Derek Addison

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Derek Addison
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-07-08) 8 July 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1971–1972 Hibernian
1972–1973 Lochee United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1981 Dundee United 106 (9)
1981–1982 Heart of Midlothian 32 (4)
1982–1986 St Johnstone 98 (3)
1986–1987 Brechin City 1 (0)
Total237(16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek Addison (born 8 July 1955 in Dundee) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

A former pupil of Harris Academy, Addison was briefly attached to Hibernian aged 16 before returning to his native Tayside. After a season playing with Junior side Lochee United he signed for Jim McLean's Dundee United. Considered part of the club's move towards home-grown players, he broke into the first team at the same time as John Holt and Ray Stewart and Billy Kirkwood. However, he was unable to establish himself as a regular in the side: in his eight seasons at Tannadice he only once made more than twenty league starts. [1]

Addison signed for recently relegated Hearts in September 1981, along with former international striker Willie Pettigrew, in a deal worth almost £200,000. [1] Although he enjoyed a prominent first team role for the first time, the size of his transfer fee coupled with a failure to gain instant promotion had led to financial problems at Hearts, necessitating his sale after only one season. Fellow First Division side St Johnstone paid £65,000 for his services in 1982 and he made 113 competitive appearances for the Perth side in 4 seasons. He attained a player-coach role with the Saints in 1985 but left the club a year later. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Derek Addison | Player Statistics | Dundee United (Arab Archive)". arabarchive.co.uk.


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