FILBERT STREET

His dedication to his chosen profession was evident while helping Leicester Boys to the 1965 Trophy win, and picking up his first international recognition with the English Schools team.

At Filbert Street there was an immediate admission of Peter's anormous talent, and he soon became City's youngest 1st Division debutant at 16 when he kept a clean sheet against Mersey siders Everton.

Nearly a year had pasted and a host of top clubs were forming, to snatch Peter (now England youth No1 keeper) from the Filbert Street shadow of Gordon Banks, and an unenviable choice soon faced Matt Gillies over which of his top-rank keepers to part with. Stick with the master Banks or Trust the young Student Shilton????
He decided to invest in the younger man's ability.
Before to long Giles was proven correct When Shilton replaced Banks as Full England keeper .

In the meantime, City went through a Cup Final, a relegation and a promotion (with Peter's shot-stopping solidity, aerial agility, uncanny sense of positioning and absolute command of his area in large part responsible for the club creating its best-ever defensive record during 1970/71, when he kept a record 23 clean sheets).

Rarely out of the public eye - his adoption of an all white playing kit and his long-distance scoring success at Southampton at various times assuring that - Peter was inevitably now adding full international mementos to his 13 England Under-23 caps, but also becoming less than enchanted with City's trophy-winning prospects, Jimmy Bloomfield now City Manager accepted a £325,000 bid from Stoke City for the unsettled player, and the move nearly back fired on Shilton as Stoke themselves struggled, and he found himself only sharing the yellow jersey of England with Ray Clemence. But when Stoke got relegated Peter moved to Brian Cloughs Nottingham Forest, and in five years of almost uninterrupted success in domestic and European competitions with Forest, he once more re-established himself as the country's undisputed No. 1 keeper.

Peter became the most capped England keeper of all time, Leading the England team as Captain on several occasions, and earning an MBE in 1986. He was later up-graded to an OBE in 1991 Hen decided to retire from international foorball in July 1990, after achieving a world record 125 caps.
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Statistically speaking Peter Shilton is the safest keeper the club have ever had, Shilton conceded an average of only 1.118 goals per game for City.