John Aitken (football player, 1870)

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John Aitken
Personnel
birthday February 1870
place of birth Dumfries ,  Scotland
date of death 1919
position Winger (left)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers
1895 Newton Heath 2 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

John Aitken (born February 1870 or November 11, 1870 in Dumfries , † 1919 ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Aitken played in Dumfries, South Scotland for the 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers , before he was signed by the Northern English second division club Newton Heath in the summer of 1895 , who at the same time signed another Scottish player with David Fitzsimmons . Although Aitken in the Scottish press was credited with "abundance of speed, which he combines with his size and good shooting power" in his move , Aitken did not succeed in asserting himself at the Manchester- based club.

Although he scored a goal on his debut on September 7, 1895, a 5-0 win at the start of the season against Crewe Alexandra , the Athletic News stated in its match report that he had to "put more vigor into his efforts." The following game against Loughborough FC was given preference to James Peters , who mostly accompanied the position in the following months. Three weeks after his debut, Aitken was again in the squad as a left winger in the second leg against Crewe Alexandra , but received bad reviews from the press despite a 2-0 win, which attested him an insecure demeanor as well as passing and shooting skills in need of improvement. This was also his last assignment; at the end of the year he left Newton Heath.

literature

  • Garth Dykes: The United Alphabet - A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United FC ACL & Polar Publishing Ltd., Leicester 1994, ISBN 0-9514862-6-8 , pp. 9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Charbel Boujaoude: Newton Heath: The Players A to Z . Octen Media, Stockton-on-Tees 2018, ISBN 978-1-909064-21-8 , pp. 5 .
  2. ↑ a b Life data according to the English National Football Archive (ENFA) , accessed on January 12, 2020
  3. ↑ NOTES BY THE WAY. . In: Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald , July 26, 1895, p. 7.  (paid link)
  4. ^ South of Scotland. . In: Glasgow Evening Post , August 3, 1895, p. 7.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ TWO POINTS FOR NEWTON HEATH. . In: Athletic News , August 3, 1895, p. 6.  (link subject to charge)
personal data
SURNAME Aitken, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 1870 or November 11, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Dumfries
DATE OF DEATH 1919