Gordon Hill Player Profile

Gor­don Hill

Gor­don Hill began his roller­coaster career with Mill­wall where he emerged as a prom­ising out­side left under the indul­gent stew­ard­ship of Benny Fenton. After spend­ing the sum­mer of 1975 appear­ing for North Amer­ican Soc­cer League Chicago Sting, the tal­en­ted winger made a move to Manchester United for a trans­fer fee of £70,000.

Gor­don Hill made his First Divison debut for Manchester United in a con­vin­cing 2–0 win against Aston Villa at Old Traf­ford and the Lon­doner quickly made his pres­ence felt by form­ing a for­mid­able wing part­ner­ship with his fel­low flank­man Steve Cop­pell. Dur­ing the 1975–76 cam­paign, Manchester United injec­ted loads of pos­it­iv­ity into Eng­lish soc­cer with an adven­tur­ous approach to attack­ing foot­ball which suited his play­ing style per­fectly and he scored both goals in the FA Cup Semi Final against Derby County in 1976 as he helped The Red Dev­ils reach the final only to lose against Second Divi­sion Southamp­ton. The Cock­ney player returned to Wemb­ley the fol­low­ing year, how­ever, to pick up an FA Cup winner’s medal when Tommy Docherty´s side edged out their his­tor­ical enemies Liv­er­pool by 2–1. After mak­ing over 100 Foot­ball League out­ings for Manchester United, Hill would leave the Old Traf­ford club in the spring of 1978 when the rocket-heeled flanker was sold to fel­low First Divi­sion team Derby County for a trans­fer fee of around £250,000. Gor­don Hill made his full inter­na­tional debut for Eng­land in an evenly con­tested 3–2 suc­cess against Italy at Yan­kee Sta­dium in May 1976 and went on to gain a total of six senior caps for his nat­ive coun­try before he decided to leave for the United States in 1981 where he starred for a string of North Amer­ican clubs. Gor­don Hill: “I did not earn a lot of money at my first club Mill­wall. I was on £25-a-week with £20 for a win, ten for a draw, and noth­ing for a loss. I moved on to Manchester United, and I was on £125-a-week with £40 for a win, £20 for a draw, and noth­ing for a loss.” Gor­don Hill Play­ing Career: Mill­wall 1973–1975, Manchester United 1975–1978, Derby County 1978–1979, Queens Park Rangers 1979–1981, Montreal Manic 1981–1982, Chicago Sting 1982, Inter Montreal 1983, FC Twente 1985–1986, HJK Hel­sinki 1986, Stafford Rangers 1986–1988, North­wich Vic­toria 1988, Nova Sco­tia Clip­pers 1991. On Loan: Chicago Sting 1975. Inter­na­tional Play­ing Career: Eng­land U23 1976,  Eng­land  1976–1977. Club Hon­ours: FA Cup 1977.

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