Mark Hill (English footballer)

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Mark Hill
Mark Hill, Wycombe Wanderers FC footballer, August 1983.jpg
Hill while with Wycombe Wanderers in 1983.
Personal information
Full name Mark Stephen Hill [1]
Date of birth (1961-01-21) 21 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Perivale, Middlesex, England
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1977–1979 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1980 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
1980–1982 Brentford 56 (3)
1982–1984 Wycombe Wanderers 68 (3)
1984–1989 Maidstone United 184 (9)
1989–1992 Slough Town 71 (1)
1992–1994 Hendon 47 (0)
Wealdstone
Walton & Hersham
Managerial career
1999 Walton & Hersham (joint-caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Stephen Hill (born 21 January 1961) is an English retired professional football left back, best remembered for his five years in non-league football with Maidstone United. Earlier in his career, he played in the Football League for Brentford.

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Playing career

Queens Park Rangers

A left back, Hill began his youth career with Queens Park Rangers and signed a professional contract at the end of the 1978–79 season. [1] Despite Rangers' relegation to the Second Division, [2] he failed to make a first team appearance during the 1979–80 season and departed Loftus Road at the end of the campaign. [3]

Brentford

Hill joined Third Division club Brentford in July 1980, [1] as one of new manager Fred Callaghan's first signings. [3] Aged only 19, Hill held a regular place in the first team during the 1980–81 season and made 42 appearances, scoring three goals. [4] He scored on his debut versus Charlton Athletic and scored one goal for and against the Bees in front of the ATV cameras during a 3–2 win at Walsall a fortnight later. [3] Hill fell out of favour in the following season and made just 20 appearances before his release in June 1982. [3] [4] He made 62 appearances and scored three goals during his two seasons at Griffin Park. [3]

Wycombe Wanderers

Hill dropped into non-league football to sign for Isthmian League Premier Division club Wycombe Wanderers during the 1983 off-season. [5] He had an excellent start to life at Loakes Park, making 42 league appearances, reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup, the final of the Isthmian League Cup and winning the first silverware of his career as the Chairboys cruised to the 1982–83 Premier Division title. [5] The club declined a place in the Alliance Premier League and Hill remained with the Chairboys until the end of the 1983–84 season. [5] He made 68 league appearances and scored three goals during his two seasons with the club.

Maidstone United

Hill signed for Alliance Premier League champions Maidstone United during the 1984 off-season. He was a regular pick during a five-year spell with the club and in the 1988–89 season was part of the team which won the Kent Senior Cup and finished top of the renamed Football Conference, which secured promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history. [6] With the club going full-time for the 1989–90 season in the Football League, Hill left the club in order to remain part-time. He made over 200 appearances during his five years with Maidstone United.

Slough Town

Hill dropped to the Isthmian League Premier Division to sign for Slough Town during the 1989 off-season. [6] Given the captain's armband, he had an excellent first season, leading the team to the league title and the final of the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup. [6] Hill remained with the Rebels until the end of the 1991–92 season, having made 93 appearances and scored three goals for the club. [6]

Hendon

Hill returned to the Isthmian League Premier Division to join Hendon during the 1992 off-season. [7] He made 64 appearances and scored one goal in two mid-table seasons for the club. [7]

Later years

Hill ended his career with spells at Isthmian League clubs Wealdstone and Walton & Hersham. [8] He served Walton & Hersham in, at different times, the roles of player, assistant manager and joint-caretaker manager. [8] [9]

Personal life

Hill spent 12 years working for Akai and as of 2012, had spent the previous 17 years working for LG Electronics in Slough, Berkshire. [10] As of 2014, his son Lucas was a member of Wycombe Wanderers' development centre. [11]

Honours

Wycombe Wanderers

Maidstone United

Slough Town

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1980–81 [4] Third Division 3832020—423
1981–82 [4] 1800020—200
Total5632040—623
Slough Town 1989–90 [6] Isthmian League Premier Division11041—6 [lower-alpha 1] 0211
1990–91 [6] Conference 28100—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0301
1991–92 [6] 32040—6 [lower-alpha 3] 1421
Total71181—141933
Hendon 1992–93 [7] Isthmian League Premier Division22020—7 [lower-alpha 4] 0301
1993–94 [7] 25040—4 [lower-alpha 5] 1340
Total47060—111641
Career total1744161402522197
  1. ↑ 2 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Isthmian League Cup, 1 appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, 1 appearance in ClubCall Cup
  2. ↑ 1 appearance in Conference League Cup, 1 appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  3. ↑ 3 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances and 1 goal in Conference League Cup, 1 appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  4. ↑ 5 appearances in Isthmian League Cup, 2 appearances in FA Trophy
  5. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Isthmian League Full Members Cup, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup

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  2. ↑ Queens Park Rangers F.C. at the Football Club History Database
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  8. 1 2 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Eighties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 324–325. ISBN   978-1906796716.
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