Peter Edwin Storey born 7 September is an English former footballer. Able to play at full-back or more commonly as a defensive midfielder , he picked up a reputation in the Football League as an aggressive player in the s and s. He turned professional at his boyhood club Arsenal in , and became a first team regular after making his debut in He also won 19 caps for England between and He was transferred to Fulham in before announcing his retirement eight months later.
After retiring from football he was convicted of various criminal offences; including keeping a brothel , and was jailed for three years for financing a plot to counterfeit gold coins.
Storey was born on 7 September in Farnham , Surrey, to Edwin, a carpenter and builder, and Nellie, a part-time shop assistant. Storey signed as an apprentice at Arsenal after leaving school in Storey quickly made a name for himself as a rough player early in the —67 season as he injured Manchester City winger Mike Summerbee ; the Daily Express reported that "Storey Storey started 34 league games, missing eight matches due to injury and illness.
Bob McNab established himself at left-back in the —68 season, and so Storey was moved over to right-back. Arsenal reached fourth place in the —69 season after conceding just 27 league goals, and advanced past Sunderland , Scunthorpe United , Liverpool , Blackpool and North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to reach the final against Third Division side Swindon Town. Swindon won the match 3—1, with left-winger Don Rogers scoring two extra-time goals after evading the close attentions of Storey.
Anderlecht won 3—1 at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium after their possession football controlled the entire game until substitute Ray Kennedy scored a crucial header in the 82nd minute. Beveren Belgium , before losing to German side 1. Storey gave a man-of-the-match performance in the original semi-final tie against Stoke at Hillsborough , scoring two goals to rescue a 2—0 half-time deficit; with the first goal he beat Gordon Banks with a volley on the edge of the penalty area, and with the second he sent Banks the wrong way with an injury-time penalty kick.
