Peter Cormack

[Future17]

I wouldn't usually post Daily Record links, but think this is important. Peter and his family going public with his Alzheimer's diagnosis.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/liverpool-hibs-hero-bravely-goes-20732816

[Bangkok Hibby]

I wouldn't usually post Daily Record links, but think this is important. Peter and his family going public with his Alzheimer's diagnosis.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/liverpool-hibs-hero-bravely-goes-20732816

****! One of my earliest favourite players. A horrible disease. I sincerely wish him and his family well.

[Eaststand]

I wouldn't usually post Daily Record links, but think this is important. Peter and his family going public with his Alzheimer's diagnosis.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/liverpool-hibs-hero-bravely-goes-20732816

All the best to Peter and his family.

A great player and a great guy too.
Peter lives near me and I see him out walking a lot, including along Sleigh Drive to our home games. He's always up for a chat and is a very approachable guy.

Ps, Peters book is well worth a read, and reading it brought back loads of good memories for me from the early 70s :-)

GGTTH

[CentreLine]

Just awful. What a player. Was my favourite in the earliest team I saw play in the green and white. Had to stop tucking my strip in to my shorts, but only down one side, because that’s PC wore his shirt.
Can only wish him well with this awful condition

[Pretty Boy]

I was at a show about Bill Shankly a few years back and Peter Cormack was there in the audience. The host spotted him and introduced him to the audience; a whole room of Liverpool fans (and football fans in general) gave him a standing ovation. When you consider the players they have seen play for their club it shows he's held in high regard.

Dementia is an awful illness and I wish him and his family well.

[snedzuk]

http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/7338

There was a video interview with PC on the official site about 3 years ago and I cant find it - if I do ill post that link as well as it is guaranteed to a) bring tears to your eyes and b) educate younger hibbies who would never have seen PC what a great guy he is

[snedzuk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYj308F6Aw0

three parts

[Forza Fred]

Terrific, classy player.

I remember several things about Peter when he was playing for Hibs, including him going in goals when Willie Wilson got injured in those pre substitute days, scoring against Dunfermline from half way, getting carried off against Gornik Zabre when tackled by team mate Erich Shaedler, but most of all, scoring against Real Madrid when we beat them 2-0at Easter Road.


Sad news, and my thoughts go out to his family.

[Scouse Hibee]

I was a young kid when he played for us but fondly remember him.

From Wiki:

Four days before his 26th birthday in July 1972, Cormack signed for Liverpool, managed by Bill Shankly, for a fee of £110,000.[13] The amount matched the Reds’ record set two years before when John Toshack joined from Cardiff City. Shankly told Cormack he was, ‘the final piece in the jigsaw’[15] of that Liverpool team and he became an integral part of the Liverpool midfield as the Anfield club won their first trophies of the 1970s with the League championship and the UEFA Cup.

Cormack made his Reds debut on 2 September 1972 in a league fixture at the Baseball Ground in a 2–1 defeat to Derby County. His first goal came the following week at Anfield in a 4–2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. In October he headed the only goal of the game with 13 minutes to go for a home win in the Merseyside derby against Everton. Two minutes into the second half of Liverpool's penultimate League match against Leeds United in April 1973, Cormack fired Liverpool's opener in a 2–0 win, a result that helped Liverpool to finish ahead of Leeds and Arsenal and win the title for the first time since 1966.[16][17]

In the UEFA Cup, Cormack scored in the second round win against AEK Athens. Liverpool defeated four German teams en route to the trophy and beat Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final. Cormack played both legs of the 3–2 aggregate win against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final .[12][3] His throw-in fed Chris Lawler to provide the high cross for the first goal.[18] In total, Cormack played 52 games and scored 10 goals in his first season at Anfield.[12][3][7]

Cormack won silverware in his second season, when Liverpool emphatically beat Newcastle United 3–0 at Wembley in the 1974 FA Cup Final. Cormack played in the final in central midfield wthanother Scottish-born player, Brian Hall.[19] He played in all eight games in that FA Cup run and in all 42 league matches that season, two of those as a substitute, as Liverpool finished second to Leeds United in the league. Overall he played 57 games that season, scoring 11 times.

Cormack started his third season with the club by scoring a penalty in the penalty shoot-out win against Leeds in the 1974 FA Charity Shield. His next goal was in the 11–0 thumping of Norwegian minnows Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup at Anfield, still a club record win. Liverpool again finished second in the league that season, this time to Dave Mackay's Derby County F.C.. Cormack played 36 league games, scoring three goals.[12][3][17]

In 1975-76, Cormack's fourth season at Anfield, Liverpool completed another League and the UEFA Cup double. Cormack played in both legs in the UEFA Cup first round 3–2 aggregate win against his former club, Hibernian. Cormack was a regular league starter until the end of October. In the next six leagues games he made the team sheet only once, as a substitute against Coventry City. He was then named as substitute against Burnley before a run of four games in the starting line-up, including a crucial 2–0 home win against Queens Park Rangers that put Liverpool in top spot ahead of the London club. The last of those four games was the 1–0 home league win against Manchester City on 27 December 1975. Cormack scored the only goal in what was to be a landmark game for him. A long-standing underlying problem with knee cartilage materialised into an injury after the game, when the cartilage cracked.[12] He lost his place in the team and missed the rest of the season, which included the 4–3 aggregate win against Bruges in the UEFA Cup Final, and never played again in the Liverpool first team. He was an unused substitute in the 1976 FA Charity Shield win against Southampton at the start of the following season.

In his 125 Liverpool league games Cormack scored 21 times.He played 178 first team games in total, scoring 26 goals.

[BILLYHIBS]

Just awful. What a player. Was my favourite in the earliest team I saw play in the green and white. Had to stop tucking my strip in to my shorts, but only down one side, because that’s PC wore his shirt.
Can only wish him well with this awful condition
Ha Ha!

I had the same skinny twiglet legs and used to practice running on my toes and a spring like jump at crosses 😁

[H18S NX]

Ha Ha!

I had the same skinny twiglet legs and used to practice running on my toes and a spring like jump at crosses 😁...Remember well,used to call him "sparrow legs".

[wallpaperman]

All the best to Peter and his family.

A great player and a great guy too.
Peter lives near me and I see him out walking a lot, including along Sleigh Drive to our home games. He's always up for a chat and is a very approachable guy.

Ps, Peters book is well worth a read, and reading it brought back loads of good memories for me from the early 70s :-)

GGTTH

Yes, i see Peter out walking his dog in our area from time to time. I’m not the sort of person to go up and speak to people, but have heard he is a very nice guy. His book is an excellent read.

Dreadfully sad news, wish his well.

[Forza Fred]

Yes, i see Peter out walking his dog in our area from time to time. I’m not the sort of person to go up and speak to people, but have heard he is a very nice guy. His book is an excellent read.

Dreadfully sad news, wish his well.

Just out of interest, where does he live?

I lived in Craigentinny before emigrating, and I think Peter lived in the Saughton area

[FilipinoHibs]

I wouldn't usually post Daily Record links, but think this is important. Peter and his family going public with his Alzheimer's diagnosis.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/liverpool-hibs-hero-bravely-goes-20732816

So sad. All the best to him and his family. One of my early Hibernian heroes.

[The Harp]

So sorry to hear of Peter's diagnosis. Used to see him in the Ellwyn hotel a few years back. A wonderful player for Hibs during his time at the club. Very popular too - remember him having his own fan club among the support.
Wish him and his family all the very best in his struggle with this terrible condition.

[Tom Hart RIP]

I speak to Peter regularly and he still recalls much of his playing days and lives to talk about Hibs and Liverpool. He is still invited to events at Anfield and is treated well by the club.
A few years ago Steven Gerrard took him into the dressing rooms to meet the first team who all laughed when he told them how much he earned when he was playing. Peter asked them what they had won as he had 2 league and 2 UEFA cups and they weren’t so cocky then. Gerard found it hilarious

[Eaststand]

Just out of interest, where does he live?

I lived in Craigentinny before emigrating, and I think Peter lived in the Saughton area

I don't know which street, but unless he's moved in the last few months, the Craigentinny Road/Nantwich Drive area now bud.

GGTTH

[Forza Fred]

I don't know which street, but def the Craigentinny Road/Nantwich Dive area now bud.

GGTTH

Thanks

Near my old house up to the mid 70’s.

[Eaststand]

Thanks

Near my old house up to the mid 70’s.

I wasnt in this area mid 70s, but my folks lived here from the early 80s and nowt much has changed since then.

GGTTH

[A Hi-Bee]

Sad to hear aout a great and classy player, we used to see him and Marrinelo along with John Murphy at dinner times on school days when they poped into the Bluebird cafe for something to eat after training, always approachable even then.
Peter was at Hibs when we just used to produce very good players and he proved that you did not have to be huge to be good in the air, with him it was all about timing, he also had the heart of a lion. Shankley took him to Liverpool to start what would become the Ray Kennedy role for the reds and the rest is history.

[wallpaperman]

I don't know which street, but unless he's moved in the last few months, the Craigentinny Road/Nantwich Dive area now bud.

GGTTH

Yep, that’s exactly right.

[CentreLine]

Ha Ha!

I had the same skinny twiglet legs and used to practice running on my toes and a spring like jump at crosses 😁

Now that’s hero worship on legs 🤣

[Joe6-2]

One of my all time favourites, wish him all the best

[Iggy Pope]

We are in the midst of a few legendary figures not keeping great. Immortals reminding us of our mortality.
Imagine scoring for the Hibs at Easter Road against Real Ma -****ing drid (spelling?) and at a time when it actually meant something, friendly or not as they had won the European Cup at exactly 50% win rate? Puskas and all.
Precious.

[Forza Fred]

We are in the midst of a few legendary figures not keeping great. Immortals reminding us of our mortality.
Imagine scoring for the Hibs at Easter Road against Real Ma -****ing drid (spelling?) and at a time when it actually meant something, friendly or not as they had won the European Cup at exactly 50% win rate? Puskas and all.
Precious.

He was one of the earliest players to have his own fan club too!

His nickname in the circles I moved in was ‘Corky’ but never see it mentioned these days.

[Iggy Pope]

He was one of the earliest players to have his own fan club too!

His nickname in the circles I moved in was ‘Corky’ but never see it mentioned these days.

His aunt and uncle lived downstairs from me in Easter Road when I was a teenager and I loved them to bits. Not important in the grand scheme but a wee bit of me.

[BILLYHIBS]

He was one of the earliest players to have his own fan club too!

His nickname in the circles I moved in was ‘Corky’ but never see it mentioned these days.
I always thought Corky was Jimmy Jimmy ORourke everyone knows his name? 😁

[Jim44]

I knew Peter when he were young teenagers. We used to play kick abouts regularly at Victoria Park at Newhaven Road. I think he was a bit of a Jambo, but was a terrific player even then. If I remember correctly he went to David Kilpatrick’s Secondary or it might have been Leith Academy. I was chuffed for him when he made the grade in senior football. I wish him all the best.

[ancient hibee]

A terrific player.Comes from a time when Hibs could play a front line of inside forwards.Hamilton,Quinn,Martin and Cormack.If only eh?I wish him all the best.

[Roxyhibee]

Peter Cormack was one of my heroes when I first started going, along with Martin, Quinn, Stanton, Marinello, Stein, Stevenson. We had some really great players then.

Peter was something very special though as his incredible career proved.

When I was at primary school I think I remember something in the papers when he got capped against Brazil, the Brazilian manager post match saying “Cormack fought for his country like a lion” or something.. Recall being proud of one of our players being singled out like that and telling all my schoolmates. Hope it was true.!

[Deansy]

The memories he must have - then imagine being told he's going to lose them !. My heart goes out 100% to him and his family as my mother and a few other relatives have fallen foul of this evil illness and it is totally soul-destroying - both victim and family/friends also suffer tremendously !

[iwasthere1972]

Sad news. One of my all time favourite players. I even modelled myself on him. Plenty great memories of him playing in the green and white but one moment stands out. It was in the mid sixties I think, at Easter Road against Dunfermline. I was in the east terracing and had a great view of Peter scoring from the half way mark in the goals at the "cave" end of the ground.

[IberianHibernian]

Was one of the big names in our team when I first started going to the Holy Ground . My first memory of him is being sent off in a New Years Derby at ER in 1970 ( ? ) for retaliation . Anothetr sadder memory was when he was sent off at Holy Ground for headbutting a Hibs player when playing for Bristol City against us in Anglo Scottish Cup . Later he played for us in second tier after relegation in 1980 - had a lot of admiration for him then , playing for us in lower division after playing at such a high level with Liverpool though game was far less commercialised than now . Him and Marinello were in first Hibernian team I really knew and I think both were brought up in Logie Green . Changed days .

[Ray_]

I was a young kid when he played for us but fondly remember him.

From Wiki:

Four days before his 26th birthday in July 1972, Cormack signed for Liverpool, managed by Bill Shankly, for a fee of £110,000.[13] The amount matched the Reds’ record set two years before when John Toshack joined from Cardiff City. Shankly told Cormack he was, ‘the final piece in the jigsaw’[15] of that Liverpool team and he became an integral part of the Liverpool midfield as the Anfield club won their first trophies of the 1970s with the League championship and the UEFA Cup.

Cormack made his Reds debut on 2 September 1972 in a league fixture at the Baseball Ground in a 2–1 defeat to Derby County. His first goal came the following week at Anfield in a 4–2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. In October he headed the only goal of the game with 13 minutes to go for a home win in the Merseyside derby against Everton. Two minutes into the second half of Liverpool's penultimate League match against Leeds United in April 1973, Cormack fired Liverpool's opener in a 2–0 win, a result that helped Liverpool to finish ahead of Leeds and Arsenal and win the title for the first time since 1966.[16][17]

In the UEFA Cup, Cormack scored in the second round win against AEK Athens. Liverpool defeated four German teams en route to the trophy and beat Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final. Cormack played both legs of the 3–2 aggregate win against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final .[12][3] His throw-in fed Chris Lawler to provide the high cross for the first goal.[18] In total, Cormack played 52 games and scored 10 goals in his first season at Anfield.[12][3][7]

Cormack won silverware in his second season, when Liverpool emphatically beat Newcastle United 3–0 at Wembley in the 1974 FA Cup Final. Cormack played in the final in central midfield wthanother Scottish-born player, Brian Hall.[19] He played in all eight games in that FA Cup run and in all 42 league matches that season, two of those as a substitute, as Liverpool finished second to Leeds United in the league. Overall he played 57 games that season, scoring 11 times.

Cormack started his third season with the club by scoring a penalty in the penalty shoot-out win against Leeds in the 1974 FA Charity Shield. His next goal was in the 11–0 thumping of Norwegian minnows Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup at Anfield, still a club record win. Liverpool again finished second in the league that season, this time to Dave Mackay's Derby County F.C.. Cormack played 36 league games, scoring three goals.[12][3][17]

In 1975-76, Cormack's fourth season at Anfield, Liverpool completed another League and the UEFA Cup double. Cormack played in both legs in the UEFA Cup first round 3–2 aggregate win against his former club, Hibernian. Cormack was a regular league starter until the end of October. In the next six leagues games he made the team sheet only once, as a substitute against Coventry City. He was then named as substitute against Burnley before a run of four games in the starting line-up, including a crucial 2–0 home win against Queens Park Rangers that put Liverpool in top spot ahead of the London club. The last of those four games was the 1–0 home league win against Manchester City on 27 December 1975. Cormack scored the only goal in what was to be a landmark game for him. A long-standing underlying problem with knee cartilage materialised into an injury after the game, when the cartilage cracked.[12] He lost his place in the team and missed the rest of the season, which included the 4–3 aggregate win against Bruges in the UEFA Cup Final, and never played again in the Liverpool first team. He was an unused substitute in the 1976 FA Charity Shield win against Southampton at the start of the following season.

In his 125 Liverpool league games Cormack scored 21 times.He played 178 first team games in total, scoring 26 goals.

Thanks for this, I was really gutted when Matt Gillies stole him for 80K in April 1970, the weekend before we had played exceptionally well beating an excellent ST Johnstone side, managed by Willie Ormond, 4-1, with Peter getting a brace and this making sure that we finished third.

With Peter injured Bob Paisley tried 200k flop centre forward, Ray Kennedy, in Peter's midfield role and it was a tremendous success, with Ray Kennedy cementing his position in the Liverpool and England teams and Peter never got his place back at Liverpool. A lot of the publicity at the time was about the on-the-pitch connection between Toshack & Keegan, but Keegan also had a great connection with Peter Cormack which helped make that Liverpool team so successful.

[BILLYHIBS]

I was a young kid when he played for us but fondly remember him.

From Wiki:

Four days before his 26th birthday in July 1972, Cormack signed for Liverpool, managed by Bill Shankly, for a fee of £110,000.[13] The amount matched the Reds’ record set two years before when John Toshack joined from Cardiff City. Shankly told Cormack he was, ‘the final piece in the jigsaw’[15] of that Liverpool team and he became an integral part of the Liverpool midfield as the Anfield club won their first trophies of the 1970s with the League championship and the UEFA Cup.

Cormack made his Reds debut on 2 September 1972 in a league fixture at the Baseball Ground in a 2–1 defeat to Derby County. His first goal came the following week at Anfield in a 4–2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. In October he headed the only goal of the game with 13 minutes to go for a home win in the Merseyside derby against Everton. Two minutes into the second half of Liverpool's penultimate League match against Leeds United in April 1973, Cormack fired Liverpool's opener in a 2–0 win, a result that helped Liverpool to finish ahead of Leeds and Arsenal and win the title for the first time since 1966.[16][17]

In the UEFA Cup, Cormack scored in the second round win against AEK Athens. Liverpool defeated four German teams en route to the trophy and beat Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final. Cormack played both legs of the 3–2 aggregate win against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final .[12][3] His throw-in fed Chris Lawler to provide the high cross for the first goal.[18] In total, Cormack played 52 games and scored 10 goals in his first season at Anfield.[12][3][7]

Cormack won silverware in his second season, when Liverpool emphatically beat Newcastle United 3–0 at Wembley in the 1974 FA Cup Final. Cormack played in the final in central midfield wthanother Scottish-born player, Brian Hall.[19] He played in all eight games in that FA Cup run and in all 42 league matches that season, two of those as a substitute, as Liverpool finished second to Leeds United in the league. Overall he played 57 games that season, scoring 11 times.

Cormack started his third season with the club by scoring a penalty in the penalty shoot-out win against Leeds in the 1974 FA Charity Shield. His next goal was in the 11–0 thumping of Norwegian minnows Strømsgodset in the European Cup Winners' Cup at Anfield, still a club record win. Liverpool again finished second in the league that season, this time to Dave Mackay's Derby County F.C.. Cormack played 36 league games, scoring three goals.[12][3][17]

In 1975-76, Cormack's fourth season at Anfield, Liverpool completed another League and the UEFA Cup double. Cormack played in both legs in the UEFA Cup first round 3–2 aggregate win against his former club, Hibernian. Cormack was a regular league starter until the end of October. In the next six leagues games he made the team sheet only once, as a substitute against Coventry City. He was then named as substitute against Burnley before a run of four games in the starting line-up, including a crucial 2–0 home win against Queens Park Rangers that put Liverpool in top spot ahead of the London club. The last of those four games was the 1–0 home league win against Manchester City on 27 December 1975. Cormack scored the only goal in what was to be a landmark game for him. A long-standing underlying problem with knee cartilage materialised into an injury after the game, when the cartilage cracked.[12] He lost his place in the team and missed the rest of the season, which included the 4–3 aggregate win against Bruges in the UEFA Cup Final, and never played again in the Liverpool first team. He was an unused substitute in the 1976 FA Charity Shield win against Southampton at the start of the following season.

In his 125 Liverpool league games Cormack scored 21 times.He played 178 first team games in total, scoring 26 goals.
:top marks

[JimBHibees]

Thanks for this, I was really gutted when Matt Gillies stole him for 80K in April 1970, the weekend before we had played exceptionally well beating an excellent ST Johnstone side, managed by Willie Ormond, 4-1, with Peter getting a brace and this making sure that we finished third.

With Peter injured Bob Paisley tried 200k flop centre forward, Ray Kennedy, in Peter's midfield role and it was a tremendous success, with Ray Kennedy cementing his position in the Liverpool and England teams and Peter never got his place back at Liverpool. A lot of the publicity at the time was about the on-the-pitch connection between Toshack & Keegan, but Keegan also had a great connection with Peter Cormack which helped make that Liverpool team so successful.

Who is Matt Gillies?

[BILLYHIBS]

Who is Matt Gillies?

Manager of Nottingham Forest

HIBS sold Peter Cormack to Forest and they sold him to Liverpool

[heretoday]

Sad news but we're all getting on a bit.
I've never enjoyed football as much since the sixties. What a time. You'd see great players at Easter Road every match near enough. It sure doesn't happen now.
Cormack was the pin-up boy. We'd all be waltzing about the playground in that familiar style he had.

[Forza Fred]

I knew Peter when he were young teenagers. We used to play kick abouts regularly at Victoria Park at Newhaven Road. I think he was a bit of a Jambo, but was a terrific player even then. If I remember correctly he went to David Kilpatrick’s Secondary or it might have been Leith Academy. I was chuffed for him when he made the grade in senior football. I wish him all the best.

It wasn’t Leithy, as a fp I can attest to that.

I think his book does refer to DK’s.

[Forza Fred]

I always thought Corky was Jimmy Jimmy ORourke everyone knows his name? 😁

Yeah, I recently read that Jimmy’s nickname was Corky...but never ever heard that before then.

I do remember him being tagged ‘Porky’ because of his stout build though.

As for the song, the tune is from Rupert the Bear, not Corky the cat.

Maybe Mick O’Rourke if he is out there, can clarify.

[JimBHibees]

Manager of Nottingham Forest

HIBS sold Peter Cormack to Forest and they sold him to Liverpool

Ok cheers didnt realise he went to Forest before Liverpool.

[BILLYHIBS]

Yeah, I recently read that Jimmy’s nickname was Corky...but never ever heard that before then.

I do remember him being tagged ‘Porky’ because of his stout build though.

As for the song, the tune is from Rupert the Bear, not Corky the cat.

Maybe Mick O’Rourke if he is out there, can clarify.

Porky? :confused:

Remember him as being solid, legs like tree trunks with huge calves

Not much fat on him but back then players were all different shapes and sizes not like today’s amazons that know fitness levels like they have never known before and play a high press :greengrin

[BILLYHIBS]

Ok cheers didnt realise he went to Forest before Liverpool.

Nae bother

I am after Jonnyboys joab :greengrin

[Jim44]

It wasn’t Leithy, as a fp I can attest to that.

I think his book does refer to DK’s.

In that case, it definitely was DK. My dad, God rest him, was at DK and he used to talk about being the school dunce but captain of the football team.