Don Hutchison
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donald Hutchison | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | Hartlepool United | 24 | (2) |
| 1990–1994 | Liverpool | 45 | (7) |
| 1994–1996 | West Ham United | 35 | (11) |
| 1996–1998 | Sheffield United | 78 | (5) |
| 1998–2000 | Everton | 75 | (10) |
| 2000–2001 | Sunderland | 40 | (8) |
| 2001–2005 | West Ham United | 63 | (5) |
| 2005 | Millwall | 11 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | → Coventry City (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Coventry City | 32 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Luton Town | 21 | (1) |
| Total | 430 | (55) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2003 | Scotland | 26 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:33, 15 May 2008 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:27, 28 May 2011 (UTC) |
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Donald "Don" Hutchison (born 9 May 1971) is an English-born Scottish sports television pundit, commentator and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and forward from 1989 to 2008.
He was a much travelled player and had spells in the Premier League with Liverpool, West Ham United, Everton and Sunderland, as well as in the Football League for Hartlepool United, Sheffield United, Millwall, Coventry City and Luton Town. He earned 26 full caps for the Scottish national team and scored six international goals.
Hutchison started his career at Hartlepool United as a trainee. He was a member of the promotion winning squad of the 1990–91 season. However, he left long before the season's end with his last game being on 24 November 1990, a 2–0 win against Scarborough.
His talents were quickly spotted by bigger clubs and he moved to Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool. Hutchison said of his time at Anfield, "I got on well with (Dalglish's successor) Graeme Souness and I think he quite liked my style of play because I got stuck in."
In August 1994 Hutchison was signed by manager Harry Redknapp for West Ham United for a fee of £1.5 million. He scored on his debut for West Ham on 31 August 1994 in a 3–1 home defeat to Newcastle United. Hutchison had a poor disciplinary record at West Ham. In his 39 games in his first spell with the club, he received eleven bookings and was sent off once, on 5 November 1994 in a home game against Leicester City. Known to fans and fellow players as "Budweiser" following a drunken incident in Ayia Napa when he had appeared covering his genitals with a Budweiser beer label, he was allowed to leave the club in January 1996.
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