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Peter Russell Weir (born 18 January 1958) is a Scottish former footballer, best known for his time with Aberdeen, who played as a winger.
Sep 18, 2018 · Sir Alex Ferguson once said that Peter Weir was the final piece in his jigsaw when he signed the flying winger for a record transfer fee in Scotland and the self-confessed Dons fan was only too happy to sign for his boyhood heroes. As a youngster, Peter was playing amateur football before he got […]
Jan 18, 2018 · Arguably our greatest ever wide player turns 60 today. Sir Alex Ferguson once said that Peter Weir was the final piece in his jigsaw when he signed the flying winger for a record transfer fee in Scotland and the self-confessed Dons fan was only too happy to sign for his boyhood heroes.
1 day ago · Full Name: Peter Russell Weir. Aberdeen and Scottish record signing at that time, when Weir joined the team he supported as a boy in a £330,000 deal that saw Ian Scanlon go to St Mirren. Weir was a deceptive winger, and provided a vital balance in the great Dons side of the 80's.
- Johnstone
- Outside Left
- Saturday, January 18, 1958
- 11
- St Etienne
- Move to Aberdeen
- Ipswich
- 1982/83
- Travel
- Pre Match
- The Game
- Change of Tactics
- The Winner
- Post Match
Peter of course seemed to keep his best form for the European stage. His first experience of European football actually came in 1980 in St Mirren. The Paisley side had still been in with a chance of winning the title in 1979/80 until late into the campaign and although they were pipped by Aberdeen, Peter and his Paisley team mates were rewarded wit...
“The move completely came out of the blue. I had signed a contract at St Mirren. They liked what they saw and felt I had lots of potential, so I got a three or a four-year contract. Although the money was not great, it was a guaranteed income. “I got a phone call one night from Hugh Keevins who I think was working for the Daily Record. He said ‘I h...
After a difficult start to his Pittodrie career, not helped by the pressure put on him by the record transfer, Peter came of age when Aberdeen met Ipswich Town in the UEFA Cup in 1981/82. Bobby Robson’s side were the cup holders, filled with Internationalists, and after the Dons had been well beaten by Liverpool the season before in the European Cu...
Although Peter’s Aberdeen career was affected by injuries, in 1982/83 he made 48 appearances, the most during any of his seven seasons at Pittodrie, and scored 11 of his 38 goals, his best return in one campaign. “I was never a great goalscorer and it is something I wish I had worked harder on. If I was playing now I would be back every afternoon p...
“If I remember correctly, we flew over to Gothenburg on the Monday. We had trained at Pittodrie in the morning, flew out in the afternoon and the manager named the team on the Monday night. That was different for us because when we normally played European games, we would fly out the day before. On the Tuesday we trained and got a look around the s...
“Before the game, the dressing room was pretty calm. “Nothing much changed. There were four or five quieter guys, including myself, and then there was the likes of Gordon Strachan who would not stop talking, Stuart Kennedy was the same, Alex McLeish would join in, Mark McGhee would have a few jokes, Neil Simpson would enjoy the banter and Neale Coo...
One of the most noticeable things about watching a rerun of the final, is the energy the midfield brought to game that night. Despite the conditions and heavy pitch, the work rate and speed from Simpson, Cooper, Strachan and Weir could not be matched by the Spanish side. “We were a very fit team. “You wouldn’t believe the pre-season that we used to...
The manager had deployed Peter in a deeper role in the first half, but during the interval told his number 11 to play as an out-and-out winger. “The first half it was dog eat dog, it was a European final, don’t give anything away, keep your discipline, don’t show your hand. We went in at half time at 1-1 and Fergie started shouting and bawling, he ...
Hewitt’s brilliant header, McGhee marvellous cross, but sometimes it is easy to forget the role Peter played in the winning goal with his tackle and pass. “That is not something that bothers me. I am quieter guy and happy to be part of a team. “For the winning goal, from quite deep I beat a couple of their players and then I played the ball with th...
“The celebrations weren’t wild like some of them are now, but it did go on until about 5am! Usually after a cup win we would be up till one or two in the morning but no later than that. “It was a fantastic night. There was plenty of dancing, a few speeches and obviously a few drinks and champagne. We realised that we had done a thing that might not...
Aug 16, 2015 · The average Scottish footballer would likely have problems identifying Peter Weir, a wonderfully talented wide midfielder in Alex Ferguson’s all-conquering Dons team of the ’80s, yet Weir is that rarest of things: a Scotsman who destroyed Real Madrid on the biggest stage.
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Dec 20, 2023 · Aberdeen FC. The night Peter Weir helped Aberdeen beat Hamburg to lift Super Cup – and then discovered he had a son. It's 40 years to the day since the triumph at Pittodrie was capped by the...
