David Hilton (footballer)

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David Hilton
Personal information
Full name David Hilton [1]
Date of birth (1977-11-10) 10 November 1977 (age 45) [1]
Place of birth Barnsley, [1] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Left back, left wing
Youth career
1994–1995 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997 Manchester United 0 (0)
1997–1998 Darlington 1 (0)
1998 Ayr United 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Hilton (born 10 November 1977) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Darlington. [3] He played as a left back or on the left wing.

Career

Hilton was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire. [1] He was a schoolboy international; [4] in June 1993, the Independent's Henry Winter reported that "the chase [was] on to sign David Hilton, a left-sided Barnsley boy with a healthy appetite for raiding down the wing". [5] The chase was won by Manchester United, for whom Hilton had signed schoolboy forms by the time he appeared for England under-16s the following February. [6]

Hilton was a substitute in the second leg of the 1995 FA Youth Cup Final, won by Manchester United on penalties. [7] He turned professional with the club, but never appeared for the first team. [1] Towards the end of the 1996–97 season, with his contract due to expire, Hilton had a trial at Burnley, where he impressed manager Adrian Heath, [8] but no contract ensued. He joined Darlington on a monthly contract at the start of the 1997–98 Football League season and appeared once, on 30 August as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw with Rotherham United in Division Three. [2] In early 1998, Hilton joined Scottish First Division club Ayr United on trial, on the recommendation of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. [9] He signed for them in March, [10] but never played for the first team. [2]

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