Retirement
After leaving Chelsea, Bonetti moved to the Isle of Mull where he became a postman. While living in Scotland, he briefly came out of retirement to play several games for Dundee United as understudy to Hamish McAlpine. Following his retirement from playing, Bonetti moved into coaching and had spells with Chelsea, Manchester City and the England national side. During his time as a Chelsea coach, he was persuaded to play 2 games for Isthmian League Division 2 side, Woking, including an FA Cup debut in a 1–0 win over Football Conference side Weymouth. At one time he held the record for the most appearances for a single club by a goalkeeper, but was overtaken in the 1990s by Portsmouth's Alan Knight.
Since 2005, Bonetti has made several appearances for an Old England XI in various charity games, notably against celebrity sides, usually coming on for the last 10 minutes of each game.
On 12 November 2007, He took part in the limited edition autobiography CD series called 60 minutes with Peter Bonetti when he was interviewed by David Knight. Peter spoke in detail about his historical career including tales from the 1966 world cup winning squad (info from www.60mins.tv)
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