12 Facts About Peter Latchford

Peter William Latchford was born on 27 September 1952 and is an English former football goalkeeper.

Peter Latchford was born in Birmingham and has three older brothers; the eldest John, Dave, who was a goalkeeper and played over 200 games for Birmingham City, and more famously the Everton and England striker, Bob Latchford who started his career at Birmingham City.

Whilst his two elder brothers both began their careers at Birmingham City, Peter Latchford started his career at local rivals West Bromwich Albion.

Peter Latchford pulled off several saves to deny the Portuguese side, and capped off an outstanding performance with a penalty save from Joao Alves in the 85th minute.

Peter Latchford sustained a hand injury in the summer of 1980 and lost his place in the team to Pat Bonner.

Peter Latchford did get a brief run of first-team action during early 1986 when Bonner was out injured.

Peter Latchford finally left in Celtic in the summer of 1987 after having made 272 competitive appearances for the club.

Peter Latchford joined Clyde on a one-year deal, where after a season he finally retired.

Peter Latchford became a goalkeeping coach after his playing career, and worked in this capacity for Forfar Athletic, Clyde, Hearts and Motherwell.

Peter Latchford left Queen of the South in June 2011 following the appointment of a new management team there.

Whilst at West Bromwich Albion, Peter Latchford was capped twice for the England U23 side.

Peter Latchford played against Poland in October 1973 and Wales in January 1974.