He later managed Leek Town, Northwich Victoria, Chester City, and Malaysian side Selangor FA, and also coached Port Vale from 1986 to 1992.
[3][5] In his teenage years Pejic was playing for Newcastle-under-Lyme schools as a left-winger and signed professional forms with Stoke in 1967, where manager Tony Waddington decided to convert him into a left-back.
[3] After two years in the reserves he made his debut against West Ham United at Upton Park, helping Stoke keep a clean sheet against World Cup winner Geoff Hurst.
[1] He played the whole ninety minutes of the final, as the "Potters" beat Chelsea 2–1 at Wembley thanks to goals from Terry Conroy and George Eastham.
He earned a call-up to the England national side in 1974, playing in four matches, but lost his place to Liverpool's Alec Lindsay.
He broke his leg in February 1975, and injuries to three other key players caused Stoke's bid for the First Division title in 1974–75 to fall away to a fifth-place finish.
At Goodison Park, Pejic again suffered a broken leg, this time against Leeds United in December 1978 and was limited to 26 appearances in the 1978–79 season.
[7] Alf Ramsey handed him his full England debut in a friendly against Portugal in Lisbon on 3 April 1974; the game finished 0–0.
[4][8] After appearances against Wales and Northern Ireland, he won his fourth and final cap on 18 May 1974, in a 2–0 defeat to Scotland at Hampden Park that left England to share the 1973–74 British Home Championship.
[4] Pejic took charge at North West Counties League side Leek Town and led the "Blues" to a ninth-place finish in 1984–85.
[10] However, he was sacked in March 1992, twelve months later an employment tribunal ruled that he had been unfairly dismissed and Vale were forced to pay a four-figure compensation sum.
There were a few argie-bargies at first, but they accepted what I was doing and all worked really hard at it.Pejic was named Chester City manager in June 1994 after the shock resignation of Graham Barrow.
He went on to be the regional director for the North East FA and has coached such stars as Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon and Stewart Downing.