Peter Robert Eastoe (born 2 August 1953) is an English former

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Career

Eastoe signed schoolboy forms with

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in the late 1960s. Unable to break into the Wolves first team, the former English youth international joined Swindon Town in March 1974 for a club record fee of £88,000 – after a successful loan spell which saw him average a goal every other game, including a brace on his debut. Though Eastoe's goals were not enough to maintain their

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status, in Division Three he notched 31 goals as Swindon challenged for promotion, elevating Eastoe to hero status at the County Ground. The club ultimately fell short of promotion but Eastoe's goals had alerted the attention of the bigger clubs. The striker was signed by Queens Park Rangers in March 1976 for £100,000 (with Don Rogers returning to Swindon as part of the deal). He did not play in the remainder of that season, which saw QPR go close to winning the league championship, but found himself in the team over the next three seasons. He was transferred to Everton in March 1979 – shortly before Rangers dropped out of

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– in a straight swap for

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. After three full seasons at

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, he joined

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in August 1982, where he had a full season in 1982-83. Following this campaign, he was out of the club's plans and spent periods on loan at Leicester City, Huddersfield Town,

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and

, respectively. During the twilight of his career he played in the Portuguese league at

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and

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, and returned to England with non-league Atherstone United. His managerial career included a spell with

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, before he was appointed player-manager of Alvechurch in 1991.Players
Alvechurch F.C. He now works as a lorry driver and lives with his family in Stourbridge.

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eastoe, Peter 1953 births Living people Sportspeople from Tamworth, Staffordshire English footballers Association football forwards Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Everton F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Walsall F.C. players S.C. Farense players Louletano D.C. players Atherstone Town F.C. players English Football League players Primeira Liga players English expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Nuneaton Borough F.C. managers Alvechurch F.C. players Alvechurch F.C. managers English football managers