David Hilton (footballer)

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David Hilton
Personal information
Full name David Hilton [1]
Date of birth (1977-10-09) 9 October 1977 (age 47) [1]
Place of birth Nottingham, [1] England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) 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 09 October 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 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 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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  3. ↑ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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  10. ↑ "McManus turns down £100,000 move to Motherwell". The Herald. Scotland. 1 April 1998. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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