Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

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Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:45 pm

Former Sheffield Wednesday and England centre half Peter Swan has passed away at 84.

An outstanding player, but for other matters I'm sure he would have lined up alongside Bobby Moore in the England World Cup team of 1966 but those other matters saw him jailed and banned from football for life, one of the players found guilty of taking bribes.

When his ban was lifted he returned and played against us in 1972. That was the day we all waved pound notes at him when the teams came out.

One huge mistake cost him dear.
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by CleggHall » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:50 pm

Swan, Kay and Layne - not a firm of local solicitors!
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:51 pm

CleggHall wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:50 pm
 Swan, Kay and Layne - not a firm of local solicitors!
Bronco Layne came back as well but didn't make any impact. But Swan and Kay were exceptional players in a very good Sheffield Wednesday team.
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by IanMcL » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:52 pm

Those players became rightly, notorious.
Tony Kay and 'Bronco' Lane.

For Swan - it's over.
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by boatshed bill » Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:03 pm

I always wondered if our PS was related.
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by Silkyskills1 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:54 pm

Another player found guilty was Bristol Rovers' goalkeeper, Esmond Million. Wasn't Tony Kay a big money signing from Everton?
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by huw.Y.WattfromWare » Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:24 pm

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:54 pm
 Another player found guilty was Bristol Rovers' goalkeeper, Esmond Million. Wasn't Tony Kay a big money signing from Everton?
T’other way about, Silky. Signed for Everton before the bribery case had been discovered.
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:26 pm

Kay was already at Everton when the ban came - he never played again. One England cap with more to come.
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Re: Peter Swan (not ex Burnley) RIP

Post by jetblackcat » Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:52 pm

He kept The Three Horse Shoes at Brimington near Chesterfield. I played against his sons on a few occasions.
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