Peter Anthony Sayer (born 2 May 1955) is a

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former professional

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and

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international. He achieved a total of seven caps during his career.

Club career

Born in

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, Sayer began his career at his hometown club

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, making his debut against Hull City in September 1974. He went on to play a further nine matches in his first season before suffering a broken ankle in a match against

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which kept him out for nearly a year, returning at the end of the following season to play a handful of games as Cardiff clinched promotion to

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. He established himself in the side the following year and helped the club to avoid relegation, as well as scoring the only goal of the game when Cardiff knocked

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out of the

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in 1977. Sayer left Cardiff midway through the 1977–78 season for £100,000 to sign for Brighton & Hove Albion. He helped the club win promotion to

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in his first year but, after starting the 1978–79 season as a member of the first-team, Sayer found himself replaced in the side by Mark Lawrenson. He remained at the Goldstone Ground until the end of the season when he was sold to

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

for £85,000. After finding it difficult to break into the side, he was loaned back to Cardiff in September 1981, playing four times and scoring during a 3–2 win over Luton Town. He eventually ended his league career with Chester City before moving into non-league football with

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and

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International career

During his career, Sayer won seven caps for

, making his debut in a 3–0 defeat against

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on 3 March 1977. He went on to play in Wales' following six matches, winning his final cap on 12 October 1977 in a 2–0 defeat to

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After football

After his retirement, he returned to work for Preston in their football in the community department. He later worked as a bar manager at Preston golf club. Now Peter works for an Italian Takeaway called Puccini in Penwortham with his colleagues Isaac, Jack (current Uni undergraduate and bartender at The Black Bull Inn) & Sophie Adamson and his boss Todor

References

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