Peter Storey
Peter Storey
Peter Edwin Storeyis a former England international footballer. Able to play at full-back or more commonly as a defensive midfielder, he picked up a reputation in the Football League as a 'hatchet man' in the 1960s and 1970s...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth7 September 1945
asked desperate
When you're young and desperate to hold on to a place in the team you do whatever is asked of you.
bloody suffered
I dished out and suffered my fair share of bloody noses.
ability art dying feet stay
Tackling, and that ability to stay on your feet and pressurise a player, is a dying art.
attempt begin excuses
I will never attempt to even begin to make excuses for what I did in football.
legs rivals broke
I didn't feel any remorse or sympathy if I injured a rival. I went over the top a few times but I never broke anyone's leg.
special
Once a place becomes special, it's no longer special.
people long different
You have to help good people see how they have let their institutions do their sinning for them. All around the world there are those who long to see your human goodness translated into a different, more compassionate way of relating with the rest of this bleeding planet.