{"id":8010,"date":"2026-05-13T21:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8010"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:35:29","slug":"peter-simpson-1945-2026-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8010","title":{"rendered":"Peter Simpson: 1945-2026 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We are sad to learn that our former defender Peter Simpson has died aged 81.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter was a major part of the 1970-71 Double-winning squad, making 478 appearances during his time at the club – the 10th highest total in our history.<\/p>\n

Simpson was on our groundstaff before he signed as an apprentice in 1961. After climbing through the ranks he made his first-team debut in a 4-2 defeat against Chelsea in March 1964. It was an inauspicious start and Simpson remained on the fringes of the side for a few years, but all changed when Bertie Mee was appointed as manager.<\/p>\n

The former physio was a big fan of Simpson’s and, with Mee’s seal of approval, the erstwhile utility man became a first-team regular at centre-back and swiftly established one of our finest defensive partnerships alongside Frank McLintock.<\/p>\n

Like McLintock, Simpson suffered the agonising low of the 1969 League Cup final defeat before scaling the dizzy heights of success with the 1970 Fairs Cup and the 1971 League and FA Cup Double. Simpson was a mainstay of our back four which made history by beating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley.<\/p>\n

Everyone at Arsenal is thinking of Peter’s loved ones at this time.<\/p>\n

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When “We won it at The Lane” in 1971 <\/span>
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