Peter Sayer

Infobox Football biography
playername = Peter Sayer


fullname = Peter Anthony Sayer
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1955|05|2|df=y
cityofbirth = Cardiff
countryofbirth = Wales
height =
position = Winger
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1974-1978
1978-1980
1980-1984
1981
1984-1985
clubs = Cardiff City
Brighton
Preston North End
→ Cardiff City (loan)
Chester City
caps(goals) = 82 (14)
55 0(6)
45 0(6)
04 0(1)
36 0(6)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 07 0(0)

Peter Anthony Sayer (born 2 May, 1955 in Cardiff) is a former Welsh international footballer. He amassed a total of seven caps during his career.

Career

Sayer began his career at his hometown club Cardiff City, making his debut against Hull City in September 1974. He went on to play a further nine matches in his first season before suffering a broken ankle in a match against Southampton which kept him out for nearly a year, returning at the end of the following season to play a handful of games as Cardiff clinched promotion to Division Two. He established himself in the side the following year and helped the club to stay up, as well as scoring the only goal of the game when Cardiff knocked Tottenham Hotspur out of the FA Cup in 1977 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6206514.stm "Jones eager for Spurs challenge"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 4 April, 2008] , before leaving midway through the 1977-78 season for £100,000 to sign for Brighton & Hove Albion. He helped the club to promotion in his first year but went on to leave the club a year later for Preston North End.

After finding it difficult to break into the side, he was loaned back to Cardiff in September 1981, playing four times and scoring during a 3-2 win over Luton Town. He eventually ended his league career with Chester City before moving into non-league football.

During his career, Sayer won seven caps for Wales, making his debut in the 1976-77 season against Czechoslovakia.

After his retirement, he returned to work for Preston in their football in the community department. [ [http://www.pnefc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10362~1169819,00.html "Meet the legends as they return to Deepdale"] Prestonnorthendfc.co.uk Retrieved on 4 April, 2008]

References

*Cite book
title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City
first = Dean
last = Hayes
publisher = Breedon Books
year = 2006
isbn= 1-8598-3462-0