Dave Kitson

Dave Kitson
Dave Kitson at Reading FC (2008)
Personnel
Surname	David Barry Kitson
birthday	January 21, 1980
place of birth	Hitchin ,  England
size	191 cm
position	attack
Juniors
Years	station
	Hitchin Town
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2000	Hitchin Town
2000-2001	Arlesey Town	19 (16)
2001-2003	Cambridge United	102 (40)
2003-2008	Reading FC	135 (54)
2008-2010	Stoke City	34 0(3)
2009	→ Reading FC (loan)	10 0(2)
2009	→  Middlesbrough FC  (loan)	6 0(3)
2010–2012	Portsmouth FC	68 (12)
2012-2013	Sheffield United	33 (11)
2013-2014	Oxford United	32 0(4)
2014-2015	Arlesey Town	0 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2014-2015	Arlesey Town (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.

David "Dave" Barry Kitson (born January 21, 1980 in Hitchin ) is a retired English football player on the position of a striker .

Career

Started his career at Hitchin Town

Born in Hitchin , Hertfordshire , Kitson began his active football career with his hometown club Hitchin Town . There he went through various youth division and came in 1998 in the men's team of the non-league club . There he was active until 2000, where he also worked in a branch of the supermarket chain J Sainsbury . After a few years in Hitchin, Kitson moved to the small town of Arlesey in Bedfordshire in 2000 , where he was signed to the Isthmian League club Arlesey Town . In his only season at the club, the trained striker scored 16 goals in only 19 league appearances.

Moved to Cambridge United

After Kitson was in a game against the reserve team of Cambridge United in 2001 in action and thereby attracted attention, he was subsequently signed by the same club in mid-March 2001. In the team, which at that time still had their game operations in the third-rate Football League Second Division , the young center forward came to a total of eight league appearances during the 2000/01 season, in which he scored one goal. With the team he scarred at the end of the season just about a relegation to the fourth division, with the team only had two points on the nearest relegated Bristol Rovers .

The 2001/02 season was very bad for Cambridge United from a sporting point of view. After the team slipped into the lower ranks of the table in the early stages of the season, the team could not finally break away from there and ended the season with only 34 points on the 24th and last place in the table. In the 46 league games this season Kitson was in 33 games in action and scored nine goals. In the FA Cup the 2001/02 season was dedicated players in action, with his team in the first round against Notts County was eliminated after Cambridge first a 1: reached 1 draw and in the replay, the newly promoted to the next round should determine, with 0: 2 lost. Kitson was there in both FA Cup games on the field.

In the League Cup of the 2001/02 season , Cambridge United did not get beyond the first round of the competition. Here, the team was eliminated on August 22, 2001 against West Bromwich Albion , which, after it was 1: 1 after regular time and overtime, won 4-3 on penalties. In the following season, the team reached in the league events of the then fourth highest English league, the Football League Third Division , in the final table with twelfth place in the middle of the table. Dave Kitson was one of the main contributors to the good season record of his team with 20 goals in 44 games.

This upward trend at Cambridge United was also noticeable in the 2002/03 FA Cup . The team made it to the third round, where it had to play a total of six games, as in all three rounds the first game ended in a draw and the decision always had to be found in the replay. In the third round, the team around Kitson, who also scored a goal in the last game and played in all six games of the cup competition, was eliminated 3-2 by Millwall FC . In the 2002/03 League Cup , the eleven from Cambridge were eliminated in the second round with a 7-0 defeat against Sunderland AFC . Kitson was in action in both games and scored one goal.

The league action went for "The U's", the team's nickname, similar to the previous season. In the final table, the team ranked 13th, with Kitson was only part of the season in use, as he left the club during the season. In his total of 17 league appearances this season, he came on ten goals. For Cambridge United, Kitson completed the FA Cup 2003/04 only the first round match against Lancaster City , which was won 2-1 and in which he also contributed a goal. In the 2003/04 League Cup , the team trained by John Taylor was eliminated from the tournament in the first round with 1: 2 against FC Gillingham .

For £ 150,000 to Reading

Kitson while at Reading (2007)

On December 26, 2003, Dave Kitson signed a contract with Reading FC , who was playing in the then-second-rate Football League First Division at the time. In the same season, the meanwhile 23 and 24-year-old center forward played 17 championship games for Reading and scored five goals. With the 2004/05 season in which the team appeared in the newly founded Football League Championship , Kitson became a support in the team trained by the successful coach Steve Coppell . At the end of the season it was enough for a seventh place in the table. Although Kitson was out because of an injury for some game, he came in 37 league games for use and scored 19 goals. He also played a game in the 2004/05 FA Cup , in which the team made it to the fourth round. In the 2004/05 League Cup , Reading FC did not get past the second round of the competition without Kitsons participation.

In 2005/06 Reading FC performed consistently well throughout the season. At the end of the season, Reading FC ranked first in the second highest English football league and achieved a new record with 106 points. Never before had a team in the second division achieved such a high number of points. Reading FC beat the record set by Sunderland AFC, which had been in existence since 1999 and had been promoted to the Premier League with 105 points. This season, the team around Dave Kitson set a number of other records. Among other things, the team remained unbeaten for 33 championship games in a row, which meant a league record, moreover, the team achieved a total of 60 points in their home games with 19 home wins - again a league record.

Another record was the +67 goals in goal difference for Reading FC. Never before in history has a second-tier club reached such a high goal difference (based on the system that has existed since 1975). Furthermore, the team set another record with only two defeats this season. There were also some best performances from players, Kitson became Reading FC's top goalscorer in the second division since Bill Johnston in the late 20s , as well as attendance records and other best performances. Kitson closed the promotion season with 18 goals in 34 league games. There were also two games in the FA Cup 2005/06 , in which the team moved into the fourth round. In addition, the 1.91 m tall center forward completed three games in the 2005/06 League Cup and scored four goals. With the "Royals" he was only eliminated from the current competition in the fourth round after a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal FC .

Immediately after the promotion season, the first premier league appearance in the club's 135-year history, Dave Kitson injured himself so badly in the first game, a 3-2 win over Middlesbrough FC , that he was out for almost six months and only on January 27, 2007 came to his comeback in the jersey of the "Royals". Overall, he came in his first Premier League season on a record of two goals in 13 championship appearances, with the team reached eighth place in the table. In the 2006-07 FA Cup graduated Kitson for Reading FC three games and twice came here to scoring. Only in the replay or play-off of the fifth round, the team under the leadership of Steve Coppell was eliminated by 2: 3 against Manchester United , after they had already taken the lead 3-0 after six minutes. In the 2006/07 League Cup , Reading made it to the third round without Kitson's participation, although the team only entered the current competition in the third round and did not progress through just a 3: 4 defeat against Liverpool managed. In late March 2007 Kitson extended his contract with Reading FC for another three years until June 2010.

The start of the 2007/08 season already began with a negative experience for Kitson. In his first game of the season he came on as a substitute and was sent off with the red card after less than a minute of playing time because he had fouled the Manchester United player Patrice Evra . As the 2007/08 season continued, the form of Reading FC developed more and more towards relegation. At the end of the season, the team finally ranked 18th in the table, which also meant a relegation place from the top English division. Although the "Royals" with 36 points were involved shortly before the end of the season in the fight for relegation, they retired due to the worse goal difference compared to the seventeen-placed Fulham FC from the top division. The attacker played 34 championship games and scored ten goals, almost half of the total goals scored by his team this season.

Also in the 2007/08 FA Cup , the team dropped out of the competition early on, after only a 2-2 draw was achieved against Tottenham Hotspur and the subsequent playoff was lost 0-1. A similar bankruptcy set it in the 2007/08 League Cup , in which Reading FC was eliminated in the third round after a 2: 4 defeat against Liverpool FC. Kitson was involved in both of his team's games. Kitson also criticized his team and said he had no interest in whether the team progressed in the FA Cup or not.

For record transfers to Stoke City

On July 18, 2008 Kitson finally decided to change clubs and signed a well-paid contract with the English first division club Stoke City . The Midlands club spent a record £ 5.5 million on the 28-year-old's transfer. To date (April 2010), that is the highest transfer fee that Stoke City has ever spent on a player in its 145-year history. After the center forward failed to score in his first 16 league games for the first division team and did not score in the FA Cup or League Cup, the first rumors arose that Kitson could leave the club early, but this was quickly denied by the club's board. Overall, the striker was used in a game of the League Cup 2008/09 , in which the team moved up to the quarter-finals and was eliminated there against Derby County with 0-1. In the 2008-09 FA Cup overtook Stoke City an early end. The only game of the team in the competition, in which Kitson was used, was lost 2-0 to Hartlepool United .

The club management finally reacted to Kitson's lack of performance and loaned him to his former club, Reading FC, in March 2009, in order to gain some match practice and to score goals again in the familiar environment. In Reading he found his former goal quality again, where he contributed two goals in twelve league games and finished with the team in fourth place in the second division. In contrast, Stoke City reached this season with the twelfth place in the table a place in the second half of the table. At around the same time he was on loan at Reading, Kitson once again criticized him, saying it was a mistake to join Stoke City as he was very happy during his time at Reading. At the same time, he said that by moving to Stoke City he was just looking for a new challenge and thought he would find it at the Midlands club.

After his return at the end of the season, he thought he was about to start over at Stoke City for the 2009/10 season , with which he was finally rewarded on August 26, 2009 when he played for his team for the first time in the League Cup game against Leyton Orient met. Overall, Stoke City made it to the round of 16 in the competition, where they were eliminated 4-0 against Portsmouth FC . In the 2009/10 FA Cup , the 1.91 m tall player scored a goal in two games and made it to the quarter-finals with the team, where the game against the current (April 2010) finalist Chelsea FC was lost 2-0 . Just three days after he had scored his first team goal, he came in the league for the first time for Stoke City to scoring when he scored the game-winning goal in the 1-0 home win over Sunderland AFC on August 29, 2009. In November 2009 Kitson finally lost his traditional place on the offensive of Stoke City and was replaced as the actual regular player by James Beattie and instead awarded for two months to the relegated Premier League, Middlesbrough FC .

At the second division he was used in a total of six championship games between November 21 and December 20, scoring three goals. After Kitson returned to his home club on January 1, 2010, he was back in the media just a few days later, as he was about to move to Celtic Glasgow . However, nothing came of the move to Scotland and Kitson stayed at Stoke City, where he has been in 17 league games to date (April 17, 2010) and scored twice. During the 2009/10 season, the attacker also came to four missions in the reserve team of Stoke City with play in the " Premier Reserve League South".

Change to Portsmouth

Shortly before the end of the summer transfer period 2010 Kitson moved together with Liam Lawrence in exchange for Marc Wilson and an unspecified transfer fee in the direction of the first division relegated FC Portsmouth . He made his debut for the Premier League relegated team on September 11, 2010 in a home game against Ipswich Town , where he had a chance to score and was substituted in for John Utaka in the 83rd minute . Subsequently, he was used in 35 second division games, in which he scored eight goals and prepared another five for his teammates. In the final ranking of the Football League Championship 2010/11 , he finished 16th in the table with the club from Portsmouth and was also able to record short appearances in the FA Cup 2010/11 and the League Cup 2010/11 this year . In the following season 2011/12 the tall center forward, as well as former Portuguese international and equally experienced central defender Ricardo Rocha was largely neglected by coach Steve Cotterill . While Kitson was not even in the official squad for a period of five league games, the Portuguese sat on the bench for over a month. Only after Cotterill's departure to Nottingham Forest and the engagement of Michael Appleton as the new coach did the situation improve for both of them, as did the cohesion in the team. By the end of the season, Kitson made 33 league appearances, as well as four goals and five assists, but could not avert further relegation, mainly due to ten points deducted on February 17, 2012 due to financial irregularities, in the third-rate Football League One . Also in this season he was used in one game each in the FA Cup 2011/12 and in the League Cup 2011/12 .

About Sheffield United and Oxford United at the end of his career at Arlesey Town

Dave Kitson on duty for Sheffield United (March 2013)

Kitson in Oxford United shirt (December 2013)

On August 31, 2012, Kitson left, like most of the team, the near bankruptcy professional club and signed a contract until the end of December 2012 with Sheffield United , which was also represented in League One and was there third in the previous season . There he made his official competitive debut against Bury on September 15 , when he came onto the pitch for Darryl Westlake shortly before the end of the game . Subsequently, between the end of September and the end of October, he became an aggressively strong player, where he either scored a goal or made one assist in six consecutive games. While he was then no longer in the squad until mid-January, he extended his contract, which expired at the end of the year, on November 16 with immediate effect until the end of the season and with the option of another season. Actually, however, he wanted to end his career in the United States at this point. By the end of the 2012/13 season , he and Nick Blackman had developed into the most dangerous goal- scoring player on his team, as well as a crowd-pleaser who was voted “Player of the Month” twice by the fans. In contrast to his ex-club from Portsmouth, who had to relegate to the English fourth division after another 10 point deduction, he reached fifth place in the table with Sheffield United and a related starting place in the season-closing play-offs. In these, the team lost in the semifinals to the later promoted Yeovil Town with a total score of 1: 2. Kitson was in 33 league games by the end of the season, scored the aforementioned eleven goals, as well as three assists, and was also used in two games of the FA Cup 2012/13 , in which he met once against his future club Oxford United .

After the Blades failed to make it to the second division, they let Kitson's contract expire at the end of the season. Then Dave Kitson signed a two-year contract with Oxford United in late June 2013 from Football League Two , the fourth highest division in the country. That year it was also rumored that Kitson was The Secret Footballer , a pseudonym of an alleged (ex) Premier League player who contributed to The Guardian article and published three books between 2012 and 2014. At Oxford United, the veteran was used in 32 league games by the end of the 2013/14 season , in which he contributed four goals and three assists. He also received the most yellow cards in the team over the course of the season, making him more like defender Tom Newey . Also in the 2013-14 FA Cup came Kitson four times in appearance and made inter alia an assist. At the end of the season, when Oxford United finished eighth in the final standings, the now 34-year-old center forward announced his retirement in July 2014. Just days earlier, the club hired a former Kitons coach, Michael Appleton.

On December 15, 2014 it was announced that Kitson and Nick Ironton are replacing Arlesey Town's previous coach , Rufus Brevett . While Ironton should only be used as a coach, Kitson was introduced as the playing assistant coach of his former club, where he had made the leap into professional football. Subsequently, the offensive player was not used in any game of the seventh division , who then relegated to the eighth division, and left the club with Ironton in February 2015.

Possible inclusion in the national team

Kitson, who has an Irish grandfather , was contacted as early as 2006 by then national coach Steve Staunton , who wanted to bring him to the Irish national team together with Manchester City player Stephen Ireland . After Kitson canceled Staunton's offer, he was also contacted by the head coach of the Northern Irish national team , who wanted to bring him to Northern Ireland, even though Kitson would not have been eligible to play. In 2008, the attacker was under observation by those responsible for the English national team because of his good performance . Although Kitson while briefly faced a convocation, he was from England head coach Fabio Capello of Aston Villa -Stürmer Gabriel Agbonlahor preferred.

Family / private / other

Dave Kitson is married, his wife's name is Claire.

On January 9, 2008, Kitson was stopped by the English police not far from his home in Shinfield , Berkshire and asked for an alcohol test . Since Kitson refused to do so, he was reported by the police and taken to Reading District Court. On January 18, he was sentenced to £ 1,000 and £ 60 in legal costs by Reading District Court. Furthermore, his driver's license was revoked for 18 months.

successes

• 1 × Football League Championship champions : 2005/06 (with a record 106 points)
• Reading FC's best second division shooter (overall)

Web links

Commons : Dave Kitson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Dave Kitson in the database of weltfussball.de
• Dave Kitson in the soccerway.com database
• Dave Kitson in the soccerbase.com database
• Dave Kitson on the homepage of Reading FC (English)
• Dave Kitson to the home of Stoke City (English)
• Dave Kitson on the homepage of Portsmouth (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shooting from the lip - The outspoken Reading striker has nothing but great respect for their next opponents (English), accessed on April 22, 2010
2. ^ England FA Cup 2001/02 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
3. ^ England League Cup 2001/02 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
4. ^ England FA Cup 2002/03 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
5. ^ England League Cup 2002/03 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
6. ↑ England League Cup 2003/04 , accessed April 22, 2010
7. ↑ England League Cup 2003/04 , accessed April 22, 2010
8. ↑ Cash point! ( Memento of May 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 22, 2010
9. ^ England FA Cup 2004/05 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
10. ^ England League Cup 2004/05 , accessed April 22, 2010
11. ↑ ^{a b} The records we set in our 2006 promotion ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed April 22, 2010  
12. ^ England FA Cup 2005/06 , accessed April 22, 2010
13. ^ England League Cup 2005/06 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
14. ↑ Royals come back from two-nil down to beat Boro in first ever Premiership match ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed April 22, 2010  
15. ↑ Royals progress to the fifth round after good away win against Blues ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed April 22, 2010  
16. ^ England FA Cup 2006/07 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
17. ↑ England League Cup 2006/07 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
18. ↑ Our star striker Dave Kitson signs a new three-year contract with Reading ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed April 22, 2010  
19. ↑ Boss' verdict on Kitson red card  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed April 22, 2010  
20. ^ England FA Cup 2007/08 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
21. ^ England League Cup 2007/08 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
22. ^ FA Cup does not matter - Kitson , accessed April 22, 2010
23. ↑ Stoke seal £ 5.5m Kitson transfer , accessed April 22, 2010
24. ↑ Kitson going nowhere, says Coates , accessed April 22, 2010
25. ^ England League Cup 2008/09 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
26. ^ England FA Cup 2008/09 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
27. ↑ Kitson returns to Reading on loan , accessed April 22, 2010
28. ^ Striker Kitson regrets Stoke move , accessed April 22, 2010
29. ^ England League Cup 2009/10 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
30. ^ England FA Cup 2009/10 (English), accessed April 22, 2010
31. ^ Stoke 1 - 0 Sunderland , accessed April 22, 2010
32. ↑ Kitson Completes Loan Move To Boro ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed April 22, 2010  
33. ^ Stoke's Dave Kitson keen on loan move to Celtic , accessed April 22, 2010
34. ↑ Kitson and Lawrence In, Wilson Out ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed September 2, 2010  
35. ↑ Portsmouth - Ipswich (0-0) (English), accessed March 25, 2016
36. ↑ Steve Cotterill exit has united Portsmouth, says Dave Kitson , accessed March 25, 2016
37. ^ Striker agrees blades deal , accessed March 25, 2016
38. ↑ MATCH REPORT - Blades 1-1 Bury , accessed March 25, 2016
39. ↑ Dave Kitson extends Sheffield United contract , accessed March 25, 2016
40. ↑ Retained list , accessed on March 25, 2016
41. ^ Striker joins The U's , accessed March 25, 2016
42. ↑ Dave Kitson: Oxford United sign ex-Sheffield United striker , accessed March 25, 2016
43. ↑ The Secret Footballer: Could It Be Dave Kitson? (English), accessed March 25, 2016
44. ↑ Dave Kitson To Retire , accessed March 25, 2016
45. ↑ Nick Ironton and former Stoke and Reading striker Dave Kitson return to Arlesey , accessed March 25, 2016
46. ↑ Kitson set for call-up , accessed April 22, 2010
47. ↑ Kitson happy to score while his wife is away , accessed April 22, 2010
48. ↑ Footballer on breath test charges , accessed April 22, 2010
49. ^ Top footballer given driving ban , accessed on April 22, 2010