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John
Atyeo |
Bristol City FC
,%20John.jpg) 6 appearances, 5 goals one missed penalty
P 6 W 4 D 2 L 0 F 18:
A 6
83% successful
1955-57
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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Peter John
Walter Atyeo |
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Birth |
Sunday, 7
February 1932 in Marsh Road, Standerwick, near Frome, Somerset [registered
as Peter J.W. in Westbury, March 1932].
Moved to Dilton Marsh in
1937, attended Dilton School and
Trowbridge High School |
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Marriage |
to Ruth
Harraway [registered in Warminster, Wiltshire, December 1956] |
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Death |
8 June 1993 in
Warminster,
aged 61 years 122 days
[registered in Warminster, Wiltshire, June 1993] from a
heart-attack. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], his autobiography &
Duncan Pierce. |
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Biographies |
Atyeo: The Hero Next Door
- Tom Hopegood and John Hudson. [Redcliffe Press. Bristol 2005]. |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played junior football in Wiltshire, and played for the
county school team. Played for Westbury
United FC and also played with Portsmouth FC as an amateur in November 1950,
making two league appearances. When he was offered a
professional contract, he signed as a part-time professional with his
hometown club, Bristol City FC in June
1951. Announced is retirement on 22 March 1966, effective at the end of the
season, after 597 league appearances and 315 league
goals. In his heyday at Bristol City, the club received offers for
Atyeo from Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and AC Milan. The Italians
were rumoured to be willing to pay £50,000 for him. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Three South winners 1954-55; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
An all-round sportsman, Atyeo played full-back for the Dorset & Wilts
senior schoolboys Rugby XV and also played cricket for a Wiltshire county
junior side.
When Bristol City replaced the Park End at Ashton Gate in 1994, the new
structure was named the Atyeo Stand. There is also a street named
after him in his home village of Dilton Marsh. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0", 12st.
4lbs
[1957] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Hopegood's The
Hero Next Door. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
753rd player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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First match |
No. 301, 30 November 1955, England 4 Spain 1,
a friendly match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 23 years
296 days.
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Last match |
No. 314, 19 May 1957, England 1 Republic of
Ireland 1,
a World Cup qualification match at Dalymount Park, Phibsborough, Dublin, aged 25 years
101 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B (three appearances, two goals, 1955-56), England U23 (three appearances,
two goals, 1955),
England Youth (five appearances, three goals, 1950). |
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Distinctions |
The fourth Somersetshirian to represent England. |
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Beyond England |
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Atyeo remained a semi-professional
throughout his football career, working first as a quantity surveyor, and
then trained as a mathematician, and taught math at Kingsdown School,
Wiltshire for 20 years. He also wrote for the Plymouth-based
newspaper, the Sunday Independent.
-
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.16/DevonAutographs.com |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
unused |
minutes |
|
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
 |
 |
captain |
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8 |
6 |
3 |
two |
540 |
5 |
108 min |
4 |
1 |
one |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
6 |
+12 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
83.3 |
+4 |
|
all his matches were played in a white shirt |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
0 |
0 |
4.33 |
1.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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Away |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
1.667 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
00.0 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
Friendlies |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
+5 |
1 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP 1956-58 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
|
WCP All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Match History
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Club:
Bristol City F.C.
- six full appearances (540 min) |
manager:
Walter Winterbottom
- six full appearances
(540 min)x
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