Robert. "A Brief History of Shamrock Rovers". Shamrock Rovers FC. http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/about/history. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
3. ^ "Unknown title". The Irish Times. 22 January 1953. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1958/0122/Pg002.html#Ar00209:80D7D487F80C88D7D489C80C7DB8DF8118F97C99047FE91E89898F8CE9A98CE8CF8F48E9. Retrieved 2009-03-22.  (Payment required.)

• Doolan, Paul; Robert Goggins (1993). The Hoops: A History of Shamrock Rovers. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0717121212. 
• Mourant, Andrew (1992). Leeds United: Player by Player. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 0-85112-568-9. 

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Name	Peyton, Noel
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Date of birth	4 December 1935
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
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