Name: Peter Gillespie
Born: c.1940
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Inside-Right
Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1959); Irish League: 1 Cap / 1 Goal (1961).
Club Honours: (with Portadown) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1961/62; (with Glentoran) Ulster Cup Runner-Up 1964/65.
Club Career:
* all domestic games.
Biography:
A civil servant by day, Peter Gillespie moved from Cliftonville to Portadown as a teenager. He developed rapidly under the guidance of Gibby MacKenzie at Shamrock Park, claiming an Amateur cap at inside-right and representing the Irish League against the League of Ireland in his favoured wide-right role. He was part of the Ports' "nearly" team of 1961/62 who fell just short of Linfield during the Blues' clean-sweep season, his brilliance often proving a game-changer.
After a brief spell with Bangor, Gillespie joined championship-chasing Dundalk. He played six times in the run-in, losing just once, in what proved to be the title-deciding clash with Shamrock Rovers at Milltown. In 1964/65 he joined Glentoran, teaming up with Gibby McKenzie. While at The Oval he played in an Ulster Cup final defeat by Linfield.
Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
26-09-1959 England H D 1-1 1 goal
Summary: 1/1. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.
Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
03-04-1961 League of Ireland H D 1-1
Summary: 1/0. Won 0, drew 1, Lost 0.
With thanks to Jim Murphy.
Born: c.1940
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.00 st
Position: Inside-Right
Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 Amateur Cap (1959); Irish League: 1 Cap / 1 Goal (1961).
Club Honours: (with Portadown) Irish Cup Runner-Up 1961/62; (with Glentoran) Ulster Cup Runner-Up 1964/65.
Club Career:
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Clubs
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Seasons
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Signed
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Fee
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League
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Europe
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Other
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Cliftonville
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-
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-
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Amateur
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-
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-
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-
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Portadown
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-
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1959
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Amateur
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-
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-
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-
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Bangor
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63/64
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1963
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-
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7/1
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-
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14/1
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Dundalk
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63/64
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Mar-64
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-
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6/1
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-
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-
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Glentoran
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64/65
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c/s-64
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-
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13/3
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-
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-
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TOTALS
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£-
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A civil servant by day, Peter Gillespie moved from Cliftonville to Portadown as a teenager. He developed rapidly under the guidance of Gibby MacKenzie at Shamrock Park, claiming an Amateur cap at inside-right and representing the Irish League against the League of Ireland in his favoured wide-right role. He was part of the Ports' "nearly" team of 1961/62 who fell just short of Linfield during the Blues' clean-sweep season, his brilliance often proving a game-changer.
After a brief spell with Bangor, Gillespie joined championship-chasing Dundalk. He played six times in the run-in, losing just once, in what proved to be the title-deciding clash with Shamrock Rovers at Milltown. In 1964/65 he joined Glentoran, teaming up with Gibby McKenzie. While at The Oval he played in an Ulster Cup final defeat by Linfield.
Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
26-09-1959 England H D 1-1 1 goal
Summary: 1/1. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.
Irish League Representative Appearance Details:
03-04-1961 League of Ireland H D 1-1
Summary: 1/0. Won 0, drew 1, Lost 0.
With thanks to Jim Murphy.
𝟲𝟬 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗱 🏟
— Portadown FC (@Portadownfc) May 31, 2023
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