Gordon Hill (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon Alec Hill | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1972 | Staines Town | ||
| 1972 | Slough | ||
| 1972–1973 | Southall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Millwall | 91 | (22) |
| 1975 | → Chicago Sting (loan) | 21 | (16) |
| 1975–1978 | Manchester United | 101 | (39) |
| 1978–1979 | Derby County | 24 | (5) |
| 1979–1981 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | Montreal Manic | 36 | (18) |
| 1981–1982 | Montreal Manic (indoor) | 16 | (29) |
| 1982 | Chicago Sting | 26 | (9) |
| 1982–1983 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 11 | (10) |
| 1983 | San Jose Earthquakes (indoor) | 4 | (2) |
| 1983 | New York Arrows (indoor) | 22 | (10) |
| 1983 | Inter-Montreal | ||
| 1983–1984 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 50 | (50) |
| 1984–1985 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 19 | (11) |
| 1985–1986 | Twente | 19 | (4) |
| 1986 | HJK Helsinki | 2 | (2) |
| 1986–1988 | Stafford Rangers | ? | (?) |
| 1988 | Northwich Victoria | 24 | (8) |
| 1991 | Nova Scotia Clippers | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1976 | England U23 | 1 | (1) |
| 1976–1977 | England | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991 | Nova Scotia Clippers | ||
| 2001 | Chester City | ||
| Hyde United | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gordon Alec Hill (born 1 April 1954) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Millwall, Manchester United, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers, and was capped six times for the England national team.
In 1971, Hill began his club career with Staines Town of the Athenian League as a 17-year-old. In 1972, he moved to Southall F.C., playing a few youth games there while his brother was on trial at the club. He drew the attention of Millwall F.C. and signed with them in 1973. Known to The Lions fans as Merlin, Hill had outstanding skill that earned him wide recognition. The Millwall youngster entertained the fans with some incredible shooting and dribbling and it was not long before scouts from the big clubs noticed him. He played 91 league games for Millwall, scoring 22 goals. After spending the summer of 1975 on loan with the North American Soccer League's Chicago Sting, and being named All League, Hill subsequently signed for Manchester United in November 1975 for £70,000, a massive bargain for manager Tommy Docherty, forming a wing partnership with Steve Coppell.
Hill helped United reach the 1976 FA Cup Final, scoring both goals with typical long-range efforts in the semi-final at Hillsborough Stadium against Derby County. Unfortunately for Hill, United lost in the Final against Southampton. He was also part of the 1977 FA Cup-winning side. Hill left United for Derby County for £250,000 in 1978, with his sale by Dave Sexton deeply unpopular with supporters. At the time of his sale, Hill was United's top scorer and a favourite among fans. He spent two seasons with Derby County, most of it sidelined with a knee injury suffered in one of his first games before moving to Queens Park Rangers in 1980. He left England for the Montreal Manic of the NASL in 1981. After a successful first season with the Manic, he began the 1982 season in Montreal, but after five games the Manic sent him to the Chicago Sting. In the fall of 1982, the Sting entered the Major Indoor Soccer League for the winter indoor season. Hill began the season with the Sting, moved to the San Jose Earthquakes after eleven games. In January 1983, the Earthquakes turned around and traded Hill and Gary Etherington to the New York Arrows in exchange for Steve Zungul. In the summer of 1983, Hill played for Inter-Montreal of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. In the autumn of 1983, Hill signed with the Kansas City Comets of MISL. He played one season with the Comets, then began the 1984–85 season before being released. In December 1984, he signed with the Tacoma Stars.
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