Noel Peyton
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-12-04)4 December 1935
Place of birth Dublin, Irish Free State
Date of death 26 December 2023(2023-12-26) (aged 88)
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1958 Shamrock Rovers 79 (24)
1958–1963 Leeds United 105 (17)
1963–1965 York City 37 (4)
1965–1967 Barnstaple Town
International career
1956–1957 League of Ireland XI 5 (1)
1956–1963 Republic of Ireland 6 (0)
1957 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Noel Peyton (4 December 1935 – 26 December 2023) was an Irish professional footballer who played as an inside left for Shamrock Rovers, Leeds United and York City, and for the Republic of Ireland national team.

Club career

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.

International career

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

Personal life and death

Peyton's brother Willie was also a footballer who played for St Patrick's Athletic.

Peyton died on 26 December 2023, at the age of 88.[4][5]

Honours

Shamrock Rovers

References

  1. ↑ "Unknown title". The Irish Times. 12 October 1953. Retrieved 22 March 2009. (Payment required.)
  2. ↑ Goggins, Robert. "A Brief History of Shamrock Rovers". Shamrock Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Unknown title". The Irish Times. 22 January 1953. Retrieved 22 March 2009. (Payment required.)
  4. ↑ "RIP Noel Peyton 1935–2023". Leeds United Football Club. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ar dheis Dé go raibh a Anam". Shamrock Rovers. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

Sources

  • Doolan, Paul; Goggins, Robert (1993). The Hoops: A History of Shamrock Rovers. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-2121-2.
  • Mourant, Andrew (1992). Leeds United: Player by Player. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 17. ISBN 0-85112-568-9.
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