Peter Brabrook

Peter Brabrook in May 2010.

Peter Brabrook ( born November 8, 1937 in Greenwich ) is an English former football player. As a winger he was active in the second half of the 1950s for Chelsea, in which he also matured into a national player and World Cup qualifiers in 1958. After his move to West Ham United in 1962, he won the FA Cup in May 1964.

Sports career

At the age of 17 years Brabrook came to his first division debut at Chelsea, was in the 1954/55 season on the way to the English Championship. He has held during the subsequent season 1955/56, initially alternating with Johnny McNichol, the position of the left half- striker before coach Ted Drake, succeeding Eric Parsons been converted into him in November 1956 to the right winger. There Brabrook should play his ball security and speed better and the generation he was the first player from his own youth, who succeeded the sporty breakthrough. As strengths there showed his both feet and the ability to decide in tempo run sprint duels against defenders for themselves. Together with its counterpart on the left Frank Blunstone he often prepare this before goals from center forwards like Ron Tindall.

In September 1957 Brabrook came at Stamford Bridge for the first time for the English U -23 against Bulgaria for the course and over the following three and a half years, he was still eight more times for the junior on the court. To this end, he was in 1958, without having previously played one international match in the squad of the national team at the World Championship in Sweden. In a team that had lost many of its former regulars after the Munich air disaster in 1958, he debuted at the important play-off game against the Soviet Union. It ended with a 0-1 defeat and the end of the tournament for England. In October 1958, May 1960 Brabrook completed two subsequent (and final ) winless matches against Northern Ireland ( 3-3 ) and Spain ( 0:3), while 1961/62 further remained a fixture in Chelsea until the end of the season. Particularly memorable was his solo in February 1960 against West Ham United, where he played out three opponents and the goalkeeper overcame. After the Chelsea FC was relegated in 1962 as Table in the second division, Brabrook moved in October 1962 to West Ham, who was in the First Division actively continue. The transfer fee for not even 25 year-olds was 35,000 pounds.

Quickly Brabrook also developed at the " hammer " to a key player on the right wing and the beginning of May 1964, he reached the final of the FA Cup, which he won with 3:2 end with his men against Preston North. Previously, he had already been in the semi-finals of the League Cup. For winning the European Cup Winners' Cup a year later, however, he contributed little, as he had to take place due to injury Alan Sealey. In the following two seasons 1965/66 and 1966/67, he kept - when in full possession of his powers - mostly its common position before injuries caused him increasing to create. Recent highlights were the two playoff appearances in the League Cup in 1966 for him against West Bromwich Albion, which ended after a total of 3:5 doors of defeat. After moving in July 1968 to third division side FC Orient ( again a London club indigenous to ) let Brabrook finish there his professional career over the next three years. He again led the club in 1970 as a third-division champion in the second division and the following year the league. After a final station in the Southern League with FC Romford Brabrooks went career to an end.

Brabrook later returned to West Ham United and went there especially in youth work a name. He was involved in the construction of the prestigious " Academy of Football", emerged from the players like Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Michael Carrick.

Title / Awards

• English Cup ( 1): 1964
• Charity Shield (1): 1964 ( shared )